Emojis are themselves a form of data visualization: a visual shorthand for expressing our feelings, reactions, and words through text messages and social media posts. But how much of this icon-based language is universal? How much is subject to generational differences? How much is based on personal meaning? This was the central question of “mEMOirJIs,” a project I launched in the fall of 2024. Several recent studies had shined a light on the a…
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