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Pourquoi il ne faut surtout pas finir ses textos par un point
(Why we shouldn't end a text with a period)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 10.12.2015
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | punctuation, research/study, texting
Summary | The University of Binghamton conducted a study and revealed that text messages that end with a period are considered less sincere and mean. The exclamation mark is seen as a more sincere option. The period has an expressive function.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman looking at her phone and looking perplexed.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
« Lol » est mort, vive le « haha » !
("Lol" is dead, long lives "haha"!)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 12.8.2015
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, gender, research/study
Summary | According to Facebook analysts, "lol" is dying out. In their study, they found out that only 1,9% of internet users use "lol" and 51,4% of them use "haha". Laughing emojis are used by 33,7% of internet users. "Lol" seems to be used by 30-year old men whereas emojis are mostly used by females under 20.
Image Description | Photograph of a dictionary page with a big LOL in the middle of the page.
Image Tags | dictionary
« LOL » et « omg » menacés par les « emoji », selon Instagram
("LOL" and "omg" threated by "emojis", according to Instagram)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 7.5.2015
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, Instagram, research/study, translation
Summary | Instagram conducted a study on emojis, and revealed that they tend to replace certain Internet expressions. Today, half of Instagram posts have emojis. The use of emojis is changing people’s Instagram language. This language change led someone to translate an entire book (Moby Dick) in emojis. The Instagram search engine now allows people to look for posts using emojis.
Image Description | Two charts: one showing the use of internet slang compared to emojis, and the other showing the breakdown of emoji use on Instagram by country.
Images of three emojis.
Image Tags | chart, emojis
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