Everyone uses emojis in electronic messages but how do you think netizens express COVID-19 in emojis these days? We are asking because apparently, it isn’t just the people’s sex toy consumption or porn viewing habits that had changed during this age of coronavirus but also their use of emojis says emojipedia.
Yep, you’ve heard it right! Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency due to COVID-19, coronavirus has naturally become a hot topic on social media. COVID-19 discussions trended left, right, and center, as did the use of certain emojis specifically the ‘Face with Medical Mask’ and the ‘Microbe’ emojis as these two were the most used by netizens when looking to reference or describe coronavirus in emoji.
But how did emojipedia come about this conclusion?
Emojipedia said they collected a sample of 49,621 unique tweets between March 7 to March 8, 2020 which contained 12 health-related emojis that may best represent “coronavirus” or “COVID.” The 12 emojis were the following: Face with Medical Mask, Nauseated Face, Face Vomiting, Sneezing Face, Face with Thermometer, Face with Head-Bandage, Ambulance, Pill, Syringe, Microbe, Soap, and Sponge. Their assessment later showed the particular emojis that trended when describing or referencing coronavirus were found to be the Face with Medical Mask at 35.82% and the Microbe at 42.09%. They were followed by Sneezing Face (5.07%), Nauseated Face (5.38%), Pill (3.67%), and Face Vomiting (2.85%) as the ones that “most commonly correlate with discussion of Coronavirus or COVID” online.
But which emojis were most frequently used when people discuss “Coronavirus” or “COVID-19?” Emojipedia used a different methodology for that. They “collected and analyzed over 200,000 tweets across multiple languages” discussing or mentioning the words “Coronavirus” or “COVID-19” and found that the following are the most popular emojis used in online discussions of this topic: Face with Tears of Joy, Rolling on the Floor Laughing, Face with Medical Mask, Thinking Face, and Microbe.
📊 In an Emojipedia analysis of over 200,000 tweets containing the phrase "Coronavirus", "COVID-19" or "COVID19", these are the most common emojis https://t.co/CJTC7qrjma pic.twitter.com/0kG3hc7Cmb
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) March 11, 2020
But why the use of laughing emojis though? Emojipedia theorized that “Tweets about coronavirus are no different to broader Twitter discussions, of which laughing emojis are consistently popular” and secondly, it’s because “people are specifically joking and making light of coronavirus-related news.” Lastly, Emojipedia said that it could be a combination of the two reasons mentioned above or it could be because of other factors. Read their study in full here and you may check here for the complete list of coronavirus-related emojis.
But laughter in the time of pandemic, is this really the right time for that when COVID-19 is a serious matter? Apparently it is. Today, now more than ever, people need laughter as this helps the brain relax and more importantly, humor can help fight coronavirus anxiety, says Time Magazine.
Having said all that, we leave you today with this hand-washing advice in emoji style:
Hand washing:
— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) March 13, 2020
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Washing hands with soap and water:
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If soap is unavailable; use alcohol-based sanitizer:
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Keep safe and stay healthy, guys. Happy weekend!
It is, simply, a “Politically Correct” representation of an ominous threat.
It obscures the reality by the “Younger Generation” who were raised, “Devoid” of any reality about Human Existence. You look at it and you think, “Sugar & Spice And Everything Is Nice.”
It insulates those who have neither balls nor backbone to deal with any thing more serious than the common flu. It is “The Liberals” manifestation of avoiding the truth about how Human Being really act, and a polishing of how Human Beings Acting Perfectly.
A lot of your sentences are phrased too ambiguously to understand what it is that you’re trying to say. You also seem to be misusing quotation marks and capitalization, which furthers obscures your point. And then there’s the fact that a lot of the language that you’re using seems overly dramatic, so I can’t tell if you’re expressing your own legitimate position, or if you’re trying to parody a position you find ridiculous. Care to clarify?
DAN:
This is not Miss Caswell’s Grammar School and Etiquette Class in session!
I was enjoying a glass of the finest Port while I was writing it. Kindly, excuse the gruff display of grammar, sentence structure and proper use of quotation and capitalization!.
A momentary lapse of intellect and restraint!
Yes I agree with you. I don’t know what the hell he is talking about most of the time. I love reading the blog with different options but his writing and thinking is ridiculous so I skip his comment all the time. Sorry b
Trent:
Truthfully, does anyone else read whatever you write? Does anyone ever comment on whatever you write? At least, I got you and Dan to comment and thus, I succeeded in accomplishing my reason for writing.
Some you men comment with a rather displaced sense of either importance or superiority; I do neither, I write to stir the pot, and for better or worse, I do get commentaries…regardless of their worth!
Oh, I so differ! Don’t try and lay that shit on ‘us’ man, don’t you fucking dare! It’s the pervasive mentality of our country, period! This is not political, its the failing of our country, period. This why we have mass-murders; that are children (many of which are white upper-middle class at that) this is why these kids are (newly) so lonely because of their bright-shiny cell-phones(texting) than in person interaction; their morals are defunct, because the NATIONS morals are defunct, period! So much divide: race, politics-same thing obviously, us vs. them, rich vs. poor, has produced “tribalism” we’re not… Read more »
Lamar:
What rage!
Ain’t no Hell like a shrew with balls! Lay it all out, Lamar! Allow us Bloggers to tremble while reading your treaties on the final days of Humanity!
Outside my windows I can see The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
Huh?
I really think the younger set, is dealing with the realities of life/people as well as the country has equipped them to. So, I think it is a most concerted effort of much/many “misguidance/s” of sorts.