Emojis and the future of language (rebroadcast)

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Digital technologies are changing the way we communicate as well as the way we write and spell.  And with emojis we don’t have to do either.  You can say things using pictures like our


caveman ancestors.  The use of emojis crosses generations.  Are we dumbing down society or creating a new, creative visual language? Three language experts share their thoughts in an emoji


free conversation on the topic. Guests Josephine Koster, Professor of English and Director of English Graduate Studies at Winthrop University TYLER SCHNOEBELEN, founder and chief analyst at


Idibon, a natural language processing firm DR. JOHN MCARTHUR, Associate Professor of Communication, and Director, Undergraduate Programs in the Knight School of Communication at Queens


University _Originally aired May 25, 2016_ [embedded content]


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