In today’s issue of “things that Gen Z has cancelled for Millennials and older generations,” the young teens and 20-somethings are now coming for emojis. First they came for our side partings, then ...

Smiling at Gen Z? Better watch your back. What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn — at least in the eyes of Gen Z. The classic smiley face emoji now means ...

Text messages and chats online can include a combination of words, pictures and emoji to convey a message. Words and pictures can be easy to understand, but when someone sends emoji you might feel ...

Using the smiley face emoji with colleagues may not give off the impression you’re searching for. At first glance, the smiley face emoji is harmless: a yellow, wide-eyed animated circular grin that ...

In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran into a problem on Carnegie Mellon University’s online bulletin boards. People used the bulletin boards — a kind of primitive ...

You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

Born from the words for “pictures” and “written characters,” the emoji is a natural extension of the visual symbolism that suffuses Japanese culture and public life, notes Keith Houston in his book, ...

Is a text thread really a text thread without a few smiley face emojis? IMHO, the answer is no — and I’ve got scientific research on my side. Yes, emojis brighten up a message and make endless lines ...