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An Investigation on University Students’ Emoji Usage and Their Attitudes Toward Brands Using Emoji

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Emoji Kullanımları ve Emoji Kullanan Markalara Karşı Tutumları Üzerine Bir Araştırma

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The results show that emoji usage of students (both generally and according to gender) has a statistically significant and positive effect on the attitudes toward brands using emoji, and these attitudes have positive and significant effects on their positive word of mouth communication.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The question whether the emoji that is considered to fill an important gap in digital communication by being used as a nonverbal communication cue, has an effect on the attitudes toward brands and word of mouth communication is the main starting point of this research.
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Key Findings & Data:The results show that emoji usage of students (both generally and according to gender) has a statistically significant and positive effect on the attitudes toward brands using emoji, and these attitudes have positive and significant effects on their positive word of mouth communication.
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Conclusion & Impact:Besides this, it was also found that the aforementioned effects did not show a statistically significant difference according to gender.
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The question whether the emoji that is considered to fill an important gap in digital communication by being used as a nonverbal communication cue, has an effect on the attitudes toward brands and word of mouth communication is the main starting point of this research. Aim of this study is to determine whether the emoji usage of university students (both generally and according to gender) affect their attitude toward the brands using emoji, and if this attitude affect their positive word of mouth communication about these brands. Data were collected from university students by a questionnaire and analyzed by using structural equation modeling. The results show that emoji usage of students (both generally and according to gender) has a statistically significant and positive effect on the attitudes toward brands using emoji, and these attitudes have positive and significant effects on their positive word of mouth communication. Besides this, it was also found that the aforementioned effects did not show a statistically significant difference according to gender.

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Sözsüz iletişim unsurlarının yerine kullanılması anlamında dijital iletişimde önemli bir boşluğu doldurduğu düşünülen emojilerin markaya yönelik tutuma ve ağızdan ağıza iletişime etkisinin olup olmadığı sorusu, bu araştırmanın çıkış noktasını oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın amacı, hem öğrencilerin genel olarak hem de cinsiyete göre ayrı ayrı, emoji kullanım durumlarının, emoji kullanan markalara yönelik tutumlarını ve bu tutumlarının da, emoji kullanan markalar hakkındaki pozitif ağızdan ağıza iletişimlerini etkileyip etkilemediğini belirlemektir. Üniversite öğrencilerinden anket yöntemiyle veri toplanmış ve toplanan veriler yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucuna göre, hem öğrencilerin genel olarak hem de cinsiyete göre ayrı ayrı emoji kullanımlarının emoji kullanan markalara yönelik tutumları üzerinde istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı ve pozitif yönlü bir etkiye sahip olduğu, emoji kullanan markalara yönelik tutumlarının da emoji kullanan markalar hakkındaki pozitif ağızdan ağıza iletişimleri üzerinde anlamlı ve pozitif yönlü bir etkiye sahip olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bunun yanında, belirtilen etkilerin istatistiki olarak cinsiyete göre anlamlı bir farklılık göstermediği de tespit edilmiştir.

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KURTOĞLU, R., ÖZBÖLÜK, T. (2018). An Investigation on University Students’ Emoji Usage and Their Attitudes Toward Brands Using Emoji. Business and Economics Research Journal, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 3, 697–713. https://ajindex.com/articles/148653

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