1. THE PARALINGUISTIC FUNCTION OF EMOJIS ON TWITTER: A REGION-BASED ANALYSIS OF TWITTER USE IN THE USA Open Access Author: Tantawi, Yasmin Title: THE PARALINGUISTIC FUNCTION OF EMOJIS ON TWITTER: A REGION-BASED ANALYSIS OF TWITTER USE IN THE USA Graduate Program: Informatics Keywords: paralinguisticsemojissocial informaticshuman computer interaction File: Download TantawiThesis.pdf Committee Members: Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJohn M. Carroll, Committee MemberCarleen Maitland, Committee Member