First Monday September 2018

Readers:

First Monday has just published the September 2018 (volume 23, number 9) =
issue at http://firstmonday.org/.

The following papers are included in this month's special issue, =
"Histories and cultures of emoji vernaculars". The guest editors for =
this issue are Joel Gn and Crystal Abidin.

The following papers are included in this month's special issue:

First Monday
Volume 23, Number 9 - 3 September 2018

Special issue: Histories and cultures of emoji vernaculars

Between art and application: Special issue on emoji epistemology
by Crystal Abidin and Joel Gn

Cultural literacy in the empire of emoji signs: Who is crying with joy?
by Alisa Freedman=20

Biaoqing: The circulation of emoticons, emoji, stickers, and custom =
images on Chinese digital media platforms
by Gabriele de Seta

Inciting anger through Facebook reactions in Belgium: The use of emoji =
and related vernacular expressions in racist discourse=20
by Ariadna Matamoros-Fernandez

Facial recognition, emotion and race in animated social media
by Luke Stark

I second that emoji: The standards, structures, and social production of =
emoji
by Bethany Berard

Emoji as a 'language' of cuteness
by Joel Gn

Emoji at MoMA: Considering the "original emoji" as art=20
by SooJin Lee

Emoji hashtags // hashtag emoji: Of platforms, visual affect, and =
discursive flexibility=20
by Tim Highfield

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With the September issue, First Monday has published 1,789 papers in 268 =
issues, written by 2,491 different authors over the past 22 years. The =
issue is the twenty-fifth special issue of First Monday, where guest =
editors bring together focused papers on a specific topic.

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

Edward J. Valauskas
Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday=