Hand Signs for Lip-syncing: The Emergence of a Gestural Language on Musical.ly as a Video-Based Equivalent to Emoji
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 li...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117735751 |