What do you think is the purpose of this study?
To identify aspects of communication with greater emotional distance.
To gather information on how people communicate with those they aren't very close to anymore.
Determine whether words or pictures are more meaningful in relationships.
To see how you would communicate with a long lost friend and the methods you would use
Human communication preferences at different age groups
To see whether people prefer to communicate with pictures nowadays.
See how people handle distant relations.
to check on how we keep contact with others
to see how I would communicate with a person I am distancing myself from
To see if people associate intimacy by putting more words or pictures. Since this person isn't a lover, pictures make more sense.
How people make decisions when trying to communicate with others
perceptions of closeness in types of communication
To determine how most people communicate in strained relationships compared to relationships that are not strained.
To see how people communicate with friends to get more personal with them based on race and age.
I think this was to see how people communicate in a more personal, intimate way.
How generations use technology to keep in touch.
To determine the appropriate level of intimacy of contact when one person is attempting to distance themselves from a relationship.
To see how we would communicate with a friend we had lost touch with and want to reconnect with.
preferences for communicating with someone you are trying to distance yourself from
Maybe you are seeing if people who want to increase intimacy with others will want to communicate more with images and video than just text and words.
I'm not sure, maybe something about feelings of intimacy
Understand how we communicate with modern technology.
The way generations view contacting other people
to see if pictures are sent to bring intimacy to a message
I think the purpose of the study was to determine how one would go about fixing interpersonal relationships.
Generational differences in communication due to technological advances.
To understand communication through words vs pictures.
To determine how various races, age groups, etc. communicate with friends from the past
To gauge how people are most comfortable about communicating in awkward situations?
The purpose of this study is how to communicate with others
I think it's about whether people consider different forms of communication close or distant.
To analyze how people like to communicate
whether people perceive visual communication as more intimate than audio or written
modes of communication for sensitive info?
No idea really, maybe something to do with visual communication versus written communication.
To see how different age groups and different genders would respond
to see what methods of communications someone would use if they were trying to distance themselves from an old friend.
How different people from different age/ethnic groups choose to communicate with friends.
to see how people communicate with those they care about
How important is the addition of pictures in intimacy when reaching out.
To study how we communicate with friends.
Determine how people would describe pulling back from a friendship
how we contact people we fell out of touch with.
to gather information on how and with what technology people communicate with others
Whether people think pictures are intimate or not?
To see how we respond to a person we have grown apart from.
perceptions of communications technology with respect to sex and age demographics.
To understand how people communicate when they have decided to try and socially disconnect.
best way to distance yourself from someone
whether or not people consider pictures to be more intimate than solely communicating with words
To see people's preferred method of communication with people they don't talk to so much anymore.
To find out whether I would send pics to an old friend or not? To see how old the threshold is of people who would nearly always send a picture? I don't know, though, because I've done many studies and a lot of them pretend to be about one thing but are actually measuring another.
I don't know specific purpose (other than 'communication').
To see how technology and cell phones and social media have affected the way people communicate with each other differently then the past.
To determine which is more personal, a picture call/message or a written one. The concept was trying to distance yourself from a friend, so which is more distant.
To better understand what are people's most preferred methods of communication.
To see if people prefer visual vs written communicaiton
to see how people want to interact with someone they're trying to get closer to.
Evaluating which type of communication is best in a situation.
To see what communication avenues people prefer
To see how we communicate with someone who we are distancing our self from.
To decide how different forms of communication are perceived in terms of relationship closeness
To see how people of different ages interact with friends. Probably other people were asked how they'd communicate with people of other relationships, ie: parents
To see how people would respond to a friend they're trying to distance themselves from, whether they'd take the extra step to make it more personable with pictures. I'm actually going through this right now so it hit very close to home.
To see how people communicate this day and age.
Preferred communication methods among different populations.
To determine how we communicate in certain situations.
Something to do with communication or how you use new technology to communicate vs old.
To determine how I would communicate with someone I’m growing apart from
Find out how communication is thought of.
Determine how people prefer to communicate.
Determining if someone is a verbal or visual person
On how people communicate with others when becoming distant.
See if people prefer communicating through the use of pictures
To see my choice of communication with someone that I am growing apart from.
To understand how people try to connect with others.
To see how people in different age ranges communicate via technology - if they use pictures or not.
Which method of communication is considered more intimate and engaging?
To see what we think is the best way to communicate.
friendships and how to save the friendship
To determine if people think that adding pictures makes communication more personal
If we view words or pictures to be more friendly.
To see if people think photos or words are more personal
Thoughts on getting closer to someone through messages.
To see how people would react to the scenario
To look at the different ways different people communicate with their friends.
To see if people prefer words or pictures
To see what type of communication people deem more intimate.
To see how people choose to communicate with each other over digital platforms.
To determine how one would communicate with a close friend are time and distance from one another.
How friendships fade but still have communication
The qualify use as emojis in texts based on relationship context.
How people use emojis in emails - depending on how close they want to be with friends.
How emojis in text messages affect perceptions of intimacy and friendliness.
To see how people communicate with those they know. How it relates to their closeness.
Do we send emojis to people we are not wanting to be close with. I left the party emoji off because it sounded like I wanted them to come as well had I had used it!
To determine whether emoticons suggest a friendlier attitude when texting.
To see what age groups make use of emojis
How we choose to make decisions- whether we want to embellish our communication or keep it straight-forward.
To see how many people use emoji's in text.
To see if people use purposeless emojis.
How we communicate to people in regards to how close we feel or are towards said person.
to see if people prefer emoji's to plain text
To see if i would avoid using emojis if i am trying to distance myself from someone
Using emojis and closeness of relationships
I think this study was trying to find how often people use emoji's.
How we perceive usage of emoticons and whether we perceive them to be friendlier or not?
To assess individuals' preferences towards including emojis in text messages with friends.
What groups of people are more inclined to us emoticons.
Evaluating if people think emoji's are associated with closer friendship.
to see if we want to engage with our friend
to understand how people communicate with others
if emotes make it a friendlier message and the age range of people that use them
See how much distance one would give to a friend you want to distance yourself from.
Deciding if people would use emojis in a conversation they are not interested in having
How parents relationship affects willingness to haggle
To determine if people use more emojis when they like the other person
See how many of us crazy folks use emojis? Or....do emojis make your texts appear more intimate?
If we think emojis make a text more personal
Test people's usage of emoticons to communicate.
Determine the use of emojis with different levels of friendship.
Is people going to use sticker in the text message
To see if more people use emojis or not use them.
dropping my age by two years to complete it
To determine how people use emojis in text exchanges.
To see if emojis are more intimate during texting.
See how people communicate and how likely they are to use emoji in communications.
To see if emoji usage is important in text message responses.
To see if we would add emoji's to text to someone we were wanting to distance ourselves from.
to study the race and age demographics of emoji users.
To see if people use emojis more if they're close/trying to get close to someone.
to better determine how humans use emojis within communications
To figure out what kind of people use emojis?
Maybe to see if we think emojis make communication more friendly.
How people should communicate with one another especially if you are trying to reconnect those relationships.
To see how people would respond to someone they are no longer as close as they used to be.
Writing techniques between someone who wants to remain distance, to act like nothing is wrong or not trying to distance themselves to make the friend more comfortable or be straight forward by using the (.)’s
I think the purpose of this study is to see how people use emojis to convey happiness or good feelings toward each other.
I think the purpose was to see which text messages the participant would choose after reading the information about the state of their friendship.
Impressions on how well a friend knows you, and closeness.
I guess to see our likelihood to include imagery in our texts to make our messages more fun and liked.
To determine the how likely people are to like using emojiis.
How you would communicate with distant friends.
Seeing if people would prefer to use emojis or not in a certain situation
peoples choices in how to communicate by text
The purpose of this study is to measure whether we find using emoji's appealing in our text.
Hard to say. Maybe studying how emoticons are linked to closeness.
Study how people would decide between a standard and more playful style of communication
Whether or not to use emojis when trying to distance oneself from a longtime friend.
Maybe if we would choose the option with an emoji?
To see how one would respond to texts in certain ways
To see how we would respond based on demographics?
I believe the study is about how people communicate.
Determining distance versus texting relationships.
See how different people use message to each other.
To see that Olds like me don't put emojis in the middle of sentences?
Examine how people perceive emojis and their use in conveying certain messages
How we choose to communicate with someone we are trying to distance ourselves from.
Determining people's text behavior and how texts can be manipulated to fit different scenarios and agendas
How peoples background affects how they like to use emojis.
To see if people relate emojis to connectedness.
How different age and race brackets respond to text messages - are they more likely to use just straight text or throw emojis in as well? I think further demographic information might have been helpful to the study (things like sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, current financial standing, iPhone/Android owner).
To determine what the role of emojis play in communicating emotion or intention in text messaging.
To judge how a person responds to situations.
See what demographic groups are more or less likely to use emojis.
I think it's about communication between close friends.
How you communicate and if you like using emoji's

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For me, I just think a normal word text/email, or a call is good enough. I think if I purposely put pics or do video chat, it will look suspicious. I think if someone did this to me, I will feel like they need something from me, this will just push me away further. Acting normal is the way I will go.
Thank you for allowing me to participate in your research study!
very interesting and thought-provoking, thank you!
curious that a face-to-face meeting wasn't included as an option
I'm going through this very thing right now, and I plan on giving this friend some distance and can't imagine why I would need to contact them in the future at all. Hopefully they'll reach out, if not, well, we'll see what happens.
Not exactly sure what is meant by picture message. An emoji? A simple digital picture? A Snapchat type message with a message inside a picture? An Instagram message?
Interesting that an emoji can change the "tone" of a message.
I hate emojis. If a person is close to me, they know this.
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this fun study
I don't usually use emoticons. Its a pain to hunt the right ones.