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The future of emoji

  • Hannah Zihan Zhao
  • Oct 9, 2016
  • 1 min read

After through back to the history of emojis, in this post of "Emoji Study," we are talking about the future of them. In the last post, by stating Emojis may bring us new ways of thinking through a combination of words and images, we are expecting Emojis let us say more.

The book Emoji Dick is Mody Dick translated into Japanese Emoji. It is an 800-page volume of emojis next to the original sentences that Melville wrote. " It is interesting to see what the human mind could try to boil some of these very complex and floral sentences down into these emojis," said the 'writer' of the Emoji Dick- Fred Beneson. "I think it is just the beginning, and we'll continue to see emoji represented in culture."

There are now music even videos that are just in emojis, such as Katy Perry and LA punk rockers FIDLAR.

However, it is hard to see a time when emojis might serve a more formal purpose. But the conventions have not been standardised. And so even in formal writing, there are possibilities for a change. Emojis have been part of our web culture since it started. They go even father back than that, and they are not going anywhere. The critic about them are saying they are somethig lost and something gained through technology, and we should never underestimate words.

Emoji has the potential to make words more significant, it is for sure.

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