"Heart-shaped" Myth

"?" as a common symbol is widely used in various fields in the world. Wikipedia is defined as: "the heart-shaped symbols is a symbol of love, usually people think that this symbol is derived from the heart." Therefore, "?" is generally accepted as a representative of the human heart pictogram, also as synonymous with "love".In different periods of history, different cultures, "?" has been used to represent a lot of things, also as an image used in all kinds of media. In today’s new media, "?" is the most popular social media message. In WeChat, twitter, Facebook, and other social network are marked "?" express love and acceptance. Like Button as a convenient way to expression, communication. Concise convenience, the mood of real-time visualization, even language is no longer necessary. Symbolic of the mass culture tends to flatten and shallow.Praise and love become very easily, it started me thinking about emotional authenticity——? = love = heart?I comb from several(?)the historic evolution, as a clue, heart-shaped symbols(?)in different media in the development and the application in art. It makes me see the symbol under the influence of the mass media myth of pop art and popular culture, thus to have been influenced by the mass media and representative in the ’60 s "Pop" culture and contemporary culture deeply influenced by new media, try to talk about the relations between media, culture, Art.