dc.contributor.author | Rettberg, Jill Walker | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-08T12:51:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-08T12:51:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-10-24 | |
dc.Published | Rettberg, Jill Walker. 2017. “Hand Signs for Lip-Syncing: The Emergence of a Gestural Language on Musical.Ly as a Video-Based Equivalent to Emoji.” Social Media + Society 3, no. 4. | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 2056-3051 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/16914 | |
dc.description.abstract | Video-based communication is increasingly common online. This article looks at the hand signs that are used in lip-syncing videos on the app musical.ly and argues that they constitute a codified, non-verbal language of pictograms that is equivalent to emoji in text-based communication. Seeing the lip-syncing videos as performances allows us to situate the hand signs as the latest development in a long history of formalized gestures for theatrical performance. By recognizing this emergent gestural language as a performative element of online communication, we can reinterpret emoji and other forms of visual supplement to writing as part of a larger emerging system of communication where visual signs are becoming integrated into verbal language, not only in written language but also in video-based communication. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | SAGE | eng |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC | eng |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | eng |
dc.subject | apps | eng |
dc.subject | gestures | eng |
dc.subject | emoji | eng |
dc.subject | youth | eng |
dc.subject | social media | eng |
dc.subject | self-representation | eng |
dc.subject | online communication | eng |
dc.subject | internet | eng |
dc.title | Hand Signs for Lip-syncing: The Emergence of a Gestural Language on Musical.ly as a Video-Based Equivalent to Emoji | eng |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2017 The Author | eng |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117735751 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1507378 | |
dc.source.journal | Social Media + Society | |
dc.source.40 | 3 | |
dc.source.14 | 4 | |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Medievitenskap og journalistikk: 310 | |