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Homage: Paper 1 Textual Analysis Text 1

The document discusses the Oxford English Dictionary choosing the "tears of joy" emoji as its 2015 Word of the Year. It notes that while emojis have been around since the late 1990s, their use sharply increased in 2015 and they are now used by people of all ages. The tears of joy emoji was selected because it appeared to best describe the mood of 2015 and was the most used emoji in the US and UK according to analytics from SwiftKey.

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Homage: Paper 1 Textual Analysis Text 1

The document discusses the Oxford English Dictionary choosing the "tears of joy" emoji as its 2015 Word of the Year. It notes that while emojis have been around since the late 1990s, their use sharply increased in 2015 and they are now used by people of all ages. The tears of joy emoji was selected because it appeared to best describe the mood of 2015 and was the most used emoji in the US and UK according to analytics from SwiftKey.

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Paper 1 Textual analysis Text 1

They also thought that this was a good year to


pay homage to the emoji. For though they have been
around since the late 1990's, the use of the digital icons and
the word that describes them, has escalated sharply this
year. Besides, emojis are now used by people of all ages,
not just teenagers.

Also, though the word stems from the Japanese language -


e (picture), moji (character or letter), the digital icons can
be understood by everyone regardless of the language they
speak. Hence it only makes sense to acknowledge their
importance to global communication.

We all know that life without emojis, (the small digital


icons that we use ad nauseam) would be extremely boring.
Hence, it is only fitting that the editors of
the prestigious Oxford English Dictionary chose - The
emoji with the tears of joy as its 'Word of the Year' for 2015.

The company that announced its unusual word choice on


November 16th said that it was picked over several other
traditional contenders. Among them were 'refugee',
'sharing economy' and 'on fleek'. However, it was this
simple emoji that resonated with the editors because it As to how they selected from the thousands of emojis
appeared to best describe the "ethos, mood, and
that are available? The company says that they partnered
preoccupations of 2015."
with a leading mobile technology company SwiftKey to
determine the most popular emoji. Turns out that 'tears of
joy' is the most used icon. According to SwiftKey,
made up 17% of all emojis used in the U.S. A and
an astounding 20% in the United Kingdom!

Though this is the first time the Oxford University Press has
selected an image for its 'word of the year', it is not the first
time they have tried to incorporate modern lingo into their
150-year-old publication. In 2013, in recognition of the
growing popularity of self-portraits, the editors selected
'selfie,' for the 'Word of the Year'!

Guiding question: Examine how different features of a webpage have been used to engage young readers.

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