Emotional responses to irony and emoticons in written language: Evidence from EDA and facial EMG.
Emotional responses to irony and emoticons in written language: Evidence from EDA and facial EMG.
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DOI：
10.1111/psyp.12642
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发表时间：
2016-07
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3.7
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Filik R
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作者：
Thompson D;Mackenzie IG;Leuthold H;Filik R
虽然讽刺的基本性质是说一件事，传达相反的信息，但它也可能具有额外的社会和情感功能，例如投射幽默或愤怒。在以计算机为媒介的交流中，讽刺通常伴随着讽刺，并被建议增加交流的乐趣。在目前的研究中，我们的目的是检查网上的情绪反应，讽刺与文字的评论，以及表情符号对这一过程的影响。参与者阅读的故事最后的评论是讽刺或文字，赞扬或批评，有或没有表情符号。我们使用心理生理学的方法来捕捉即时的情绪反应：皮肤电活动直接测量唤醒和面部肌电图检测肌肉运动指示的情绪表达。结果显示，有表情符号的信息比没有表情符号的信息更容易被唤醒，皱眉减少，微笑增加，这表明表情符号增加了积极的情绪。倾向于较少的负面反应（即，减少的皱眉和增强的微笑）比字面上的批评讽刺，和不太积极的反应（即，增强皱眉和减少微笑）的讽刺比字面上的赞扬表明，讽刺削弱了信息的情感影响。目前的研究结果表明，实用的心理生理学的方法在研究在线的书面语言的情感反应。
While the basic nature of irony is saying one thing and communicating the opposite, it may also serve additional social and emotional functions, such as projecting humor or anger. Emoticons often accompany irony in computer‐mediated communication, and have been suggested to increase enjoyment of communication. In the current study, we aimed to examine online emotional responses to ironic versus literal comments, and the influence of emoticons on this process. Participants read stories with a final comment that was either ironic or literal, praising or critical, and with or without an emoticon. We used psychophysiological measures to capture immediate emotional responses: electrodermal activity to directly measure arousal and facial electromyography to detect muscle movements indicative of emotional expressions. Results showed higher arousal, reduced frowning, and enhanced smiling for messages with rather than without an emoticon, suggesting that emoticons increase positive emotions. A tendency toward less negative responses (i.e., reduced frowning and enhanced smiling) for ironic than literal criticism, and less positive responses (i.e., enhanced frowning and reduced smiling) for ironic than literal praise suggests that irony weakens the emotional impact of a message. The present findings indicate the utility of a psychophysiological approach in studying online emotional responses to written language.