How did emojis, smileys, emoticones, đ-whatever you call them conquered the world ?
Great documentary about the history, the influence on language and the control we have on using emojis (but same could be probably be said about gifs – see related acquisition of Giphy by Meta) in our daily lives.
Something that could be perceived as a funny little thing might have more impact than we thought on diversity, inclusion, control and ultimately language and perception.
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/094926-001-A/emoji-nation/
Benjamin Nizet 