Emoticons

When I was reviewing all of my notes, I found one thing that I may have to talk about. It is Emoticons. Emoticons play an important role in message-based communication such as text messages and emails. These Emoticons differs from countries to countries. I will introduce Japan's Emoticons because I think it is better than those in US and Canada. (because I did not figure out at first and noticed that I have to tilt my face to see the face)

Happy:
(^-^)
ヽ(^o^)ノ

Sad:
(T_T)
(＞＿＜)

Angry
（＊｀ー´＊）

Hey!:
( ^_^)／

Good luck:
(○^-^)b

Boo:
（=з=）

It was very interesting to know the fact that Emoticons are different. They reflect the culture and language too because the impression and expression have a milliions way to perceive in Japanese. We use intonations to differentiate the meaning so we need Emoticons to express and support the emotions in order to avoid miscommunication by ICT. I analized that this background made Japan develop many kinds of emoticons and "emoji" (picture letters).