This collection offers a comprehensive treatment of emoticons, kaomoji, and emoji, examining these systems of symbols and signs from a range of perspectives to examine their increasing role in the transformation of communication in the digital age.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Emoticons, Kaomoji, and Emoji: The Transformation of Communication in the Digital Age
Part 1: Intercultural Mediations
2. Not Everyone s: Or, The Question of Emoji as a 'Universal' Form of Expression
3. Cultural Literacy in the Empire of Emoji Signs: Who is ?
4. Emoticons: Digital Lingua Franca or a Culture-Specific Product Leading to Misunderstandings?
Part 2: Intersectional Mediations
5. 'Impact taisetsu da!': The Use of Emoji and Kaomoji in Dans Escort Blogs between Gender Expression and Emotional Labour
6. Emoticons in Social Media: The Case of Japanese Facebook Users
Part 3: Linguistic Mediations
7. 'Iconographetic Communication' in Digital Media: Emoji in WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook-from a Linguistic Perspective
8. A Cultural Exploration of the Use of Kaomoji, Emoji, and Kig in Japanese Blog Post Narratives
Part 4: Pictorial Mediations
9. The Elephant in the Room of Emoji-Research: Or, Pictoriality, to What Extent?
10. Construction of Iconicity in Scenes of Kaomoji
Part 5: Material Mediations
11. Who Is Afraid of Mr. Yuk? The Display of the Basic Emotion of Disgust in an 'Analogue Precursor' to Contemporary Emoji
12. From Digital to Analog: Kaomoji on the Prayer Tablets of Anime Pilgrims
