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From Adoption to Adaption: Tracing the Diffusion of New Emojis on Twitter
Yuhang Zhou, Xuan Lu, Wei Ai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14187 https://

From Adoption to Adaption: Tracing the Diffusion of New Emojis on Twitter
In the rapidly evolving landscape of social media, the introduction of new emojis in Unicode release versions presents a structured opportunity to explore digital language evolution. Analyzing a large dataset of sampled English tweets, we examine how newly released emojis gain traction and evolve in meaning. We find that community size of early adopters and emoji semantics are crucial in determining their popularity. Certain emojis experienced notable shifts in the meanings and sentiment associ…