Whether you're applauding or heartbroken, there's an emoji to sum up your feelings over the news that Oxford English Dictionary named the "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji the 2015 word of the year. Let's take a look at the range of emotions about emojis with these five articles.
You can read these articles using CPL's Online Resources, but I've also noted if an article is available freely on the web.
"Face It, Oxford Dictionaries 2015 Word of the Year Is an Emoji" by Phil Rosenthal
Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2015 (also available on the Chicago Tribune website)
Columnist Phil Rosenthal reacts to the selection of an emoji as the word of the year, considers changes to language over time and provides a trip down memory lane with a look at past words of the year (Remember "chad" in 2000?).
"Wipe That Smile Off Your Texts" by Matt Haber
New York Times, April 3, 2015 (also available on the New York Times website with the headline, "Should Grown Men Use Emoji?")
Who's emoji-ing? The teenagers in your life for sure, but what about adults? This article reports women use emojis more than men, but men aren't immune. Hear from a variety of everyday people on when it's OK to emoji (business: no, flirting: maybe).
"If You're Lost for Words, the Emoji Is a Sign of the Times" by Karlin Lillington
Irish Times, November 19, 2015 (also available on the Irish Times website)
Facebook users have long complained about the "Like" button as a catch-all for sharing their reactions, so the social media giant is testing an emoji alternative in a few countries. Technology columnist Karlin Lillington weighs in.
"Group Weighs Expansion of the Emoji Vocabulary" by Jonah Bromwich
New York Times, October 26, 2015 (also available on the New York Times website with the headline, "How Emojis Find Their Way to Phones")
With great power comes great responsibility, and so the Unicode Consortium chooses emojis carefully. This article examines the factors that go into selecting emojis, a process led by the organization that develops standardized code for text characters.
"[How I Learned to Love Writing in Emoji]" by Joanna Stern
Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2015 (also available on the Wall Street Journal website)
Need help getting started? Emoji newbie Joanna Stern shares her journey, including learning to craft texts in emoji and recommending apps to make it easier to use emojis on your phone.
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