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Muttis Welt
(Mommy’s world)
Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 28.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, social media
Summary | Three women from Boston developed an app with 250 new emojis all depicting various aspects of parenthood and especially motherhood. The emojis address taboo topics of childcare and pregnancy such as being in labor, baby’s spit-up, and milk-pumping. Many parents however overshare these personal experiences on social media; a phenomenon previously named ‘sharenting’.
Image Description | Digital image representing three pregnant women emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s)
Risiko Schmollmund
(Risky pout)
Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 10.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | threat, youth
Summary | The new app on the rise according to Swiss app store sales is Musical.ly. It enables users to lip-synch or dance to 15-second tracks and upload their videos to a public platform. Psychologists and health professionals are worried about the seductive and erotic self-displays many of the users, teenage girls, upload to the platform. The app is more popular with teenage girls and uploads are frequently styled with heavy makeup and seductive body language, albeit without nudity. The app can become a convenient, legal erotic platform for pedophiles.
Image Description | Photograph of a teenage girl posing with a Hello Kitty smartphone and wearing several colorful earphones.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
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