‘A picture is worth a thousand words’, so the saying goes. And Emojis have given us all new possibilities in how we communicate, although, many English language purists would probably argue that they haven’t improved the quality of our discourse.
Emojis really started to become popular in the early 2010s, but before them there were emoticons. Emoticons are facial expressions made with punctuation marks. Some people claim emoticons were being used hundreds of years ago.
Emojis really started to become popular in the early 2010s, but before them there were emoticons. Emoticons are facial expressions made with punctuation marks. Some people claim emoticons were being used hundreds of years ago.
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They were first used as a way of communicating emotions online in 1982. When it became difficult for people to tell the difference between jokes and serious posts on a Carnegie Mellon University digital message board. Scott Fahlman came up with a solution: Add the symbol :-) to denote humorous posts, and add the symbol :-( to serious ones. But emoticons really became popular with the arrival of 2nd generation mobile phones and the phenomenon of text messaging.
:-) :) :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =) :} :^)
Emojis were created in 1998 by Shigetaka Kurita, an engineer at the Japanese phone company, NTT Docomo. He wanted to communicate with customers through icons. The result was a set of 176 icons he called emoji. The name combines two Japanese words: “e” (picture) and “moji” (character). Kurita says that he drew inspiration for his emojis from manga, Chinese characters, and international signs for bathrooms.
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Verbal & Nonverbal Communication
The process of communication can be split into two categories - as verbal communication and non-verbal communication. Verbal communication includes written and oral communication using recognizable words. For a lecturer, or news reader on TV, the words used are the most important factor to pass on important information to others. For traditional print media and letters sent through the post, again, the words of the language are paramount. For most of us, though, in everyday life our communications are dominated by non-verbal communication. This includes, body language, facial expressions and visual diagrams or pictures. However, with the growing popularity of social media there has been a blurring of these differences with the way we are communicating with each other online. |
In general everyday life, we only use actual language to convey 7% of what we want to say
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Nonverbal Communication
We all use nonverbal communication to convey information without using words or to give our words extra meaning. Nonverbal communication is achieved through the human senses of sight, sound, touch, and even smell and taste. Vocal sounds that are not words are nonverbal.
We all use nonverbal communication to convey information without using words or to give our words extra meaning. Nonverbal communication is achieved through the human senses of sight, sound, touch, and even smell and taste. Vocal sounds that are not words are nonverbal.
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'Actions speak louder than words!'
Watch these famous clips and see how many different forms of nonverbal communication
you can spot. In The Lions Cage, what does the music communicate to us? |
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