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The Power of Emojis By Tabitha Barth

1/31/2016

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​The way we can express ourselves online has changed rapidly in the last few years. Before Emojis existed, we had to describe our emotions through words to convey how we feel about something. It was a longer process and took more critical thinking to interpret.

Nowadays all we need to express a feeling or sentiment is just a few clicks away with a variety of emojis to choose from. Happy, sick, angry, in love, annoyed, and more faces are on our palate to choose from. Emojis are fun to use and there are now emoji options to express your race if you choose.

Emojis are also powerful. I have seen people tell entire stories solely using emojis to express their thoughts. Since emojis are so expressive you can literally say anything you want through them. They are symbols of how we are feeling and how we wish to communicate that to others. 

However not every combination is a positive one. For example, I have seen some people post an emoji face with the gun pointing at it to further express how they feel about a situation. However, I do not think these individuals who post these emojis understand how that emoji statement affects others. People who have been through depression or someone who has lost someone to suicide may feel angry, sad, and/or frustrated when seeing this emoji combination being used.

You can choose how to arrange emojis to express your emotion. The saying, a picture is worth a thousand words, rings true when discussing the power of emojis. Instead of explaining your feelings, you are showing people how you feel through them. And each individual who sees your message post, will interpret your use of emojis in a different way.

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