The Allusionist: 13. Mixed Emojions

July 3, 2015 10:36 AM

Emoji allow communication without words. Could emoji be the universal language of the 21st century? Matt Gray and Tom Scott, founders of the emoji-only messaging platform emoj.li, talk through the pitfalls; and History Today’s Dr Kate Wiles finds the 500- and 5,000-year-old precedents for emoji.

Visit theallusionist.org/emoji for more details, additional reading, and a video featuring Medieval Marginalia that Helen made with Animoto.

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