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\nThis has been a question that has bothered me for a while after our last class\nended, and my response to it would probably be too tech-centric. There are a\nlot of factors that determine what would be considered as communication like\ncontext and who the intended recipients were, etc. For now, let\u2019s say that\ncommunication for me is the reception of a message by a party, whether\nintentional or not. As long as there is something to be inferred, then there is\nsome sort of communication being made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I read through James Gleick\u2019s The Information, <\/em>he\ntalks about the concept of tones being part of a language and how saying things\nin different tones could mean entirely different sentences. This made me think\nabout our move as a whole society to begin using Emoji\u2019s, in a sense they also\nare some sort of tonality that can now be understood differently according to the\ncontext or who the sender and recipients are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even with Emoji\u2019s or Emoticons (Emotion Icons) there is a story\nto be retraced to define where we are now. Speaking from my own point of view,\ngrowing up with the internet understanding emoticons felt natural, much like\nhow we speak our native languages easily. Being able to immediately understand\nthat \u201c:)\u201d was a smiley face or \u201c:(\u201cwas a sad face and not a typo of a colon and\na bracket. While as someone like my Mother on the other was not able to\nconceive that these symbols we combine are a way to communicate emotion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As we move forward, emoticons begin getting integrated\nwithin websites, forums, and Instant Messaging (MSN, AOL). These text symbols\nnow start to automatically transform to a more basic version of what we now\ncall Emoji\u2019s upon entering them within a text box. This sort of \u201ctranslation\u201d\nof text into images makes understanding the emotion meant to be conveyed in a\ntext easier for people that were inexperienced with internet culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Going even beyond just the basic text emoticons like \u201c:)\u201d\nand \u201c:(\u201c, we now have Kaomoji which are the equivalent of text emoticons using Japanese\ncharacters. These are much more complex looking characters that convey very\ndifferent emotions. \u201c\u30fd(\u30fb\u2200\u30fb)\uff89\u201d This\nbeing an example of a happy expression and \u201c( ; \u03c9 ; )\u201d \u00a0expressing sadness. Even then unlike the English\ntext emoticons, the Japanese have a larger variety of emoticons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An example being merely looking at the happiness emoticons,\nin English text we would have around 5 different variations to express happiness\nwhile on the other hand, through Kaomoji there are at least 20 different ways\nof expressing happiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As we begin developing an understanding for emoticons, the\nconcept of social media and smart phones starts booming which causes the\ncreation of the Emoji keyboard, and with it, the replacement of the word\nEmoticon. Although Emoji offers a keyboard with a much more varied list of emoticons,\nand is understood by everyone regardless of their age, gender, ethnicity, etc.\nHowever, one of the main things about emoticons was that they distinguished\ninternet users and their culture from those who were not heavily involved with\nit. The release of Emoji\u2019s gave everyone the power to be able to express their\nemotions through text but even then the context of Emoji has become an\nimportant aspect to consider when texting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, a lot of Emoji\u2019s have been claimed to be used\nas memes or as a reference to something else. One needs to know their audience\nor recipient before sending a flood of Emoji\u2019s because of the context of the\nconversation. A person using the laughing and crying emoji through text can be understood\nin different ways, an example would be me sending that Emoji to my Mom (Not a\nfrequent internet user) would be taken at face value for what it is. Expressing\nLaughter. However, if I send the same emoji to a friend who I know would\nunderstand my use of irony through that emoji, then my message is different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I find it to be amusing how the internet along with it\u2019s\nforms of communication are ever evolving, and how the understanding of things\ncomes naturally to one\u2019s who frequently use the internet versus those who\ncasually use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This has been a question that has bothered me for a while after our last class ended, and my response to it would probably be too tech-centric. 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