>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Smiley and his dad...USA TODAY
"Smile: The :-) turns 25"
"It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.
To mark the anniversary Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo, carries a $500 cash prize..."
"...To mark the anniversary Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo, carries a $500 cash prize..."
"... Language experts say the smiley face and other emotional icons, known as emoticons, have given people a concise way in e-mail and other electronic messages of expressing sentiments that otherwise would be difficult to detect..."
Read the entire article:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-09-18-smiley-emoticon-anniversary_N.htm
If one key stroke generated graphic is worth a thousand words, then emoticons are an invaluable language innovation. Despite the copious buzz about how IM/texted language represents a degradation of language, the ubiquitous 'smiley' is admired by language analysts. This is the type of change that would only come about through the ubiquity of digital keyboards and there just may be something important in the hyper subtle, yet profound impact this communications ritual has had on the nature of our interactions.
"Smile: The :-) turns 25"
"It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.
To mark the anniversary Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo, carries a $500 cash prize..."
"...To mark the anniversary Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo, carries a $500 cash prize..."
"... Language experts say the smiley face and other emotional icons, known as emoticons, have given people a concise way in e-mail and other electronic messages of expressing sentiments that otherwise would be difficult to detect..."
Read the entire article:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-09-18-smiley-emoticon-anniversary_N.htm
If one key stroke generated graphic is worth a thousand words, then emoticons are an invaluable language innovation. Despite the copious buzz about how IM/texted language represents a degradation of language, the ubiquitous 'smiley' is admired by language analysts. This is the type of change that would only come about through the ubiquity of digital keyboards and there just may be something important in the hyper subtle, yet profound impact this communications ritual has had on the nature of our interactions.
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