• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.515-525
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• 2024

This study investigates the cultural differences and emoticon language between Korea and China, with a particular focus on emoticons, which are crucial in online communication for compensating for the lack of non-verbal expressions and conveying emotional information. The research was conducted from January to June 2024, surveying a total of 200 emoticon users from both countries. The findings from the initial survey revealed that Korean emoticons are well-received in China due to their cute and dynamic designs. However, cultural differences between the two countries can lead to misunderstandings and cultural discomfort when using emoticons. To address this issue, the study compared and analyzed the language, body language, and design of Korean and Chinese emoticons. A follow-up survey was conducted with 100 Chinese users to gather their satisfaction levels and suggestions for improvement. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and frequency analysis. The results showed that Korean emoticons were generally well-received by Chinese users, but there were some cultural differences that caused some inconvenience. In conclusion, this study provides valuable insights for the Korean emoticon industry's expansion into the Chinese market and contributes to cross-cultural research on emoticons.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.184-191
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• 2017

Smartphone has become a part of many people's daily lives. The mobile messenger function on the smartphone in particular is the most frequently used services. The mobile communication tool in the age of digital media can be classified into two big categories: text messages and emoticons, the non-verbal expression tool of one's emotions. This thesis has studied the mobile communications made by the non-verbal tool of emoticons. The history of emoticons traces back to the text-based emoticon created by Scott Fahlman, from which graphical emoticons were developed and the sound and animation effects have been added. Many people use emoticons and diverse companies are developing the tool. In this study, the representative emoticon development case of Line Co., Ltd. is analyzed to see the concept, types, development process, collaborations and merchandising of the emoticons. Based on the case of Line, the development orientation and direction of domestic emoticons will be discussed to be culture contents.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.200-204
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• 2006

They use emoticons as assistance to express their emotion on CMC communications. Emoticons have been developed into diverse forms like text emoticon, image emoticon, animation emoticon. However emoticons represent the emotion only in simple way, not in specific because the shortage of grouping expressions of the emotion. So, the emoticons used nowadays should be grouped specifically in order to help produce the modulated animation emoticons those are able to represent the feeling in specific and diverse way and be used conveniently. Therefore, this thesis is going to propose the design method of a new kind of animation emoticons those can make what animation emoticons used nowadays are not able to through the grouping and analyzing expression images according to faces, gesture(hand), and backgrounds(decoration) focused on the animation emoticons in messenger programs.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.197-204
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• 2011

In line with the development of Media, the use of character has been developed in various ways. Specially, it has been emerged the functions of written language of visualization and delivery of emotion in the digitalized environment due to speedy growth of internet and Mobile. The emoticons emerged as a tool for the convenience of communication proved to have taken effective role in the part of communication culture. Particularly, Hangul emoticons which contains the meaning of communication and sharing in tandem with the principle of Hangul invention, provides convenience in combination & use due to its structural and design characteristic for which it plays a significant role of visual element. Hangul emoticon is definitely a part of Hangul culture and in view of globalization of visual language in connection with media development, there is a huge potential being to be used as a international communication tool. In this study, it will be reviewed on the increased utilization of Hangul emoticons and related public issues as being a part of typography media, in view of the generalization of private media as well as change of subjective user.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2023.10a
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• pp.633-637
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• 2023

암시적 비윤리 표현은 명시적 비윤리 표현과 달리 학습 데이터 선별이 어려울 뿐만 아니라 추가 생산 패턴 예측이 까다롭다. 고로 암시적 비윤리 표현에 대한 언어 모델의 감지 능력을 기르기 위해서는 모델의 취약성을 발견하는 연구가 반드시 선행되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 암시적 비윤리 표현에 대한 표기 변경과 긍정 요소 삽입이라는 두 가지 변형을 통해 모델의 예측 변화를 유도하였다. 그 결과 모델이 야민정음과 외계어를 사용한 언어 변형에 취약하다는 사실을 발견하였다. 이에 더해 이모티콘이 텍스트와 함께 사용되는 경우 텍스트 자체보다 이모티콘의 효과가 더 크다는 사실을 밝혀내었다.

• Archives of design research
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.319-328
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• 2004

The communication environment made by digital technologies has made it possible to exchange information and deliver messages fast and easily among people of various classes in virtual space beyond time and space. Net-generation, who is accustomed to this virtual space, couldn't be satisfied with the linear text-oriented language any more, and began to make signs by use of computers in order to differentiate itself from others and to express its desires. Among the signs, emoticon created by joint of popular culture and digital communication centering around young generation is a new visual sign and emotional sign that can deliver a sender's feelings contained in a message. This paper has studied social phenomena, their relationships with emoticon and background of its creation through documentary review of media development, changes in the communication environment and popular culture. Furthermore, it has analyzed the meaningful action and roles of emoticon as a sign in terms of semiotics and also, studied a possibility of using emoticon as a new emotional sign. The study results say that emoticon can play the roles of a non-linguistic sign just like general signs that make mutual exchange through meaningful action, and also that it can be used to effectively deliver messages not only in virtual space, but also in advertising, posters, magazines and CI. However, emoticon is better at emotional expressions yet than other textual signs or visual signs, but in order to position itself as a universal and popular sign, emotional expressions should be clear, any difference in understanding messages should be removed, and message delivery should be more efficient.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.160-162
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• 2012

문서를 대상으로 한 다양한 감정 분류 연구가 진행되어 왔으며, 최근에는 트윗 감정 분류에 그대로 적용되고 있다. 그러나 트윗은 일반 문서와 다르게 몇 가지의 독특한 특징을 갖고 있어 좋은 성능을 보이지 못하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 기계학습을 기반으로 트윗의 특징과 트윗 사용자 정보 자질을 사용한 실험으로 트윗 감정 분류 성능의 영향을 확인하였다. 실험 결과 트윗에 포함된 이모티콘 감정 극성과, 사용자 성향 극성 자질은 트윗 감정 분류 모델의 성능 향상에 기여를 하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

The users of a chatbot messenger can be better engaged in the conversation if they feel intimacy with the chatbot. This can be achieved by the chatbot's effective expressions of human emotions to chatbot users. Thus motivated, this study aims to identify the appropriate emotional expressions of a chatbot that make people feel the social presence of the chatbot. In the background research, we obtained that facial expression is the most effective way of emotions and movement is important for relationship emersion. In a survey, we prepared moving text, moving gestures, and still emoticon that represent five emotions such as happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, and anger. Then, we asked the best way for them to feel social presence with a chatbot in each emotion. We found that, for an arousal and pleasant emotion such as 'happiness', people prefer moving gesture and text most while for unpleasant emotions such as 'sadness' and 'anger', people prefer emoticons. Lastly, for the neutral emotions such as 'surprise' and 'fear', people tend to select moving text that delivers clear meaning. We expect that this results of the study are useful for developing emotional chatbots that enable more effective conversations with users.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.545-550
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• 2022

본 연구의 목적은 2021년 메신저 언어 200만 어절을 대상으로 수행된 맞춤법 교정 병렬 말뭉치의 설계와 구축의 쟁점을 소개하고, 교정 말뭉치의 주요 교정 및 주석 내용을 기술함으로써 맞춤법 교정 병렬 말뭉치의 특성을 분석하는 것이다. 2021년 맞춤법 교정 병렬 말뭉치의 주요 목표는 메신저 언어의 특수성을 살림과 동시에 형태소 분석이나 기계 번역 등 한국어 처리 도구가 분석할 수 있는 수준으로 교정하는 다소 상충되는 목적을 구현하는 것이었는데, 이는 교정의 수준과 병렬의 단위 설정 등 상당한 쟁점을 내포한다. 본 연구에서는 말뭉치 구축 시점에서 미처 논의하지 못한 교정 수준의 쟁점과 교정 전후의 통계적 특성을 함께 논의하고자 하며, 다음과 같은 몇 가지 하위 내용을 중심으로 논의하고자 한다.첫째, 맞춤법 교정 병렬 말뭉치의 구조 설계와 구축 절차에 대한 논의로, 2022년 초 국내 최초로 공개된 한국어 맞춤법 교정 병렬 말뭉치('모두의 말뭉치'의 일부)의 구축 과정에서 논의되어 온 말뭉치 구조 설계와 구축 절차를 논의한다. 둘째, 문장 단위로 정렬된 맞춤법 교정 말뭉치에서 관찰 가능한 띄어쓰기, 미등재어, 부호형 이모티콘 등의 메신저 언어의 몇 가지 특성을 살펴본다. 마지막으로, 2021년 메신저 맞춤법 교정 말뭉치의 구축 단계에서 미처 논의되지 못한 남은 문제들을 각각 데이터 구조 설계와 구축 차원의 주요 쟁점을 중심으로 논의한다. 특히 메신저 맞춤법 병렬 말뭉치의 주요 목표인 사전학습 언어모델의 학습데이터로서의 가치와 메신저 언어 연구의 기반 자료 구축의 관점에서 맞춤법 교정 병렬 말뭉치 구축의 의의와 향후 과제를 논의하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.487-490
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• 2004

이메일과 같은 텍스트 기반의 서비스 둥이 점차 대중화되고 있지만, 이러한 텍스트 기반의 서비스에서는 메시지를 전달할 때 수신자가 필자의 감정 상태를 정확하게 파악하기 어려운 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제를 단편적으로 해결하기 위하여 감정 상태를 나타내는 이모티콘(emoticon)을 사용하기도 하지만 이는 보편적이지 않아서 사용하기에 불편한 점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 일반 텍스트 문서에 감정 태그를 삽입하여 필자의 감정을 표현할 수 있도록 새로운 마크업 언어인 EmoXML(Emotion XML)을 정의한다. 그리고 문장 내에 포함되어 있는 감정 어휘를 인식하여, 관련 감정 태그를 자동으로 생성하고 처리할 수 있는 시스템을 설계한다.