Emojination Facilitates Inclusive Emoji Design Through Technical Writing: Fitting Tactical Technical Communication Inside Institutional Structures.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Gallagher, John R.; Avgoustopoulos, Rebecca E.
- Source
- Journal of Technical Writing & Communication. Jan2024, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p93-112. 20p.
- Subject
- *COMMUNICATION of technical information
*TECHNICAL writing
*EMOTICONS & emojis
- Language
- ISSN
- 0047-2816
Creating new emojis is predicated on a system of technical writing that lobbies for new emojis to the Unicode Consortium. Emojination, an activist collective working for cultural inclusivity, helps everyday people write proposals for inclusive and culturally sensitive emojis. Through a case study of Emojination, this article describes ways that Tactical Technical Communication can work toward cultural inclusivity within regulatory frameworks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]