网上“情绪符号”(smilies)的地理学研究

A Geographical Approach to Smilies

计算机界面随着互联网的出现已经成为地理环境的有机组成。网上情绪符号是网民交流情绪感情的从属性符号 ,构成了网上地方的重要标志 ,它的产生、类型、感知、传播及表现内容趣味均有其特定的文化地理背景。

With the appearance of internet,computer interface has become an organic part of geographical environment.Smilies are subordinate symbols for people′s communication on the internet,which could be regarded as the symbol of places in the cyberspace.There are certain cultural geographical background for the origin,type,cognition,diffusion,contents and tastes of smilies.The research of smilies is potentially valuable for e commerce in the future.