Emotive Translation in Social Media

Investigating the impact of emotive translation bubbles on communication in K-pop fan interactions with artists, addressing language and cultural barriers to enhance emotional expression visually. Our work was presented at the Graphics Interface Conference (2023) in Victoria, BC.

Emotive Translation Research

Research Question

How can we enhance cross-cultural emotional communication through visual design elements in social media interactions?

Approach

Development of emotive translation bubbles that combine linguistic and visual elements to convey emotional context across language barriers.

Role

Lead Researcher

Tools

NLP, Python, UI Design

Timeline

2022 - 2023

Status

Completed Research

Methodology

Prototype

We designed and developed a prototype of emotive translation bubbles that combine linguistic and visual elements to convey emotional context across language barriers.

These prototypes included the following:

Prototypes

Final Design

We implemented the final design of emotive translation bubbles that was used in the study session.

Final Design

Study Session

We conducted a study session with 5 participants to test the effectiveness of the emotive translation bubbles.

Results

Take a look at our results below!

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