{"id":296,"date":"2018-09-24T09:23:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commtech.nyuad.im\/homework\/?p=296"},"modified":"2018-09-24T09:23:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:23:20","slug":"sense-of-home-through-the-language-of-emojis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commtech.nyuad.im\/homework\/2018\/09\/24\/sense-of-home-through-the-language-of-emojis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sense of home through the language of Emojis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I live in an agricultural city where majority of\nfamilies possess vineyards and produce homemade vine. I draw 3 emojis; a red\ntractor, a typical look of a vineyard worker, and a bowl full of grapes and other\nfruits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These 3 emojis most clearly represent the city in the\nclearest visual form. I first sent them to my sister and a friend, explaining\nthem the purpose of the homework assignment. Their responses were as followed: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was shocked by my sister\u2019s response; she interpreted\nonly one of the emojis \u2013 the stereotypical look of a worker \u2013 saying this does\nnot look to her as a worker, but rather the look one makes when they are forced\nto reply \u201cYES\u201d even though they want to say \u201cNO\u201d in specific situations. I\nclosely looked at the face afterwards and realized it can be interpreted that\nway too. This is related to our class discussion from last week on how people\ncan have different intentions for sending a particular emoji and how the receivers\nare capable of interpreting it in a completely different way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I got an interesting response from one of my friends, Iva, who decided to respond using a mix of text and emojis. Iva understood the original idea of what my 3 emojis represent. In fact, she described the meaning of my emojis, as opposed to how my sister reacted to them. These two responses are one small proof for us to understand that emoji language can have multiple meanings and be interpreted differently depending on the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After I had gotten two reactions on the original version, I decided to send the emojis to my parents with a different emoji for the stereotypical look of a worker \u2013 I made it funnier this time: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are my parents’ responses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I only asked them if they can associate the emojis with\nanything, not explaining the purpose of the exercise and the connection of the\nemojis to home. Both my parents are not a very tech-oriented people and they do\nnot use emojis frequently. My mom immediately got the point of the sequence, saying\n\u201cI can associate this with home; the tractor, the grapes \u2013 as if this is a\nrepresentation of our city. It is represented in an interesting way.\u201d My dad\nfirst asked what the picture was about (the emojis), and then I told him it is\na visual representation of something we think or the way in which we express\nemotions. Then he replied \u201caaaaa\u201d \u2013 as if he got it, saying \u201cthis represents\nour city of Kavadrci \u2013 that is a typical worker with a cigarette and a hat, the\ngrapes and the tractor.\u201d I was quite surprised to see how people who have not\ngrown up in the decades of technology expansion and dependence can easier\nunderstand emoji language. It reminded me of the time I was a kid in primary\nschool and used creativity to visually represent my ideas (similar to what Iva\nsaid in her response); comparing my experience to the one of today\u2019s\ngenerations, I can argue that they lack creativity for expressing ideas in a\nvisual form because they are restricted to using emojis available to them \u2013\nthis is mainly due to the fact that kids nowadays depend on using technology\nboth in and out of school. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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