Emordle: Configuring Animations of Wordle for Emotion Expression

MPhil Thesis Defence


Title: "Emordle: Configuring Animations of Wordle for Emotion Expression"

By

Mr. Cheol Su JEON


Abstract

With an appealing form and a straightforward encoding of information, 
wordle, or word cloud, stays popular among the public to present a summary 
of the text. Inspired by the success of animated text in the film 
industry, we explore to enhance the communication of emotional context of 
wordle using animation. To inform our design, we first review a variety of 
animated text designs in the wild and summarize a design space for 
animated wordle. Then we conduct a preliminary study on initial designs of 
the animated wordle and identify two potential factors that link animation 
with emotion: entropy (randomness) and playing speed. Working with 
designers, we present four animated schemes in line with the two factors 
and validate the designs in a crowdsourcing study. A prototype system is 
provided as a demonstration of a potential application of our findings, 
enabling fast generation of an “emordle”, an abbreviation for “animated 
emotional wordle”, from a static wordle. In the following 
interviewed-based usability study, users are generally satisfied with the 
tool expressiveness and its convenience. We conclude with implications 
from our user study and a discussion of future directions for integrating 
emotion with data-powered narration.


Date:  			Friday, 13 August 2021

Time:			10:00am - 12:00noon

Zoom meeting:		https://hkust.zoom.us/j/3941396622

Committee Members:	Prof. Huamin Qu (Supervisor)
 			Prof. Raymond Wong (Chairperson)
 			Prof. Qiong Luo


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