Tracey Lien, Los Angeles Times: Article Analysis

Have you ever gotten an annoying message from your friends and you don’t understand it. These messages usually include emojis for words, slaying and text abbreviations. These messages can be frustrating because you don’t know what they are saying.
Emojis are weakening the way people spell and speak. “Should that frown be upside down? Emojis make the meaning clear” by Tracey Lien, Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff, explains how emojis are such great thing but don’t understand the damage being caused. This article doesn’t see the bad side of emojis though because they don’t see that it is destroying texting. “For it to be as successful as spoken language, it needs this kind of system to complement and support the messages coming