In today’s digital age, screens have become the primary medium through which information is presented and consumed. As a result, I thought this task would be easier than it was. I found I had to leave out huge amounts of detail so my description is just key words. In order to understand this story someone would have to be able to interpret both the literal meaning of some emojis and the symbolic meaning. “Words are (relatively) empty entities…This is the task we call interpretation, namely interpreting what sign the writer may have intended to make with this signifier” (Kress, 2005, pg 7). This became clear after trying to identify the meaning of my classmates emoji stories. I as the reader interpret the symbols by assigning them meaning based on the context, trying to decipher what the writer is intending. However, as Kress (2005) mentions, it is harder to interpret images which have so many more meanings than specific words. I found myself able to pick up on some phrases or have a decent idea what the show may be, however I could not decipher some plots. I relied on a combination of syllables, words, and ideas because there were not enough emojis to stick to only one of these strategies. I started with the title because I knew I would need to repeat these emojis often throughout the story and I quickly realized that I might have chosen a difficult show. Hopefully someone can identify it! The first and very important emoji is a bit blurry which also does not help…

Kress, G. (2005), Gains and losses: New forms of texts, knowledge, and learning. Computers and Composition, 2(1), 5-22.