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Susan C. Herring

Computer Science · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Digital Communication and LanguageDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesSocial Media and PoliticsImpact of Technology on Adolescents

Publications

184

Citations

18,766

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
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Susan C. Herring studies how people communicate through digital and online platforms, examining the language, images, and symbols (such as emoji and stickers) used in social media, messaging apps, and computer-mediated interaction. Her work analyzes how these digital communication styles evolve and how they are shaped by social and cultural context. She also investigates newer forms of mediated interaction, including telepresence robots.

Digital and computer-mediated communicationDiscourse analysis of online languageEmoji, stickers, and visual communication (graphicons)Social media platforms and cultureHuman-computer and telepresence interaction

Publication activity has been steady over the last decade, averaging around five publications per year with some year-to-year variation.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 5 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 8 publications8242025: 6 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences/Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences×3
  • Lecture notes in computer science×3
  • Pragmatics & beyond. New series×2
  • Discourse & Communication×2
  • Discourse Context & Media×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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