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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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Qu'est-ce qu'un chatbot?
(What is a chatbot?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 8.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, social media, texting
Summary | "Chatbot" comes from "chat" and "robot", and is a software that imitates human conversation and natural language. We can come across chatbots on certain companies' websites (e.g. SNCF, Orange, Fnac, Ikea). We can ask them questions online and they usually try to help us. Chatbots are particularly popular today, but the concept is now new; it started in 1960 a program called Eliza (from MIT). Today's softwares are more complex and powerful. They are increasingly used on social media and messaging apps.
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«Nous n'avons jamais autant écrit à travers l'histoire de l'humanité»
("We have never written so much through the history of mankind")
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 27.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, grammar, language threat, social media, spelling, word/writing
Summary | Linguist Louise-Amélie Cougnon answers some questions related to digital language and language threat. She talks about social media language and emojis, and claims that we should not worry about the spread of digital language. Also, research does not show a link between digital language use and language impoverishment. However, it seems that pupils have lower spelling and grammar skills than before.
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Comment le langage évolue sur les réseaux sociaux?
(How does language evolve on social networks?)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 7.5.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | research/study, social media
Summary | Researchers have started a new study on social media language. Since the beginning of social networks, language has evolved/changed with the use of emojis, gifs and "memes". A team of researchers from different French-speaking countries (France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec) decided to study social media language by collecting Facebook, WhatsAapp, or Viber discussions. Researchers need a lot of users to share their private conversations. The goal is to attract between 5000 and 10000 Internet users.
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Le flirt en ligne, nouvelle arme du Hamas contre Tsahal
(Online dating, Hamas's new weapon against the IDF)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 12.1.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | It seems that Hamas tricked the Israel Defense Forces and stole personal information from them thanks to fake women's Facebook profiles. Young attractive women (fake profiles) would send soldiers pictures of them, and their "contact requests" were in fact "weapons" used to steal soldiers' personal information.
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Pourquoi les commentaires «Vive Marine» pullulent sur les réseaux sociaux
(Why "Vive Marine" comments abound on social networks)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 29.3.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | Messages supporting Marine LePen abound on social networks. Why do people keep repeating such comments? It seems that a minority of people that keeps posting the same messages over and over. However, the fact that there are more messages supporting LePen does not reflect online people's political opinion. If people think the news media is not fair with LePen, it's not surprising that they're trying to post as many positive comments as possible.
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#EmmanuelHollande: la genèse d'une offensive numérique
(#EmmanuelHollande: the genesis of a digital offensive)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 6.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | hashtags, politics, social media
Summary | During the French presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron was called "Emmanuel Hollande" by François Fillon. Then, everything goes really fast: exhanges of hashtags, keywords, and images. Fillon's digital campaign team quickly notices the potential of #EmmanuelHollande. Samuel Lafont creates a Twitter account and a Facebook page based on #EmmanuelHollande, and it's a success.
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Les réseaux sociaux, champ de bataille souterrain de la campagne
(Social media, the campaign's underground battle field )
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 14.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | During the French presidential campaign, François Fillon is dominating the war online. Gautier, 34, is leading Fillon's digital campaign. Social media platforms have become very important for candidates; they can redefine themselves online. Since 2012, what has changed regarding social media is the importance of videos. You can find a video of a candidate on social media platforms right after it was seen on TV, which can have a huge impact on people online.
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«Rends l'argent», le mème qui aura poursuivi Fillon jusqu'à sa défaite
("Give the money back", the meme that followed Fillon until his defeat)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 24.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | meme, politics, social media
Summary | On social media, the meme "give the money back" has been very popular. It started online, but it quickly spread to reach the streets of Paris. The meme disappeared at the same time as Fillon's defeat, but it remained the best representation of the presidential election. The expression "give the money back" was part of people's language when they would talk about politics online. The expression spread from "virtual life" to "real life".
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Les talibans veulent en finir avec leurs «trolls»
(The Taliban want to get rid of their "trolls")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 18.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | grammar, politeness, social media
Summary | The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is condemning certain abuses on social media. They are asking people to respect certain rules of decency and morality. They especially criticize online rudeness and poor linguistic and grammatical skills. The Taliban, who want to maintain a good level of communication, want to get rid of the "trolls"- those who do not respect an appropriate online behavior.
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