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Los emoticonos invaden nuestra conversación

(Emoticons are invading our conversation)

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Newspaper | El País
Date | 18.10.2016
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, word/writing, youth
Summary | Craig Federighi claimed that the chidren of tomorrow won't be know how to write with words anymore. The problem does not only lie in the use of abbreviations, but also in the rise of emojis. Now, if you text someone, you can substitue words with emojis. It seems that using emojis in our conversations is a very efficient way to communicate.
Image Description | Video about the use of emojis and image of an Apple keyboard and a new text
Image Tags | emojis, keyboard, text

Los jóvenes se sienten incompletos sin internet y las redes sociales

(Young people feel incomplete without internet and social media)

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Newspaper | El Mundo
Date | 9.4.2014
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | addiction, research/study, smartphone, social media, threat, youth
Summary | A lot of young people wouldn't be able to live without new technologies (internet, social media, etc.). According to a study, they feel isolated and incomplete without them, and they wouldn't know how to socialize. Young people are aware of the advantages of internet and social media (e.g. possibility to have many relationships) as well as the risks of such new technologies (e.g. loss of privacy). They also know they can become dependent on their digital devices. However, they are not so worried; they think such disadvantages are normal and part of today's society. The survey also showed contradictory results; 74% of the respondents thought that social media facilitate new friendships, but about 72% of them thought that social media isolate people more.
Image Description | Video: interview of young people about their online practices, and two charts showing statistics about online practices.
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, female(s), male(s), smartphone

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