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We’re Finally Getting A Hijab Emoji
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 14.11.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | The Unicode Consortium has revealed a bunch of new emojis that will be implemented in its newest version. Included are an emoji with a woman wearing a hijab, a breastfeeding emoji, a mermaid emoji, different emojis with people sitting in the lotus position, and many more facial expession emojis such as a vomiting emoji and a crazy eyes laughing emoji. There is however no knowing whether smartphone companies or social media channels will include all new emojis on their devices/platforms.
Image Description | Some of the new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Married to Their Smartphones (Oh, and to Each Other, Too)
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 30.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | addiction, gender
Summary | Married couples increasingly report of marital disputes around smartphone use. Especially women feel devalued when their husbands give more attention to their smartphones rather than then. Marriage counsellors report that it is particularly problematic when spouses both use their smartphones in bed since it prevents emotional incimacy before going to sleep, as well as reducing the likelihood of physical intimacy.
Image Description | Illustration of a female and male smartphone on a marriage counselling couch.
Image Tags | emojis, smartphone, text
Emojis as art? Thumbs up from museum
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 26.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis have become part of most people’s everyday routine. The little images help users express feelings that they could never express like that in writing. They also help bridge the gap between face-to-face interaction and texting because linguists confirm that 70% of face-to-face communication depends on body language and other non-verbal cues. The MoMA in New York has recognized the significant impact that emojis have had on the world of design, marketing, and also art and are hosting an exhibit with the original set of emojis from 1999.
Image Description | “The original set of emoji, designed by Shigetaka Kurita, and released to Japanese cellphone users in 1999 — now acquired by MoMA. (Museum of Modern Art).”
Image Tags | emojis
Branding the Smiley Face: Emoji as Corporate Tools
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 21.6.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, threat
Summary | Messenger designers are thinking about incorporating techniques to “emojify” one’s message. The keyboard would suggest appropriate emojis to replace certain words of the message. A central organization called Unicode, where all major smartphone companies have voting rights, decides on which new emojis will be added. This society is effectively deciding what is and what is not part of our visual language. The new emoji feature that Apple offers can hamper users' individual creativity and expression. By using the 'emojify' feature, we let big companies control people's ways to express themselves.
Image Description | Digital image of a collection of new emojis and photograph of an iPhone with a chat (with emojis) open.
Image Tags | emojis, smartphone
Group Weighs Expansion of the Emoji Vocabulary
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 26.10.2015
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | The Unicode Consortium decides which emojis get developed and which do not. Representatives of the most important smartphone companies are members along with “language grammarians”. Still, Unicode’s president is very clear about emojis not being a language because complex ideas cannot be communicated free of ambiguity by using only emojis. Also, different cultures use emojis differently (example of the eggplant emoji meaning a phallus in the US).
Image Description | Digital image: collage of emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
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