Elena Giannoulis is Junior Professor for Japanese Literature at the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Lukas R.A. Wilde is Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 923 "Threatened Order-Societies under Stress" at the University of Tuebingen, Germany.

1. Emoticons, Kaomoji, and Emoji: The Transformation of Communication in the Digital Age

Part 1: Intercultural Mediations

2. Not Everyone ¿¿¿¿s: Or, The Question of Emoji as a 'Universal' Form of Expression

3. Cultural Literacy in the Empire of Emoji Signs: Who is ¿¿¿¿?

4. Emoticons: Digital Lingua Franca or a Culture-Specific Product Leading to Misunderstandings?

Part 2: Intersectional Mediations

5. 'Impact taisetsu da!': The Use of Emoji and Kaomoji in Dans¿ Escort Blogs between Gender Expression and Emotional Labour

6. Emoticons in Social Media: The Case of Japanese Facebook Users

Part 3: Linguistic Mediations

7. 'Iconographetic Communication' in Digital Media: Emoji in WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook-from a Linguistic Perspective

8. A Cultural Exploration of the Use of Kaomoji, Emoji, and Kig¿ in Japanese Blog Post Narratives

Part 4: Pictorial Mediations

9. The Elephant in the Room of Emoji-Research: Or, Pictoriality, to What Extent?

10. Construction of Iconicity in Scenes of Kaomoji

Part 5: Material Mediations

11. Who Is Afraid of Mr. Yuk? The Display of the Basic Emotion of Disgust in an 'Analogue Precursor' to Contemporary Emoji

12. From Digital to Analog: Kaomoji on the Prayer Tablets of Anime Pilgrims