Line users in Taiwan made an average of 100 million voice or video calls each day this year, while “like/thumbs up” was the most frequently used emoji in reaction to a message on the service, the Tokyo-based operator of the messaging app said yesterday.
The app’s ability to adjust the quality of video and voice calls helps contribute to its frequent use, LY Corp said in a statement.
As of Nov. 30, Line users in Taiwan spent an average of about one hour per day on the app, often checking it in the morning for messages that might have come through overnight, or in the case of some older users, to send images as morning greetings, it said.
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The peak time of sending pictures or videos was between 8am and 9am, the company said.
Users in Taiwan like to accompany their messages with emojis, with the “like/thumbs up” emoji being the most often used, it said.
Unlike text messages or stickers, adding an emoji reaction does not produce a notification, giving people the flexibility to quietly join a chat or end a conversation, it said.
About 5 million Line users also use the app on computers for work, the company said.
In other news, a survey conducted by National Chengchi University and advocacy group Cyber Angel’s Picks of third graders in elementary school to university seniors showed that 80 percent of them have their own mobile phones and 94 percent of them own a smartphone.
The survey aimed to study the aesthetic literacy and digital resilience of Taiwanese youth.
The respondents reported spending an average of 37.27 hours per week on their mobile phones, 30.4 hours online, 11.28 hours watching TV and 10.53 hours engaging in physical activities, the survey showed.
Most of the students said they go online to watch movies or videos, listen to music, play games, find information and use social media, it showed.
While students are aware of the privacy and cybersecurity risks of transmitting personal information or spreading false news online, their ability to distinguish the authenticity of information online and identify friends they met over the Internet remains underdeveloped, the survey said.
The survey distributed 9,000 questionnaires to students at 39 elementary schools, 32 junior-high schools, 20 high schools and 19 universities, collecting 8,465 valid samples.
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