In each analysis and overall,verbal message content prevailed over the emoticons’ contributions. It may be that emoticons are recognized as fleeting, requiring little effort, whereas typing text is slightly more involving and effortful. That which a writer takes the trouble to compose, in e-mail, might be valued more heavily in an environment in which even banter requires more work than casual speaking. In FtF interaction,that which is more controllable— language—is considered less revealing than“automatic” nonverbal behavior.