ARTICLE/GRAPHIC: OMG! Emoticons R Older Than U Think!!! =-0

[Ryan Goble]

Wired Magazine only puts about 90% of their content on line.  This little feature I pulled does not have a date I can find :(  Still, despite the less than awesome scan, there is a lot of interesting stuff to talk with students about re: emoticons. I love the start of the timeline...

"1400s - MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS Figures and faces are drawn into manuscripts to highlight certain lines of text and cue emotional responses."

Enjoy...

[Louann Reid]

Cool. Thanks for posting this, Ryan. Researching visual literacy has confirmed that almost everything--even emoticons, it seems--is older than I thought it was! This article adds to what we're learning about visual texts.

[Ryan Goble]

L to the R,

Glad you liked it - I actully wrote the author as I was wondering what his sources were. But, yes, everything old is old again :)

Hope you had a great Turkey Day.

Ry:)