The Next New Thing

As people begin to depend on platforms such as Facebook Message and text messaging to communicate, I find it difficult to convey emotions through solely words. When speaking to someone in person, the receiver is often listening to the words and interpreting body language and emotions. However, virtual communication through messaging doesn't have the capabilities to include such nonverbal language. Many times, I would depend on emoticons to express different emotions. Yet, these emotions would depend on the receiver to convey. Also, it is often inappropriate to incorporate such symbols in a professional email. Therefore, the next new media could be a platform that would permit people to convey emotions without the use of emoticons. It would have a sensor for senders to express emotions, and a sensor for receiver to accurately interpret these emotions.