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Created by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999, emojis have evolved to be an essential modern communication tool worldwide. Billions of emojis are sent daily by people of different countries and cultures conveying different meanings and emotions. Different cultures uniquely interpret emojis, like the bowing emoji might convey apology or sarcasm. Aiding in cross-cultural understandings, emojis enhance clarity and richness of online communication.
Death is a topic that we often try to evade but the inevitable nature finds its way to our lives and poses questions which are necessary to be answered. One such question is how would we like to die? Right to a life of dignity is a fundamental right, so isn't the right to die a dignified death on the same continuum? Should it be considered a human right?
Research on emotions has greatly benefited from appraisal theories, which argue that the elicitation of emotion depends on the interpretation of the situation. Interestingly, the same approach has been used to understand when and why a person uses/abuses drugs and how the same drug can have different effects on the user based on the user’s interpretation of the drug’s effects. This blog discusses the commonality in perspectives used to understand and explain two separate phenomena, emotions, and drug use/abuse, in two separate disciplines of psychology and sociology.
