Using the wrong emoji at work can shift the meaning of your message. Staying curious about tone and generational preferences ...

To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above.

Research on people's emoji use shows that faces and hearts are at the top of the list. "It is the emotive emojis that we use the most. People use face emojis to bring the face back into written ...

From the smiling face to the VHS tape: How an emoji becomes an emoji by: Nexstar Media Wire, Addy Bink. Posted: Sep 10, 2022 / 09:02 AM CDT. Updated: Sep 10, 2022 / 09:02 AM CDT.

58% of emoji users prefer happy emoji, such as smiling or laughing faces, while 15% gravitate toward sweeter emoji such as hearts or kisses. Getty Images/iStockphoto.

From the smiling face to the VHS tape: How an emoji becomes an emoji by Addy Bink and Nexstar Media Wire - 09/10/22 10:00 AM ET. by Addy Bink and Nexstar Media Wire - 09/10/22 10:00 AM ET.

From the smiling face to the VHS tape: How an emoji becomes an emoji by: Nexstar Media Wire, Addy Bink. Posted: Sep 10, 2022 / 09:01 AM CDT. Updated: Sep 10, 2022 / 09:01 AM CDT.