... connect with the community around a teenager. Because blogs are easy to use, free to the public, and encourage self-expression and self-presentation, their application in educational environments ... moderators when emoticons are used (Constantin, Kalyanaraman, Stavrositu, & Wagoner, 2002b).Are there gender variations in the use of emoticons in CMC? In a study of 3000 online messages, ... emotion, but males will adapt in mixed-gendered newsgroups and express more (Wolf, 2000).In sum, emoticons offer another way for online users to construct and express their identities. Emoticons...