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Emoji 101: How do generational differences contribute to text etiquette?

A person holds an iPhone showing emojis. (Tengku Bahar/AFP via Getty Images)
Tengku Bahar/AFP via Getty Images
A person holds an iPhone showing emojis. (Tengku Bahar/AFP via Getty Images)

How up to speed are you on emoji 101? Host Indira Lakshmanan talks about intergenerational differences with using emojis in communication with Monica Riordan, a psychology professor who studies digital emotional expression at Chatham University.

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