Face with tears of joy : a natural history of emoji / Keith Houston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houston, Keith, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emojis--History.

Emojis.

Logography.

Picture-writing.

Social media.

Language and the Internet.

Communication--Technological innovations.

Communication.

social media.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

x, 267 pages : illustrations (some color), charts ; 21 cm

monochrome

polychrome

illustration

chart

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Natural history of emoji

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]

Summary:

"A vibrant exploration of the world's newest language -- where it came from, how it works, and where it's going. We are surrounded by emoji. They permeate politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emoji's impact has never been explored in full. In this rollicking tech and pop culture history, Keith Houston follows emoji from their birth in 1990s Japan, traces their Western explosion in the 2000s, and considers the ever-expanding emoji lexicon. Named for the world's most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji for the first time" -- Back cover.

Contents:

Part I : Baby steps

Big in Japan

What went before

Go west

Who owns emoji?

Part II : Growing pains

A trending topic

Righting the ship

Emoji season

Part III : Emoji hegemony

Hatemoji

The emoji tongue

When is an emoji not an emoji?

Emoji sells out

Part IV : The future of emoji

Emojigeddon

State of the nation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-247) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781324075141

1324075147

OCLC:

1455397262

Publisher Number:

CIPO000235635