Why emoji matterAs a means of communication, the written word often comes up short.
Georgia Dow is a senior editor at iMore and practicing therapist. She speaks everywhere from conferences to corporations and co-hosts numerous podcasts. follow her on Twitter @Georgia_Dow and check out her series at anxiety-videos.com.
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The meaning of what you write is subject to the interpretation of the people who read it. You might have one tone or intent, but filtered through their mood and assumptions, they could take it quite differently. That's what makes emoji so powerful.
Sure, emoji are little images of people laughing or crying, of animals or plants, of food or vehicles, of activities or things, of places or flags — so many flags! — but they're also an important form of communication.
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Emoticons started off when people began using combinations of punctuation and brackets in the desperate attempt to inject some humanity into cold, computer messages. S...
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Why emoji matter
