I chose to connect with Nicole Mellow’s Emoji Story
The following is how I responded to her post. I chose this post as I shared similar ideas around the use of emojis, and the way we use them to colour our text to friends and family. There were other classmates that had similar experiences, but I resonated with Nicole’s references to emotions and emojis.
Hi Nicole, I believe the movie is Top Gun, from your title. I think the duck is actually meant to represent Goose. It was the combination of a plane and volleyball that did it for me. I don’t know if I am correct of course but, those images create an iconic picture, plus the release of the newest movie helps to put in it the forefront of my mind. I was also amazed at how limiting the large amount on emoticons are given the number of them that we have at our disposal. I couldn’t use my computer for the same reason’s you stated, awkward, clunky and no search bar, so I also ended up using my phone, as it was a much more intuitive device for me to find the emoji I needed. I think it relates to place, as I honestly can’t think of a time I use emojis when working on the computer, but I often use them when using my phone. It’s a more familiar reference point to collect the images that I needed. That was an interesting point you made about the emotional points being the easiest. I would agree, but I think it’s probably because we usually use emoji’s to inject tone into our texts. Kress (2005) states that speech and writing tell the world; depiction shows the world. When we use words the meaning can be interpreted in different ways, so by adding images we can make sure there is no doubt to our meaning. Emojis are often added onto statements without long explanations, so the images add to the meaning when we want to be fast or succinct with our words.
Reference
Kress (2005), Gains and losses: New forms of texts, knowledge, and learningLinks to an external site.. Computers and Composition, Vol. 2(1), 5-22.
