The current paper draws upon emotion theory to evaluate whether emoji faces depict anatomical differences that are proposed to differentiate human depictions of emotion (hereafter, “facial expressions”). Yet, few studies examine whether emojis are perceived as a particular emotion and whether that perception changes based on rendering differences across electronic platforms. 2Department of Communication and Information Science, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesĮmoji faces, which are ubiquitous in our everyday communication, are thought to resemble human faces and aid emotional communication.1Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, United States.
