article_snippet.sent: the 'ridiculous' 44-page document was commissioned by executives at the BBC who then hired an agency to research how smiley faces could be used in news stories and on social media.
article_snippet.sent: Emoji designers were also told to make graphics for the faces of popular stars such as Gary Lineker and Graham Norton.
article_snippet.sent: BBC BBC spent licence fee payers' money on a 44-page guide on how to use emojis before using a 'sad face' emoticon to describe the death of the world's oldest woman .
article_snippet.sent: the 'ridiculous' 44-page document was commissioned by executives at the BBC who then hired an agency to research how smiley faces could be used in news stories and on social media .
article_snippet.sent: Bosses at Radio 1 and Radio 1 Extra were sent a 44-page guide on how to use emojis before using a 'sad face' emoticon to describe the death of the world's oldest woman earlier this week, The Sun reported.
article_snippet.sent: Emojis, which were first created in Japan, are small digital images used to express an emotion, such as happiness or anger, used by millions of people on social media sites like Facebook and WhatsApp.
article_snippet.sent: BBC BBC also used a 'sad face' emoji to describe the death of the world's oldest woman, Misao Okawa, 117, from Japan this week.
article_snippet.sent: Daniel McIntyre-Hoeft said: 'The sad face is a bit inappropriate, don't you think?'
highlights_snippet.sent: BBC paid for research into how smiley faces could be used in news stories .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Designers told to make emojis of Gary Lineker and Graham Norton's faces .