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Sur les réseaux sociaux, la cuisine doit être belle avant d'être bonne
(On social media, food should look good before tasting good )
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 19.2.2018
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | social media
Summary | On social media networks such as Facebook or Instagram, people have been sharing beautiful pictures of their food. This phenomenon is called "food porn". At restaurants, it has become so common to see customers get their smartphone and take a picture of their food to post it online.
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Les émojis deviennent des personnages de cinéma
(Emojis become movie characters)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis are now in a new Hollywood movie, and TV also wants to use them in some shows. In the Great Emoji Challenge (TV show), participants need to decode messages written in emoji language.
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Le plus ancien emoji du monde découvert en Turquie. Il a 3 700 ans !
(The oldest emoji in the world discovered in Turkey. It is 3700 years old!)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 27.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Archeologists in Turkey found a pitcher from 200 BC where there was a drawing of a smile. It is probably the oldest smiley in the world!
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Ecrans : des pédiatres préoccupés
(Screens: worried pediatricians)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 4.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat
Summary | More and more children spend too much time on screens. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a statement with new tips and recommendations for parents (e.g. no screens in children's bedroom, establish a screen curfew, limit screen time to one hour a day for children between 2 and 5, etc.).
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" Mon fils n'est plus le même petit garçon "
("My son is not the same little boy")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 28.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat
Summary | When Gabin first went to kindergarden, he was in his own bubble. He used to repeat what he was told, and would not listen to the teacher. At home Gabin was constantly on his tablet, and TV was always on. After the mother was told not to give her son his tablet, they noticed progress. Doctor Ducanda has been working a lot with children like Gabin. Most of the time, those children have been exposed to screens for too long.
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Ecrans La grande déconnexion parents-bébés
(Screens The big disconnection parents-babies)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 28.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat
Summary | Many toddlers have autistic-like symptoms, and it might be due to too much screen time. Smartphones and other devices are everywhere, and parents sometimes give them to their kids to calm them down. Many health professionals have been warning people about the dangers of too much screen time for toddlers under 3. Those dangers can be: a lack of language, relational problems, and communication problems. Some people don't like the reference to autism that has been made because no research can prove a link between screens and autism.
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Grenouille, thé ou pêche : certains émojis ont une signification cachée
(Frog, tea, or peach: certain emojis have a hidden meaning)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | People use certain emojis to talk about totally different things. For instance, the peach and eggplant emojis are rarely used to talk about fruits and vegetables. The peach emoji is used to represent a butt, and the eggplant is used to represent a penis. The bee emojis has been used by Beyonce's fans, the snake emoji can be used as an insult, the frog and tea emojis have been used as sarcasm, and the key emoji has been used by DJ Khaled's fans.
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Nicolas Loufrani : «Les émojis ont copié le Smiley»
(Nicolas Loufrani : "Emojis have copied the smiley")
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 7.8.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat
Summary | Nicolas Loufrani (creator of the smiley) talks about the incredible history this new emoji language. Smileys came first and then emojis became very popular thanks to the smartphone revolution. Loufrani explains how his dad created the first smiley, which evolved more as a promotional concept, and how he followed with a more humanized smiley. His smileys were successful; people needed a way to replace words with smileys. Loufrani goes on to talk about popular discourses about language threat; he disagrees with those discourses. Emojis add something to our communication; they make our language richer.
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Ce que nos applis disent de nous: Yacine, 15 ans, Snapchat dans le sang
(What our apps say about us: Yacine, 15, Snapchat in his blood)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 28.8.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | addiction, privacy, Snapchat, social media
Summary | Yacine is 15, and he loves Snapchat. The app is very popular; it allows users to send ephemeral videos, photos, and messages. Today, with its "stories" available for 24 hours, Snapchat is a real social network. Yacine claims that he has to visit Snapchat at least once a day, for the flames. He you send a lot of snaps to another user, a flame appears next to that user's name, and the goal is to keep that fame. With Snapchat, everything is playful. Yacine also says that TV is old fashioned. He uses his phone and his iPad to watch videos. He also claims he is not addicted to new technologies, but his mother is more skeptical. Yacine also talks about other social networks and why he prefers Snapchat.
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Des chatbots rebelles désactivés en Chine
(Rebellious chatbots deactivated in China)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 4.8.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, censorship
Summary | Two Chinese chatbots have been deactivated after they criticized the Communist Party. One of the chatbots -available on a popular messaging app- answered "no" to the question "do you like the Communist Party?".
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