The semiotics of Emoji

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Label

The semiotics of Emoji

Statement of responsibility

Marcel Danesi

Title variation

Rise of visual language in the age of the Internet

Creator

• Danesi, Marcel, 1946-

Author

• Danesi, Marcel, 1946-

Subject

• Social media -- Semiotics
• Visual communication -- Digital techniques
• Writing -- Interactive multimedia
• Emoticons
• Language and the Internet

Genre

• Interactive multimedia

Language

eng

Summary

Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication. What is behind the rise and rise of these winky faces, clinking glasses and smiling poos? Given the sheer variety of verbal communication on the internet and English's still-controversial role as lingua mundi for the web, these icons have emerged as a compensatory universal language. The Semiotics of Emoji looks at what is officially the world's fastest-growing form of communication. Emoji, the colourful symbols and glyphs that represent everything from frowning disapproval to red-faced shame, are fast becoming embedded into digital communication. Controlled by a centralised body and regulated across the web, emoji seems to be a language: but is it? The rapid adoption of emoji in such a short span of time makes it a rich study in exploring the functions of language. Professor Marcel Danesi, an internationally-known expert in semiotics, branding and communication, answers the pertinent questions. Are emoji making us dumber? Can they ultimately replace language? Will people grow up emoji literate as well as digitally native? Can there be such a thing as a Universal Visual Language? Read this book for the answers

Member of

• Bloomsbury advances in semiotics

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

302.23

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Bloomsbury advances in semiotics

Target audience

adult