Alas, finally. We’ve come to the end of the emoji drug code. I’m ending with an emoji that’s very obvious because even I deserve to get one right at first glance. Don’t be fooled, though. Folks could ...

In digital communication, where visual information often conveys key ideas in memorable, pithy, and fun ways, emoji is king. The new normal of social-distancing has further accelerated patterns of ...

Jason Heller is a senior writer at The A.V. Club, a Hugo Award-winning editor and author of the novel Taft 2012. There's no ignoring emojis. Subtly yet inexorably over the past few years, those tiny, ...