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« LOL » et « omg » menacés par les « emoji », selon Instagram

("LOL" and "omg" threated by "emojis", according to Instagram)

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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

What emoji REALLY mean: Researchers rank the sentiment of everything from the happy face to the chicken in bid to make symbols easier to use

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Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 9.12.2015
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | Communicating with emojis can lead to misunderstandings; their meaning can be ambiguous. A study tried to rank them on an emotion scale based on how negative, neutral, or positive they are. Emojis are ideograms that not only represent emotions; they also transmit ideas.
Image Description | Chart representing the ranking of emojis based on their "sentiment score".
Image Tags | chart, emojis

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