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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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La technologie est déjà omniprésente dans nos vies
(Technology is already omnipresent in our lives )
Newspaper | Le Temps
Date | 9.1.2018
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | Artificial intelligence is everywhere, from smartphones to personal assistants. Personal assistants such as Echo or Home understand natural language, can interpret what they hear, and can for instance order a taxi and answer questions. Regarding facial recognition, Apple has launched its new Face ID system. Also, image recognition is better than ever: Google's latest smartphone is able to recognize precise objects.
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La cyberdépendance abrutit les enfants
(Cyberdependence is making kids stupid )
Newspaper | Le Temps
Date | 2.2.2018
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat, threat, youth
Summary | More and more children are addicted to screens, which is worrisome. More and more young people have screen addiction problems and need to see a health specialist to help them. The consequences can be serious: obesity, language delay, sleep disorder, and diabetes. Parents shouldn't prohibit anything, but they should teach their children how to manage their screen time.
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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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