How are we using emoji to be understood during a global pandemic?
That's Not What I Meant
English - June 16, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBEducation Society & Culture Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode I talk to Sean Earley, Social Strategy Director at Teneo about how we're using emoji to be understood in a time where the watching the news cycle creates a rollercoaster of emotions and each day brings a new wave of things to be outraged, worried or joyous about.
We look at emoji as a global democratized language, how new emoji are selected and reveal the most used emoji in the world and what's skyrocketed during the Covid19 pandemic. And, bad news for emoji haters, it looks like they're here to stay. Listen to find out why emojis are here for the long haul and how brands can use emoji to champion causes.