Digital Discourse Database

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Government secretary tweets nude ‘selfies’

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Newspaper | The Local
Date | 7.8.2014
Language | English
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | pornography, selfie, sexting
Summary | A Bernese office employee had been tweeting nude images from her office to her 11'000 followers. She works for the Swiss government, whose employment policies ask employees to only post thing on social media that they would be comfortable sharing with their co-workers and supervisors as well and to keep the Swiss government's reputation in mind even when they are off the clock. The secretary in question, who has participated in several hundred amateur porn films as is now confirmed, claims that her private life does not interfere with her professional life in any way and that they should be kept seperate. It is unclear how her employers will handle the situation.
Image Description | Getty image of a woman taking a selfie.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), selfie, smartphone

Porno-Sekretärin des Bundes wird freigestellt

(Porn secretary of the confederacy will be discharged)

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Newspaper | 20 Minuten
Date | 6.8.2014
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | pornography, selfie, sexting
Summary | The 'porno secretary' (as she has been dubbed in the media) was discharged effective immediately. After her porn Twitter account became known to both the wider public and her employer, the secretary has lost her work position in the Federal Palace. She had posted nude and hardcore pornographic images from porn shooting sets and from her office workplace.
Image Description | Explicit photographs from the secretary's Twitter account with her face and nipples/genitalia pixelated.
Image Tags | female(s), selfie

La technologie au service du narcissisme

(Technology at the service of narcissism )

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Newspaper | La Tribune de Genève
Date | 15.3.2014
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Summary | Selfies have become popular, especially among Hollywood stars. Should we be worried about this new technology that favors narcissism? An American psychologist claims that the need to immortalize our own image is not anything new. However, do Hollywood stars need to be pathetic while taking selfies? Selfies seem to be the proof of solitude. People and their "followers" live their lives through a screen; they think they are connected to the world but are just connected to themselves.
Image Description | Selfie that Ellen DeGeneres took at the 2014 Academy Awards ceremony.
Image Tags | selfie

Bis das Handy uns scheidet

(Till the cell phone do us part)

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Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 14.12.2014
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | privacy, smartphone
Summary | Smartphones have opened up a variety of possibilities to cheat on one’s partner – physically as well as emotionally. Apps like Ashley Madison can connect people who would like to step outside their relationship. Sending flirtatious messages or nude images can feel like betraying one’s partner. Although smartphones make it easier for people to cheat anytime and anywhere, they also help people getting caught since online activities leave a digital trail. There are some apps that allow people to hide their digital activities and other apps that allow them to spy on digital activities.
Image Description | Illustration of Adam and Eve on their digital devices (smartphone and laptop).
Image Tags | computer/laptop, smartphone

Multitasking ist ein Mythos

(Multi-tasking is a myth)

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Newspaper | St. Galler Tagblatt
Date | 13.12.2014
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, school, smartphone, technology-free, threat
Summary | A group of students from the College of Economics in St. Gallen (HSG) have launched a campaign to encourage fellow students to put their smartphones away during lectures. Having a smartphone available all the time significantly distracts students from the task at hand. According to a study, every hour spent studying with a smartphone at hand includes 36 minutes of smartphone activity.
Image Description | Photograph/digital image of two monkeys taking notes in a lecture hall.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, smartphone

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