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Shigetaka Kurita: Emoji

• Curated • ISBN 9781633451490

Shigetaka Kurita: Emoji cover

Shigetaka Kurita: Emoji

• Curated • ISBN-13 9781633451490

ISBN-10 Not provided • 2023

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ISBN 9781633451490 • Completeness 48

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By Paul Galloway Created in 1998 by Shigetaka Kurita (born 1972), a young designer at the Japanese telecom company NTT DOCOMO, emoji act as the body language of online speech. Emoji—taken from the Japanese e for picture and moji for character—bring nuance to our online interactions and are a part of the long history of improvements to human communication, from the invention of writing to the arrival of the printing press and the advent of computers.

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Publisher: Curated
2023

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Contributor: Paul Galloway Created in 1998 by Shigetaka Kurita (born 1972)Contributor: a young designer at the Japanese telecom company NTT DOCOM

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Category: Culture And TheoryCategory: Language And WritingCategory: PublicationCategory: Technology

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