SXSW 2019
Let’s Talk About the Gun Emoji
Description:
When the gun emoji was first approved by Unicode in 2010 there were a lot of unknowns about how it would be used.
Nine years later, we know a lot more.
When does the use of the gun emoji reflect real-world violence? What can we learn about the gun emoji from what comes before and after it? Can the design of the gun emoji impact its meaning? Join this panel of multidisciplinary emoji experts as we discuss the gun emoji from technical, ethical, social, emotional, and linguistic perspectives.
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Takeaways
- Can it be a crime to use the gun emoji in certain ways?
- Does the design of the gun emoji impact its meaning?
- What clues can we use to distinguish between the gun emoji used as sarcasm vs the gun emoji used as a threat?
Speakers
- Jane Solomon, Linguist-in-Residence (and Lexicographer), Dictionary.com
- Desmond Patton, Associate Professor of Social Work, Columbia University
- Mark Davis, President and Co-founder, Unicode Consortium
Organizer
Jane Solomon, Linguist-in-Residence (and Lexicographer), Dictionary.com
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