Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Assignment #2 text part

Asian style emoticon is more complex and detail on facial features. It has more expressions on eyes and action. Emoticon is very closely related to language and the Manga expression marks. Because it’s vertical orientation. Asian emoticon is more vivid and lively, and probably more effective associated with emotions and brain activities.
Western emoticon only contains three elements: eyes, nose, and mouth. It’s very easily understood.
They convey not only verbal messages but also nonverbal information--emotion and gesture. more directly points out sender’s attitude and make the metaphor more clear
What are emoticons? They are symbols for faces, usually used by teenagers and young adults in informal social writing.

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