Nowadays, young people like to chat with expressions because expression packs can be recognized and accepted by the public, which is also a response to the psychological needs of the public. Expression packs bear the weight of culture to a certain extent. In the network age, Yan characters are an important tool for people to express their feelings. Many times, an expression is worth a thousand words, and even adding different words after a sentence may express completely different meanings. How did Yan characters become popular? 1982 September19, Professor Scott farman of Carnegie Mellon University created the first emoji in human history by using ASCII (american standard code for information interchange code) characters. Since then, the network emoji has appeared once and for all, from the occasional use in conversations to the appearance of each conversation, and then to the "fight map." Why are Yan characters so popular? From natural people to social people, in order to survive better, people constantly change to adapt to the outside world and integrate with the public. American communication scientist Albert Merabi once gave a formula: the total expression of information =7% intonation +38% pronunciation +55% body language, which shows the importance of facial expression in the process of receiving information. In daily communication, many times language and words can't completely and accurately express what we think. In order to overcome the helplessness of communication, we often use expressions, gestures and body movements to express more information in our daily life, and both sides of communication will also use these elements to understand the meaning of each other's words. In internet communication, we lack the presence of face-to-face communication, and the information conveyed will be distorted, and the expression pack just makes up for this deficiency, replacing the expression action in face-to-face communication and making up for the shortage of text chat. Love to use Yan characters: then you must be very popular. Psychological research shows that the expression pack is an empathy test. People who often use facial expressions in chatting are easier to get along with than those who don't. People who love to use facial expressions will realize that dry words may bring misunderstanding, so they will carefully choose a suitable emoji to let the other person better understand their emotions or better convey their feelings. This is actually a manifestation of empathy. People with strong empathy are not simply understanding people. Their emoticons will make you think, "Ah, can I feel each other's temperature through the screen?" It's a tacit understanding. A survey in Match.com, the largest online dating community in the United States, even found that those who often use facial expressions in online community chats have a higher success rate in holding hands with their partners online in Match.com.

Expression pack: your social personality mask. In addition, we can see that people of different ages have different preferences for Yan characters. They are used to communicating among groups in a more acceptable way, and prefer a kind of "group behavior". For example, middle-aged and elderly people prefer shiny, colorful and rich expression packs, while young people prefer satirical, humorous and popular elements to express banter. This is a manifestation of internal psychological needs, and people are eager to gain psychological mutual recognition, which is also the source of security. The use of Yan characters shows everyone's personality, aesthetics and other characteristics on social networks. In the Internet age, Yan characters are the embodiment of cultural identity. People use Yan characters to shape their identity and find a sense of belonging. Behind these expression packs, we also create virtual images with words and expressions. It may not be your true personality, but what you want to show others is yourself. Expression pack: a weapon to ease embarrassment and a gospel of social fear. In daily communication, no matter how close the two sides are, there will always be things that are difficult to communicate through words or face to face, such as asking for help from unfamiliar colleagues in life or apologizing for misunderstanding. Direct communication can be awkward. If matched with corresponding expression packs, such as "selling cute" and "pitiful", it will be easy to express what you are embarrassed to express in words, leaving the other party with a feeling of being easy to get close to. Like entering a new environment for the first time or chatting with senior leaders, there are also some occupations that often need to deal with people, and expression packs can easily shorten each other's psychological distance. Sometimes we may not be able to perceive each other's emotions through the screen in text communication, or when we don't know what to say during the chat, an expression pack can easily resolve the deadlock in text chat, which is simply the savior of socially fearful people! If it is in on-site communication, people with social phobia are likely to be poor at expressing themselves and embarrassed to meet people. However, in the online world, an expression pack can ease the embarrassment. Obviously, with the increasing popularity of Internet culture, the opportunities for face-to-face communication are decreasing, and the number of patients with social fear will continue to increase, but at least the expression pack allows patients with social fear to express their emotions more freely in the online world.