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020 a| 9781324075141q| paperback;

020 a| 1324075147q| paperback;

020 z| 9781324075158q| ePub ebook;

024 8 a| CIPO000235635;

035 a| (Sirsi) 40032919376;

035 a| 40032919376;

035 a| (OCoLC)1455397262;

050 4 a| P99.63b| .H788 2025;

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100 1 a| Houston, Keith,d| 1977-e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrGyQChQqHt97yQYJ4CV31| https://isni.org/isni/0000000408529419=| ^A1310860;

245 10 a| Face with tears of joy :b| a natural history of emoji /c| Keith Houston.;

246 30 a| Natural history of emoji;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| W.W. Norton & Company,c| [2025];

300 a| x, 267 pages :b| illustrations (some color), charts ;c| 21 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

336 a| still imageb| sti2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

340 g| monochrome2| rdacc;

340 g| polychrome2| rdacc;

340 p| illustration2| rdaill;

340 p| chart2| rdaill;

353 a| bibliography2| msupplcont0| http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/msupplcont/bibliography;

353 a| index2| msupplcont0| http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/msupplcont/index;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-247) and index.;

505 0 a| Part I : Baby steps -- Big in Japan -- What went before -- Go west -- Who owns emoji? -- Part II : Growing pains -- A trending topic -- Righting the ship -- Emoji season -- Part III : Emoji hegemony -- Hatemoji -- The emoji tongue -- When is an emoji not an emoji? -- Emoji sells out -- Part IV : The future of emoji -- Emojigeddon -- State of the nation.;

520 a| "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 permeate politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emoji's impact has never been explored in full. 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 the ever-expanding emoji lexicon. Named for the world's most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji for the first time" --c| Back cover.;

650 0 a| Emojisx| History.=| ^A1486570;

650 0 a| Logography.=| ^A315852;

650 0 a| Picture-writing.=| ^A285957;

650 0 a| Social media.=| ^A770054;

650 0 a| Language and the Internet.=| ^A1065246;

650 0 a| Communicationx| Technological innovations.=| ^A154530;

650 6 a| Émojisx| Histoire.;

650 6 a| Logographie.;

650 6 a| Médias sociaux.;

650 6 a| Langage et Internet.;

650 6 a| Technologies de l'information et de la communication.;

650 7 a| social media.2| aat;

650 7 a| Emojis.2| fast;

655 7 a| Informational works.2| lcgft;

655 7 a| Documents d'information.2| rvmgf;

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Face with tears of joy : a natural history of emoji / Keith Houston.

Author/creator	Houston, Keith, 1977- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	x, 267 pages : illustrations (some color), charts ; 21 cm
Subjects	Emojis--History. Logography. Picture-writing. Social media. Language and the Internet. Communication--Technological innovations. Émojis--Histoire. Logographie. Médias sociaux. Langage et Internet. Technologies de l'information et de la communication.

Portion of title	Natural history of emoji
Physical medium	monochrome
Physical medium	polychrome
Physical medium	illustration
Physical medium	chart
Contents	Part I : Baby steps -- Big in Japan -- What went before -- Go west -- Who owns emoji? -- Part II : Growing pains -- A trending topic -- Righting the ship -- Emoji season -- Part III : Emoji hegemony -- Hatemoji -- The emoji tongue -- When is an emoji not an emoji? -- Emoji sells out -- Part IV : The future of emoji -- Emojigeddon -- State of the nation.
Abstract	"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 permeate politics, movies, drug deals, our sex lives, and more. But emoji's impact has never been explored in full. 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 the ever-expanding emoji lexicon. Named for the world's most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji for the first time" -- Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-247) and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781324075158
Genre/form	Informational works.
Genre/form	Documents d'information.
ISBN	9781324075141 paperback
ISBN	1324075147 paperback
ISBN	ePub ebook
Standard identifier#	CIPO000235635

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