graphicon

Any of various kinds of graphical icon used on social media platforms.

Noun

  1. Any of various kinds of graphical icon used on social media platforms.
    • Emoji are a subcategory of what Herring and Dainas (2017) classify as ‘graphicons’ (graphical icons) – a classification of graphical features found on social media platforms that also include emoticons, stickers,...
    • In our study, we analyse a case in which the participants of a video-mediated workshop draw on images or animated GIFs (i.e. graphicons) in managing emotion discourse. - 2023, Elina Salomaa and Esa Lehtinen, “Graphicons...
    • Since its introduction in the early 1970s, textual computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been enriched by graphical icons (henceforth graphicons) that express emotion and attitude. - 2020 March 6, Artie Konrad,...

Origin

Blend of graphical + icon.

Forms

graphicons