Editing Emoji (section)

===Cultural influence===
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[[Oxford Dictionaries (website)|Oxford Dictionaries]] named {{unichar|1F602|FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY|nlink=Face with Tears of Joy emoji}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emojipedia.org/face-with-tears-of-joy/|title=Face With Tears of Joy Emoji|publisher=Emojipedia.org}}</ref> its 2015 [[Word of the year#Oxford|Word of the Year]].<ref name="Oxford2015">{{cite web|url=http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/11/word-of-the-year-2015-emoji|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015932/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/11/word-of-the-year-2015-emoji|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 17, 2015|title=Oxford names 'emoji' 2015 Word of the Year|work=[[Oxford Dictionaries (website)|Oxford Dictionaries]]|date=November 16, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> Oxford noted that 2015 had seen a sizable increase in the use of the word "emoji" and recognized its impact on popular culture.<ref name="Oxford2015" /> Oxford Dictionaries President Caspar Grathwohl expressed that "traditional alphabet scripts have been struggling to meet the rapid-fire, visually focused demands of 21st Century communication. It's not surprising that a pictographic script like emoji has stepped in to fill those gaps — it's flexible, immediate, and infuses tone beautifully."<ref name="Waldman2015">{{cite web|last=Waldman|first=Katy|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/11/16/the_face_with_tears_of_joy_emoji_is_the_word_of_the_year_says_oxford_dictionaries.html|title=This Year's Word of the Year Isn't Even a Word 😂😂😂|department=Lexicon Valley|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=November 16, 2015|access-date=July 29, 2017}}</ref> [[SwiftKey]] found that "Face with Tears of Joy" was the most popular emoji across the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/17/for-first-time-ever-an-emoji-is-crowned-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year|title=For first time ever, an emoji is crowned Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|last=Wang|first=Yanan|date=November 17, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> The [[American Dialect Society]] declared {{unichar|1F346|AUBERGINE}} to be the "Most Notable Emoji" of 2015 in their Word of the Year vote.<ref name="AmericanDialect">{{cite web |url=http://www.americandialect.org/2015-word-of-the-year-is-singular-they |title=2015 Word of the Year is singular 'they' |publisher=American Dialect Society |website=www.americandialect.org |date=January 8, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2017}}</ref> A 2015 report found [[Poop emoji]] 💩 was most popular in Canada among users of a proprietary keyboard application.<ref>{{cite web |author=O'Neil |first=Lauren |date=April 22, 2015 |title=Canadians top the world in smiling poop emoji use, report finds |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/canadians-top-the-world-in-smiling-poop-emoji-use-report-finds-1.3043143 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006110647/https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/canadians-top-the-world-in-smiling-poop-emoji-use-report-finds-1.3043143 |archive-date=6 October 2024 |access-date=January 31, 2025 |website=[[CBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>

Some emoji are specific to Japanese culture, such as a [[Dogeza|bowing]] businessman ({{unichar|1F647}}), the [[shoshinsha mark]] used to indicate a beginner driver ({{unichar|1F530}}), a white flower ({{unichar|1F4AE}}) used to denote "brilliant homework",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emojipedia.org/white-flower|title=White Flower Emoji|publisher=Emojipedia.org|access-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref> or a group of emoji representing popular foods: [[ramen]] noodles ({{unichar|1F35C}}), [[dango]] ({{unichar|1F361}}), [[onigiri]] ({{unichar|1F359}}), [[Japanese curry|curry]] ({{unichar|1F35B}}), and [[sushi]] ({{unichar|1F363}}). [[Unicode Consortium]] founder [[Mark Davis (Unicode)|Mark Davis]] compared the use of emoji to a developing language, particularly mentioning the American use of [[eggplant]] ({{unichar|1F346}}) to represent a [[phallus]].<ref name=Bromwich>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/technology/how-emojis-find-their-way-to-phones.html |title=How Emojis find their way to phones |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Bromwich, Jonah |date=October 20, 2015 |access-date=October 19, 2017}}</ref> Some [[Linguistics|linguists]] have classified emoji and [[emoticon]]s as [[discourse marker]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/emoticons-and-symbols-arent-ruining-language-theyre-revolutionizing-it-38408|title=Emoticons and symbols aren't ruining language – they're revolutionizing it|last=Collister|first=Lauren|website=The Conversation|date=April 6, 2015|access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Noto Color Emoji From Each Unicode Emoji Category.jpg|alt=A variety of emoji as they appear on Google's Noto Color Emoji set, as of 2024.|thumb|550x550px|A variety of emoji as they appear on Google's Noto Color Emoji set as of 2024 ]]
In December 2015, a [[sentiment analysis]] of emoji was published,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kralj Novak|first1=P.|last2=Smailović|first2=J.|last3=Sluban|first3=B.|last4=Mozetič|first4=I.|title=Sentiment of Emojis|journal=PLOS ONE|date=2015|volume=10|issue=12|page=e0144296|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0144296|pmid=26641093|pmc=4671607|arxiv=1509.07761|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1044296K|doi-access=free}}</ref> and the Emoji Sentiment Ranking 1.0<ref>{{cite web|title=Emoji Sentiment Ranking|url=http://kt.ijs.si/data/Emoji_sentiment_ranking|access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> was provided. In 2016, a musical about emoji premiered in Los Angeles.<ref name="playbill.com">{{cite web|last1=Gans|first1=Andrew|title=New Musical About Emojis Will Premiere in Los Angeles|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/new-musical-about-emojis-will-premiere-in-los-angeles|website=Playbill|date=April 12, 2016|access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="timeout.com">{{cite web|last1=Cary|first1=Stephanie|title='Emojiland' is bringing your phone's emojis to life in LA|url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/emojiland-is-bringing-your-phones-emojis-to-life-in-la-050316|website=Timeout|date=April 14, 2016|access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref>  The animated ''[[The Emoji Movie]]'' was released in summer 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Emoji at Center of Bidding Battle Won By Sony Animation; Anthony Leondis To Direct|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/emoji-movie-sony-pictures-animation-anthony-leondis-kung-fu-panda-secrets-of-the-masters-1201482768|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722060125/http://deadline.com/2015/07/emoji-movie-sony-pictures-animation-anthony-leondis-kung-fu-panda-secrets-of-the-masters-1201482768/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2015|website=Deadline|date=July 2015|access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lawrence|first1=Derek|title=The Emoji Movie: Here's what the critics are saying|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/27/emoji-movie-review-roundup/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>

In January 2017, in what is believed to be the first large-scale study of emoji usage, researchers at the [[University of Michigan]] analyzed over 1.2 billion messages input via the Kika Emoji Keyboard<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/24857-emojis-how-we-assign-meaning-to-these-ever-popular-symbols| title=Emojis: How We Assign Meaning to These Ever-Popular Symbols| date=May 19, 2017| publisher=University of Michigan| access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> and announced that the Face With Tears of Joy was the most popular emoji. The Heart and the [[Face with Heart Eyes emoji|Heart eyes emoji]] stood second and third, respectively. The study also found that the French use heart emoji the most.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.futurity.org/emoji-countries-1328712-2/| title=People Around the World Use These Emojis The Most| date=January 3, 2017| publisher=Futurity| access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> People in countries like Australia, France, and the Czech Republic used more happy emoji, while this was not so for people in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina, where people used more negative emoji in comparison to cultural hubs known for restraint and self-discipline, like Turkey, France, and Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/%E2%80%98Face-with-tears-of-joy%E2%80%99-is-the-most-popular-emoji-says-study/article17025261.ece|title='Face with tears of joy' is the most popular emoji, says study|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=January 12, 2017}}</ref>

There has been discussion among legal experts on whether or not emoji could be admissible as evidence in court trials.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Semiotics of Emoji|last1=Danesi|first1=Marcel|date=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury|page=139}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2015/10/emoticons_and_emojis_as_evidence_in_court.html|title=Exhibit A: ;-)|date=October 16, 2015|magazine=Slate|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, as emoji continue to develop and grow as a "language" of symbols, there may also be the potential of the formation of emoji "dialects".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/fashion/emoji-have-won-the-battle-of-words.html|title=The Emoji Have Won the Battle of Words|last=Bennett|first=Jessica|date=July 25, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 28, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Emoji are being used as more than just to show reactions and emotions.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/04/the-science-of-emoji/|title=The Emoji is the Birth of a New Type of Language (? No Joke)|date=April 19, 2016|magazine=Wired|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> [[Snapchat]] has even incorporated emoji in its trophy and friends system with each emoji showing a complex meaning.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://snapchatemojimeanings.com|title=Snapchat Emoji Meanings|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815133017/https://snapchatemojimeanings.com/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Emoji can also convey different meanings based on syntax and inversion. For instance, 'fairy comments' involve heart, star, and fairy emoji placed between the words of a sentence. These comments often invert the meanings associated with hearts and may be used to 'tread on borders of offense.'<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kataria |first1=Priya |last2=Khanna |first2=Karman |title=Introducing Fairy Comments: Gen Z's Instrument of Online Kudos Trolling |journal=Journal of Creative Communications |date=17 April 2022 |doi=10.1177/09732586221090367 |s2cid=248234049 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09732586221090367 |access-date=22 September 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[File:DeepMoji examples histogram.png|thumb|200px|right|Sample emoji probability distributions generated by the DeepMoji model]]
In 2017, the [[MIT Media Lab]] published [[DeepMoji]], a [[deep neural network]] [[sentiment analysis]] algorithm that was trained on 1.2 billion emoji occurrences in [[Twitter]] data from 2013 to 2017.<ref>{{cite book |last=Felbo |first=Bjarke |arxiv=1708.00524 |title=Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing|chapter=Using millions of emoji occurrences to learn any-domain representations for detecting sentiment, emotion and sarcasm |date=2017 |pages=1615–1625 |doi=10.18653/v1/D17-1169 |s2cid=2493033 }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
 |url= https://www.theregister.com/2017/08/07/sarcasm_detector_bot_mit/
 |title= A sarcasm detector bot? That sounds absolutely brilliant. Definitely
 |last= Corfield
 |first= Gareth
 |date= 2017-08-07
 |website= [[The Register]]
 |access-date= 2022-06-02
 |quote= }}</ref> DeepMoji was found to outperform human subjects in correctly identifying [[sarcasm]] in Tweets and other online modes of communication.<ref>
{{cite web
 |url= https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/08/03/105566/an-algorithm-trained-on-emoji-knows-when-youre-being-sarcastic-on-twitter/
 |title= An Algorithm Trained on Emoji Knows When You're Being Sarcastic on Twitter
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 |date= 2017-08-03
 |website= [[MIT Technology Review]]
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{{cite web
 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40850171
 |title= Emojis help software spot emotion and sarcasm
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 |date= 2017-08-07
 |website= [[BBC]]
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{{cite web
 |url= https://www.newsweek.com/emoji-computer-sarcasm-emotion-training-hate-speech-647474
 |title= Emoji-Filled Mean Tweets Help Scientists Create Sarcasm-Detecting Bot That Could Uncover Hate Speech
 |last= Lowe
 |first= Josh
 |date= 2017-08-07
 |website= [[Newsweek]]
 |access-date= 2022-06-02
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====Use in furthering causes====
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On March 5, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emoji Recently Added, v12.0|url=https://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts-12.0/emoji-released.html|access-date=2020-11-16|website=www.unicode.org}}</ref> a drop of [[blood]] ({{unichar|1FA78}}) emoji was released, which is intended to help break the stigma of [[menstruation]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/08/692481425/why-period-activists-think-the-drop-of-blood-emoji-is-a-huge-win|title=Why Period Activists Think The 'Drop Of Blood' Emoji Is A Huge Win|newspaper=NPR|date=February 8, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-02-11|last1=Gharib|first1=Malaka}}</ref> In addition to normalizing [[Menstrual cycle|periods]], it will also be relevant to describe medical topics such as [[donating blood]] and other blood-related activities.<ref name=":02" />

A [[mosquito]] ({{unichar|1F99F}}) emoji was added in 2018 to raise awareness for [[Mosquito-borne disease|diseases spread by the insect]], such as [[dengue]] and [[malaria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccp.jhu.edu/2017/09/18/creating-buzz-proposing-mosquito-emoji-public-health/|title=Creating Buzz: Proposing a Mosquito Emoji for Public Health|last=Desmon|first=Stephanie|date=2017-09-18|website=Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref>