The Semiotics of Emoji: The Rise of Visual Language in the Age of the Internet (Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics) - Tapa blanda

Libro 12 de 28: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics

Danesi, Professor Marcel

 
9781474281980: The Semiotics of Emoji: The Rise of Visual Language in the Age of the Internet (Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics)
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 1474281982 ISBN 13: 9781474281980
Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Sinopsis

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2017

Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication. What is behind the rise and rise of these winky faces, clinking glasses and smiling poos? Given the sheer variety of verbal communication on the internet and English's still-controversial role as lingua mundi for the web, these icons have emerged as a compensatory universal language.

The Semiotics of Emoji looks at what is officially the world's fastest-growing form of communication. Emoji, the colourful symbols and glyphs that represent everything from frowning disapproval to red-faced shame, are fast becoming embedded into digital communication. Controlled by a centralized body and regulated across the web, emoji seems to be a language: but is it? The rapid adoption of emoji in such a short span of time makes it a rich study in exploring the functions of language.

Professor Marcel Danesi, an internationally-known expert in semiotics, branding and communication, answers the pertinent questions. Are emoji making us dumber? Can they ultimately replace language? Will people grow up emoji literate as well as digitally native? Can there be such a thing as a Universal Visual Language? Read this book for the answers.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Marcel Danesi is Professor Emeritus of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Bloomsbury Academic
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1474281982
ISBN 13 
9781474281980
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
208
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
WordUnited GmbH
distribution@wordunited.com

Theodorstrasse 105
DUSSELDORF
40472
Alemania

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9781474281997: The Semiotics of Emoji: The Rise of Visual Language in the Age of the Internet (Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  1474281990 ISBN 13:  9781474281997
Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
Tapa dura