Can an emoji be a lie? Recent research has emphasized the importance of commitment in theories of lying, proposing that a speaker will only have lied if they are committed to the false content in their utterance. Similar research has proposed expanding the possibilities of the modalities of lying, suggesting a message-sender can lie if they send false pictorial content, so long as they are committed to that content. This study utilizes two experiments to explore the relationship between emoji, commitment, and lying. Experiment 1 finds that speakers can be committed to emoji meanings, but not necessarily for every emoji; emoji with widely-acknowledged, salient meanings constitute significantly higher commitment than emoji with less meaning agreement. Experiment 2 similarly finds that an emoji can be a lie, dependent upon the extent to which the speaker is committed to the emoji's meaning.

表情符号可以是谎言吗？最近的研究强调了撒谎理论中承诺的重要性，提出只有当说话者承诺其话语中的虚假内容时，他们才会说谎。类似的研究建议扩大说谎方式的可能性，表明消息发送者如果发送虚假图片内容，就可以说谎，只要他们致力于该内容。这项研究利用两个实验来探索表情符号、承诺和谎言之间的关系。实验1发现说话者可以致力于表情符号的含义，但不一定对每个表情符号都如此；具有广泛认可、显着含义的表情符号比含义不那么一致的表情符号所带来的承诺要高得多。实验 2 同样发现，表情符号可能是谎言，具体取决于说话者对表情符号含义的认同程度。