Research findings are available online in the journal Collabra. The original story “ A smiley face can hurt your credibility at work, study finds ” is published in The Brighter Side of News. Like ...

A new study reveals how emojis in workplace messages affect professionalism, trust, and how competent you appear to others.

Emojis are more than just fun symbols - your brain responds to them like real faces, according to new research.

Adding a smiley face to a good news message at work can boost perceptions of competence and appropriateness. Matching emoji meaning to message content is most important for perceptions of competence ...