Face with Tears of Joy - Keith Houston

Face with Tears of Joy

A Natural History of Emoji

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2025
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-1-324-07514-1 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
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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 appear in politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emoji’s impact has never been explored in full. Named for the world’s most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji for the first time.

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 emoji’s ever-expanding lexicon. Along the way, Houston explores vital developments in tech history and reveals the body of technocrats governing this 3,600-character language. He also addresses the eggplants in the room: risqué emojis, controversy, and accusations of “selling out.” Finally, readers learn about the future of emoji, as some of the language’s pioneers consider what comes next. Face with Tears of Joy is a language- and tech-lover’s delight, stuffed with gloriously nerdy details, illustrations, and fun.

Keith Houston is the author of Empire of the Sum, Shady Characters, and The Book. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Mental Floss, and on BBC Culture and Literary Hub. He lives in Linlithgow, Scotland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.8.2025
Zusatzinfo 30 illustrations
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Grafik / Design
ISBN-10 1-324-07514-7 / 1324075147
ISBN-13 978-1-324-07514-1 / 9781324075141
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