University students can now study emojis as part of courses in language, marketing, psychology and even politics. University students can now study emojis (pictured) as part of courses in language, marketing, psychology and even politicsDr Philip Seargeant, 49, who wrote The Emoji Revolution, teaches pupils about the symbols in the 'introduction to language' module at the Open University. 'There's a moral panic around emojis, that they are ruining the way children are learning and ruining the language. Dr Seargeant said psychologists now study emojis, communications academics look at the symbols, and marketing students. Labour have been using emojis to encourage people to register to vote, and repost the party's campaign images.

Source: Daily Mail November 19, 2019 09:00 UTC