❓ Why Are Emoji Popular?

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What are your thoughts? Are emojis a language? Were emojis an evolution?

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Table Of Contents
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0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Are emoji's a language?
1:25 - What separates emojis from hieroglyphs?
1:50 - Ph.D Vyvyan Evans explaining emojis vs hieroglyphs
5:00 - How are emojis not a language?
6:59 - Why are emojis so universal?
8:55 - Why are emojis so powerful?
9:00 - Ph.D Vyvyan Evans explaining the power of emojis
11:41 - why were emojis created in the first place?
14:56 - Interruption II
17:18 - Conclusion
17:58 - Ending
18:46 - Intrigue

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Sources
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Language Definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language#Definitions
Ph.D Vyvyan Evans - http://www.vyvevans.net/
Hieroglyph Information - http://www.crystalinks.com/Hieroglyphs.html
Hieroglyphs.net - http://hieroglyphs.net/
Scott E. Fahlman Story - http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/smiley.asp
DoCoMo story - http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world
Unicode 6.0 emojis - http://emojipedia.org/unicode-6.0/
Unicode info - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode
Unicode consortium - http://www.unicode.org/consortium/directors.html

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