• DR. PAYAL SEN CHOUDHURY

Emojis are small digital images or icons that are used to express an idea or emotion in electronic communication. They are a fascinating and powerful form of communication as they offer new insights and opportunities for understanding and enhancing the language and interaction in the digital age. In today's fast paced world emojis have gained quick popularity because of its ability to save time for typing and also for being an excellent medium in expressing one's emotions. Not only a quick messaging option, emojis are also often seen as a fun and expressive way of communicating, so much so that they are now-a-days often considered as a language with its own identity. But can emojis actually be considered as an evolving language as they are just visual symbols that are used to enhance text-based communication, especially in computer-mediated contexts. However, they have an undeniable, significant role in enhancing and enriching written communication and are not just simple and playful icons. They are complex and powerful symbols and can affect and reflect various aspects of human communication and behavior. Thus, Emojis have become a popular and pervasive phenomenon in the digital world, attracting the attention of researchers from various disciplines. The paper, ‘Changing Paradigm of Communication: Use of Emojis as a New Language of Communication, with Special Reference to College Students’ tried to study and find answer whether emojis can truly be considered as the evolving language in digital media and how much threat is there to written words when the use of digital symbols and signs becomes a habit. The paper focuses on a specific group, i.e., college students. This is because they form a large section of new media users and being the future of the country their usage habits and preferences to a large extent decide the future of emojis. Through extensive research spread across the length and breadth of India, effort has been made to draw an accurate conclusion.

Emoji, Communication, Language, Digital Image, Icon

"CHANGING PARADIGM OF COMMUNICATION: USE OF EMOJIS AS A NEW LANGUAGE OF COMMUNICATION, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.e735-e742, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311500.pdf

"CHANGING PARADIGM OF COMMUNICATION: USE OF EMOJIS AS A NEW LANGUAGE OF COMMUNICATION, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppe735-e742, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311500.pdf