The Meaning of emoticons in social networking site tags: # Gaza_Under Bombing, # Save_Sheikh_Jarrah Community as Model

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Faculty of Mass communication, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

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The study aims to identify the moral significance of emoji symbols and try to interpret them in a clear scientific way, as well as to identify the extent of public interaction with these emoji for the two issues of the study. The analytical symbol to achieve this goal and one of the most important findings of the study by analyzing the most prominent emoji that appeared in the hashtags (the study sample) is that the emoji that denotes (anger) came first in the hashtag # Save_Sheikh_Jarrah’s neighborhood, while the emoji denoting The (Palestinian flag) ranked first in the hashtag #Gaza_under_bombing, with a percentage of 21%, and this reflects the strength of public solidarity with the Al-Aqsa cause and the Palestinian people. The study also showed the role of the Arab Republic of Egypt by emphasizing appreciation and recognition on the part of others, and this appeared in an emoji indicating the flag of Egypt. By thanking her forWhat you have done in working to solve the Palestinian crisis, and stopping the attack on it from the Israeli enemy.

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