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Social Insecurity? internet Turns Boomers Into Twits
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 5.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, misunderstanding, research/study, youth
Summary | Elders are coming to Facebook and it's not pretty. Most young people find their older relatives' activities on Facebook cringey because they appear to regress back into their younger selves which is somehow undignified for the elderly. They also sometimes use wrong emojis because they tend to be too small for them to properly see. Young people are moving on to other platforms.
Image Description | Images of Cher, Donald Trump, and Larry King as well as some of their Tweets.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), Twitter
Emoji grins send as grimaces from different phones - causing confusion
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | The grinning face emoji shows up differently on Apple devices and Android devices, which might cause misunderstandings. The Google emoji looks happy while the Apple one looks "ready to fight". A research also shows that people can interpret the same emoji differently.
Image Description | N/A
Did you mistake the grimace emoji for a grin? Here are 6 other emoji you're probably using wrong
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | A study conducted by a PhD student revealed that the grimace face emoji shows up differently according to the device used, which has led to some misunderstandings. For instance, on Apple devices, the emoji conveys a negative emotion. However, on other devices, the emoji looks like it is "grinning".
Image Description | N/A
The Complicated, Distressing Relationship Teens Have With The News
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 8.3.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | misunderstanding, research/study, youth
Summary | Most youths get their news from their family, through the news media their parents consume, or through social media. The majority does not visit traditional news channels on their own initiative. Studies have shown that many youths cannot tell sponsored from editorial content. They are increasingly skeptical of news reports and at the same time unable to differentiate fake news or set valid news into a meaningful context.
Image Description | Silhouette of a person using a smartphone.
Image Tags | smartphone
Frustrated or triumphant? You are probably sending the wrong signals by using these 12 commonly misunderstood emojis
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 20.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | Emojis can be misunderstood although their meaning is thought to be universal. A study revealed which emojis are commonly misunderstood (e.g. emojis with facial expressions). In 2015, the word of the year was an emoji, which shows how popular emojis are.
Image Description | Various images representing confusing emojis, and video of how to use emojis in media.
Image Tags | 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
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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