Opportunities for visual self-expression in new media Is it true that (pictorial) communication becomes uniform?

Abstract

The social networking sites and instant messaging apps have made emoticons, stickers, GIFs, internet memes part of self-expression. The function of private photos has also changed: their primary purpose is not to preserve memories for posterity, but to show what is happening in the present. Their goal is to share experiences and evoke the verbal messages. The article examines the benefits of these new visual-based communication rituals influenced by global trends on individual modes of self-expression. It raises the question of whether a local character can appear in them.