Emojination Facilitates Inclusive Emoji Design Through Technical Writing: Fitting Tactical Technical Communication Inside Institutional Structures

John R. Gallagher, Rebecca E. Avgoustopoulos

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Abstract

Creating new emojis is predicated on a system of technical writing that lobbies for new emojis to the Unicode Consortium. Emojination, an activist collective working for cultural inclusivity, helps everyday people write proposals for inclusive and culturally sensitive emojis. Through a case study of Emojination, this article describes ways that Tactical Technical Communication can work toward cultural inclusivity within regulatory frameworks.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages93-112
Number of pages20
Volume54
No1
Specialist publicationJournal of Technical Writing and Communication
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2024

Keywords

  • Emoji
  • proposal writing
  • tactical technical communication
  • template
  • unicode

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Communication
  • Education

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