The rise and rise of new media has resulted in an explosion of new creativity in the field of typography and graphics. ''Emotional Digital'' is a wide-ranging, international selection of today’s most beautiful typefaces introduced by the designers and publishers themselves. From the cult status designers of Emigre, San Francisoc to LettError, The Hague Thirsttype, Chicago Typerware in Barcelona, the comic alphabets of Rian Hughes to the character-filled typeface of Alessio Leonardi, this book offers stimuli for typeface design and layout. A wide range of fonts devised by international cutting-edge graphic design companies are stylishly presented in full-colour spreads. Each profile includes information on where and when the company originates, awards and characteristics of their work.

Emotions, Technology, and Social Media discusses the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture. The book explores this expression within a psychological theoretical framework, addressing feelings about social media, and its role in education and knowledge generation. The second section investigates the expression of feelings within social media spaces, while subsequent sections adopt a paradigm of active audience consumption to use social media to express feelings and maintain social connectivity. - Discusses the significant relationships between Web 2.0 technologies and learning traits - Presents studies about Facebook usage and individual emotional states - Investigates the shared emotions in the construction of "cyberculture - Shows the extent to which scientists use social media in their work, and the ways in which they use the social media - Analyzes the consequences of the online disinhibition effect - Examines YouTube as a source of opinions and discussions which can be used to track the emotions evoked by videos and the emotions expressed through textual comments - Details how Reddit users' media choices are emotionally useful and gratifying in the "memeplex - Links social interaction and the emotional life with that of digital devices and resources

What happens when media technologies are able to interpret our feelings, emotions, moods, and intentions? In this cutting edge new book, Andrew McStay explores that very question and argues that these abilities result in a form of technological empathy. Offering a balanced and incisive overview of the issues raised by ‘Emotional AI’, this book: Provides a clear account of the social benefits and drawbacks of new media trends and technologies such as emoji, wearables and chatbots Demonstrates through empirical research how ‘empathic media’ have been developed and introduced both by start-ups and global tech corporations such as Facebook Helps readers understand the potential implications on everyday life and social relations through examples such as video-gaming, facial coding, virtual reality and cities Calls for a more critical approach to the rollout of emotional AI in public and private spheres Combining established theory with original analysis, this book will change the way students view, use and interact with new technologies. It should be required reading for students and researchers in media, communications, the social sciences and beyond.

Fifteen thought-provoking essays engage in an innovative dialogue between cultural studies of affect, feelings and emotions, and digital cultures, new media and technology. The volume provides a fascinating dialogue that cuts across disciplines, media platforms and geographic and linguistic boundaries.

This book shows an innovative way for managers to gain a better understanding of emotions in teams and organizational units and thus positively influence agile development in the context of digital transformation of companies. Digitalization does not just lead to technical changes. It dramatically changes the way employees work with each other as well as how executives play their roles. In an agile working environment, middle management in particular loses power, influence, and relevance, and customer relationships are subject to greater affectivity. The result is an increased emotionalization of the actors, which should be recognized and understood prior to designing the emotional landscape of the organization and to developing and implementing successful business models. The author introduces various conventional and AI-based instruments based on current research for handling emotions, supported by practical concepts.

"Includes a new & enhanced online edition of the world's most popular emotional intelligence test."

Emotion in the Digital Age examines how emotion is understood, researched and experienced in relation to practices of digitisation and datafication said to constitute a digital age. The overarching concern of the book is with how emotion operates in, through, and with digital technologies. The digital landscape is vast, and as such, the authors focus on four key areas of digital practice: artificial intelligence, social media, mental health, and surveillance. Interrogating each area shows how emotion is commodified, symbolised, shared and experienced, and as such operates in multiple dimensions. This includes tracing the emotional impact of early mass media (e.g. cinema) through to efforts to programme AI agents with skills in emotional communication (e.g. mental health chatbots). This timely study offers theoretical, empirical and practical insight regarding the ways that digitisation is changing knowledge and experience of emotion and affective life. Crucially, this involves both the multiple versions of digital technologies designed to engage with emotion (e.g. emotional-AI) through to the broader emotional impact of living in digitally saturated environments. The authors argue that this constitutes a psycho-social way of being in which digital technologies and emotion operate as key dimensions of the ways we simultaneously relate to ourselves as individual subjects and to others as part of collectives. As such, Emotion in the Digital Age will prove important reading for students and researchers in emotion studies, psychology, science and technology studies, sociology, and related fields.

The study on the impact of the digital consumer's emotional intelligence based on the moral values promoted in e-business presents an actual interdisciplinary topic in the context of the digital age. The research proposes an original approach to e-business and digital consumer in terms of moral values and emotional intelligence. The Internet has positive effects on consumers and organizations when it is used properly to improve the quality of life. New consumers are more selective, receptive and interested in new technologies. Digital consumers have the opportunity to get informed quickly about products/services offers and e-business provides a simplified acquisition process through diversity and accessibility.

Emotion-based technology is a fascinating innovation that combines affective computing and artificial intelligence to understand and respond to human emotions. This technology uses various data sources, such as facial expressions, tone of voice and biometric data, to capture and interpret people's emotions. With this technology, it is possible to feel, understand, measure and react to human emotions more precisely. It allows a deeper understanding of people's emotional state, which can be extremely useful in different contexts. One of the most interesting applications of emotion-based technology is improving the user experience and the digital relationship with customers. For example, in a virtual service, this technology can identify a customer's frustration and direct the interaction in a more empathetic and effective way. Furthermore, in games and simulations, technology can adapt to the player's emotions, creating more immersive and personalized experiences. This technology also has the potential to be used in areas such as mental health, education and marketing. For example, in the area of ​​mental health, it can help diagnose and treat emotional disorders. In education, it can help in personalizing teaching, adapting the content according to the emotions of the students. In marketing, it can be used to understand consumers' emotional reactions to ads and campaigns, helping to create more effective strategies. In short, emotion-based technology represents a significant advance in human-machine interaction. It has the potential to make interactions more empathetic, personalized and effective, bringing benefits to both companies and end users.