Jialun "Aaron" Jiang

"The Perfect One": Understanding Communication Practices and Challenges with Animated GIFs

Animated GIFs are increasingly popular in text-based communication. Finding the perfect GIF can make conversations funny, interesting, and engaging, but GIFs also introduce potentials for miscommunication. Through 24 in-depth qualitative interviews, this empirical, exploratory study examines the nuances of communicati…