00:00They may be small and seemingly harmless, but emojis can carry more weight than you might guess,
00:08sometimes acting like digital social hand grenades.
00:13While some might see an emoji as friendly or funny, another might find it confusing or even offensive.
00:21To explore this further, passers-by in Reykjavik were asked to interpret a selection of emojis.
00:29Some found certain emojis joyful, while others thought it expressed sadness.
00:35What do you feel about this?
00:40To be angry or angry?
00:45I would like to smile if this would be a mistake.
00:49Even the classic smiley face isn't always a safe territory.
01:10Even the classic smiley face isn't always a safe territory.
01:19The degree of a smile and the shape of the emoji's mouth can send subtly different signals.
01:25The exercise showed that in the world of digital communication, meaning isn't fixed and that
01:31even the simplest symbols can speak volumes.
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