Since the dawn of humanity, mankind has communicated via symbols. Indeed, it was a turning point for civilisation when the Sumerians carved a GOT BARLEY? icon on a rock. (The Sumerians also invented ...

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Hundreds of sheep have been painted with a bizarre 'smiley face' symbol in fields across the country. The strange image has sparked debate on social networking sites after it was first reported on 20 ...

Today emoticons are so pervasive that behavioral science has taken an active interest in how people use them. Among the evidence (recently surveyed by Roni Jacobson at the great new Science of Us blog ...

Researchers have found that emoticons, though they obviously resemble little faces, aren't actually processed in our brain the same way. Instead, the smiley symbols have more in common with logographs ...

Whether viewed as a symbol of hope or used as an expressive emoji, Smiley’s history is one of positivity and innovation. As well as being interwoven within culture and forming part of our everyday ...

With three simple keystrokes, Scott Fahlman brought a smile to the internet. In a 1982 message board post, Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie-Mellon University, proposed using typographical ...

For decades, this feel-good symbol has encouraged millions to smile. The happy face and “Have a Nice Day “ helped to define the ‘70s. With two dots and a pencil stroke, schoolchildren have brightened ...

The man who owns the rights to the iconic "smiley face" symbol has said that only bringing out small numbers of emojis each year limits people's freedom of speech online. Nicolas Loufrani, CEO of The ...

It’s enough to put a :-) on your face. Many people may have only just cottoned on to the trend of adding emotional symbols to their messages. But popular smiley ‘emoticons’ such as :-) and :-( which ...

User-Created Clip by CSPANCLASSROOM December 29, 2015 2015-12-20T14:54:03-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/6ed/20151220145553003_hd.jpgCharles Ball talked about ...