The Glasers
  • Home
  • About the Glasers
  • What We Offer
    • Products
    • Online Learning
  • Testimonials
    • Testimonials - All
  • Contact
  • Online Learning Testimonials Page
  • 2020 BTC Full Course Descriptions
  • 2021 BreakThrough Communication
  • 2021 The Results Are In
  • Sustain the Change

Online Laughter: A Digital Fingerprint

8/15/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture

Laughter establishes closeness and conveys meaning. It sends micro-messages to our conversation partner via its length, tone, and accompanying facial expressions. “It does the work of establishing cohesion,” said Michelle McSweeney, a Columbia University researcher who studies digital communication. It indicates, “I feel comfortable enough around you to laugh.”
​
 
Just as there are many variants on face-to-face laughter, there are many ways of laughing online (Tweet it!). For example:
 
 LOL – This is the classic acronym for “laughing out loud” of course.       But, as digital communication expert Jessica Bennett writes in The New York Times, nowadays it “actually means the opposite, because nobody using LOL has really laughed out loud since at least 2015.”
 
HAHAHA – Currently the rage, this mirthful triplet is what's often used to express – without irony – “I’m dying laughing.”
 
HA – This monosyllable actually has nothing to do with humor, and is used instead to convey the skeptical sentiment, “Yeah, right.”
 
haha? –  This is reserved for that friend who texts you the inappropriate joke, when you are not sure if you’re supposed to laugh.
                                     
ha ha ha (note the spaces) -- This indicates, Bennett says, “ what my   13-year-old self might have referred to as “hardy har har” — or, very funny — NOT.”
 
Confused?  There is always the emoji ha — which is “crying tears of laughter “and should not be confused with “crying tears of sadness” that is apparently the most common emoji on Instagram.  

 
What’s the way you indicate laughter online? Do you you use variations for nuance? To join the conversation, click "comments" above.

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013

    Categories

    All
    BreakThrough Conflict
    Children & Young Adult
    Community Of Practice
    Hardwiring Teamwork
    Leadership
    Persuasion And Influence

Advanced Learning
Communication Capsule Blog
Research
Press/Media Resources
Organizational Culture Survey
III Survey
Resources
CoreSkills
Glaser & Associates, Inc.
Executive Offices
1740 Craigmont Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405
541-343-7575 | 800-980-0321
info@theglasers.com
Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions
© 2019 Glaser & Associates.  All Rights Reserved.
  • Home
  • About the Glasers
  • What We Offer
    • Products
    • Online Learning
  • Testimonials
    • Testimonials - All
  • Contact
  • Online Learning Testimonials Page
  • 2020 BTC Full Course Descriptions
  • 2021 BreakThrough Communication
  • 2021 The Results Are In
  • Sustain the Change