We definitely live in the digital age. Our lives are interconnected in a virtual world, with people we have often never met. The overwhelming majority of the world’s computer-literate users now use Emoji as a daily necessity. It adds levity, emotional expression and personality.
Source: Linked In, August 5, 2017.
Emoji is more than just happy or sad faces. It has real communicative value, and represents an important step in making our text-speak fit for purpose in our digital lives. For better or for worse, we’re all speaking Emoji now.
INSIGHTS: 😕 We have to admit that emojis are often easier to use than the text abbreviations.