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La méthode Suzi LeVine: connectée
(Suzi LeVine's method: connected)
Newspaper | Le Temps
Date | 25.11.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | The future ex US ambassador in Switzerland used social media a lot during her mandate. Being active on social media allows proximity, intuitivity, and freedom. Suzi LeVine said that social networks are the perfect example of direct democracy.
Image Description | Photograph of Suzi Levine and three other people dressed up for Halloween
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Les adieux «giscardiens» d’Oskar Freysinger sur Facebook
(Oskar Freysinger's "Giscardian" farewell on Facebook)
Newspaper | Le Temps
Date | 25.3.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | Facebook, politics, video communication
Summary | Oskar Freysinger chose to announce the end of his political career on Facebook.
Image Description | Portrait of Oscar Freysinger
Selfie géant d'Hillary Clinton: le simulacre de la politique
(Hillary Clinton's giant selfie: the sham of politics)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 26.9.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, selfie, threat
Summary | The philosopher Bertrand Vergely talks about Hillary Clinton's giant selfie and claims that it reflects a political cynicism. It also reveals the perversity of politics, communication, and images. When Hillary decided to take the selfie, she was not really playing. In fact, she knew exactly what she was doing. She knew that the audience wanted to have a selfie with her, so she gave them what they wanted. It was a smart move. However, it was also a little dangerous because she played with her ego. This kind of manipulation is called cynicism.
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Le flirt en ligne, nouvelle arme du Hamas contre Tsahal
(Online dating, Hamas's new weapon against the IDF)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 12.1.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | It seems that Hamas tricked the Israel Defense Forces and stole personal information from them thanks to fake women's Facebook profiles. Young attractive women (fake profiles) would send soldiers pictures of them, and their "contact requests" were in fact "weapons" used to steal soldiers' personal information.
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Un «bot» Twitter imite Donald Trump pour mieux le dénoncer
(A Twitter "bot" imitates Donald Trump in order to better condemn him)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 18.10.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, politics, Twitter
Summary | DeepDrumpf, a "bot" that was created at MIT, imitates Trump's tweets and speeches thanks to deep learning. The program is not perfect: a lot of tweets are incoherent. Nevertheless, they make a good parody. In sum, DeepDrumpf illustrates a language that seems unnatural, unpredictable, and incomprehensible -a good imitation of Trump, then. Hillary Clinton also created a bot called Text Trump.
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Les «mèmes» plus forts que «Jésus»
("Memes" stronger than "Jesus")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 15.12.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | meme, politics, word/writing
Summary | Google Trends allows people to compare users' searches on different topics. A chart shows the results of two searches: "Jesus" (red curve) and "memes" (blue curve). In September, the blue curve passed the red one, which means that memes were "stronger than Jesus". Google Trends can also be used for political polls. However, the tool is not perfect and has some limitations.
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Pourquoi les commentaires «Vive Marine» pullulent sur les réseaux sociaux
(Why "Vive Marine" comments abound on social networks)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 29.3.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | Messages supporting Marine LePen abound on social networks. Why do people keep repeating such comments? It seems that a minority of people that keeps posting the same messages over and over. However, the fact that there are more messages supporting LePen does not reflect online people's political opinion. If people think the news media is not fair with LePen, it's not surprising that they're trying to post as many positive comments as possible.
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#EmmanuelHollande: la genèse d'une offensive numérique
(#EmmanuelHollande: the genesis of a digital offensive)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 6.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | hashtags, politics, social media
Summary | During the French presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron was called "Emmanuel Hollande" by François Fillon. Then, everything goes really fast: exhanges of hashtags, keywords, and images. Fillon's digital campaign team quickly notices the potential of #EmmanuelHollande. Samuel Lafont creates a Twitter account and a Facebook page based on #EmmanuelHollande, and it's a success.
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Les réseaux sociaux, champ de bataille souterrain de la campagne
(Social media, the campaign's underground battle field )
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 14.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | During the French presidential campaign, François Fillon is dominating the war online. Gautier, 34, is leading Fillon's digital campaign. Social media platforms have become very important for candidates; they can redefine themselves online. Since 2012, what has changed regarding social media is the importance of videos. You can find a video of a candidate on social media platforms right after it was seen on TV, which can have a huge impact on people online.
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«Rends l'argent», le mème qui aura poursuivi Fillon jusqu'à sa défaite
("Give the money back", the meme that followed Fillon until his defeat)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 24.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | meme, politics, social media
Summary | On social media, the meme "give the money back" has been very popular. It started online, but it quickly spread to reach the streets of Paris. The meme disappeared at the same time as Fillon's defeat, but it remained the best representation of the presidential election. The expression "give the money back" was part of people's language when they would talk about politics online. The expression spread from "virtual life" to "real life".
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