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Brauchen wir ein Emoji mit nicht-binärer Geschlechtsidentität?
(Do we need an emoji with a non-binary gender identity?)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 14.5.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender, research/study
Summary | A new package of emojis will be released soon. One of them represents a person who is neither entirely male nor female, i.e. of non-binary gender identity. It is questionable whether it is worthwhile to represent such a small minority, seeing that there is no redhead emoji either because only 2% of the global population are redheads. A linguist of the research project "What's Up, Germany?" however argues that having a gender inclusive emoji is sending a powerful sign and can affect society via language in the long-term.
Image Description | A Getty image of a woman vomiting a rainbow, a tweet about the gender inclusive emoji, and a few GIFs of celebrities.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), gifs, male(s)
Diese Emojis solltest du dir beim Flirten sparen
(You should avoid these emojis when flirting)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 24.4.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, gender, misunderstanding, online dating, research/study
Summary | Emojis can be quite tricky because they can lead to misunderstandings. This is particularly problematic in online dating. The dating app Clover analysed their users' chats to find out which emojis are a success in online dating and which emojis should be avoided. They found out that women like the hearts-for-eyes emoji, the monkeys and other animals, as well as the tongue emoji. They dislike the eggplant emoji and emoijis displaing strength, for instance the biceps of fist emoji. Men like the kissing emoji as well as the cheeky tongue-out emoji. They dislike the ring and the poop emoji.
Image Description | The emojis women/men like and dislike.
Image Tags | emojis
Diese neuen Emojis gibt‘s jetzt auf dem iPhone
(These new emojis are now available on iPhones)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Another new set of emojis is now available since the new iPhone update. New emojis include the facepalm, a shrug emoji, an avocado, as well as new professions such as astronauts or scientists - as men and women. Especially the facepalm was highly anticipated by many people.
Image Description | Collages of the new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Dunkelhäutig, schwarzhaarig, blond - nur dieses Emoji fehlt noch
(Dark-skinned, black-haired, blond - only this emoji is still missing)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 20.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Emojis have gotten a lot more socially inclusive lately, representing several shades of skin and hair color, mixing up male and female stereotypes by for instance featuring a prince emoji and a policewoman emoji, as well as adding a gender-non-conforming emoji, and an emoji wearing a hijab. One group however still feels left out and is very vocal in their demand for an emoji that represents them: red-haired people. A petition has been signed by several throusand people but it is not likely that there will be another update to the emoji collection soon.
Image Description | A collection of emojis, screenshots of tweets, and a selfie of a red-haired person.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s)
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