인터넷 미디어 특성에 따른 문자의 상형화

Abstract

This study takes a look at how the most advanced means of communication, characters and symbols, will transform with the advent of a new form of media, the internet. Communication in the internet space demands faster speed and responses. Even the characters and symbols that have been used as the absolute means of communication until now will gradually change in accordance with the changing media environment. In semiotics, characters and symbols are discussed as the most developed forms and explains the process of how the symbol is interpreted to relate to the subject matter through different theories. However, it is relatively slower than visual signs that are formed as images from an aspect of instantaneous perception. On the internet, characters and symbols such as emotions, and abbreviated terms for words and sentences are already changing into different forms. As long as the internet is used by people, such phenomenon will continue on as the creation of different symbols and characters.