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The episode discusses the evolving use of emojis in workplace communication and the gender-related implications of their use.

Our language is constantly shifting and evolving. Turns of phrase that would have been foreign to our parents are commonplace for us, and our kids have a language all their own that will one day be the way everyone speaks. The same is true for the ways we communicate. Internet shorthand is now familiar to most of us, and most of us use emojis in our texts and correspondence. It’s the emojis we’re talking about today. Dr. Erin Leigh Courtice conducted a study on emoji use in the workplace, and Dr. Karen Blair found some gender-related data in that study to be particularly interesting. Dr. Blair’s article in Psychology Today: The Real Reason Emojis Get Judged at Work https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inclusive-insight/202604/the-real-reason-emojis-get-judged-at-work Ottawa U article: Should emojis be used in workplace communications? https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/news-all/should-emojis-be-used-workplace-communications The impossible balance: https://klb-research.github.io/tightrope/ Dr. Courtice's study: https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/12/1/147309/217078/Emojis-at-Work-The-Effects-of-Emoji-Use-on The Riordan & Glickson study mentioned by Dr. Courtice…

People in this episode

Guests: Dr. Erin Leigh Courtice, Dr. Karen Blair

Topics covered

• emoji use
• workplace communication
• gender-related data
• language evolution
• femmephobia

Keywords

• emojis
• workplace
• communication
• gender
• femmephobia
• language
• study

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Organizations: Psychology Today, Ottawa U, Canadian Psychological Association

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