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15-jährige Berlinerin erfindet Kopftuch-Emoji
(15 year old Berliner creates hijab emoji)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 15.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | A 15 year old girl from Berlin has submitted a hijab emoji design to the Unicode Consortium. That is the organization which authorizes new emojis. The designer, Rajouf Alhumedi argued that a hijab is part of many women's identity and that that should be represented in emojis. Emojis have become a valid language of its own - the Oxford English Dictionary even picked an emoji as the word of the year once.
Image Description | The new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
"Apple, was hast du meinen Emojis angetan?"
("Apple, what have you done to my emojis?")
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 14.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Twitter
Summary | The new Apple update comes with redesigned emojis and people are devastated. The changed look of the emojis makes many users sad to the extend that they feel like they "have lost a friend", one person on Twitter writes. There are also a few new emojis, most notably: all emojis are available in multiple skin shades and most emojis now exist in a male and female version. There is also an emoji of a homosexual couple now.
Image Description | A series of Tweets about the new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
Endlich, ein Emoji für Döner
(Finally, an emoji for Döner Kebab)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 4.6.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, selfie
Summary | The Unicode Consortium has published the 72 new emojis to join the old corpus. It include a lot of additional animals, foods, sports, as well as a selfie emoji. The new emojis however also work towards more diversity: Mrs Santa, a prince, a male dancer, and a groom are now available on all platforms.
Image Description | Emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
iPhone-Nutzer sehen lachendes Emoji oft als Grimasse
(iPhone users oftentimes see laughing emoji as grimace)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 13.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | Different smartphone operational systems display the same emojis differently. This can cause quite some misunderstandings, as researchers have found out. One emoji is being interpreted much differently when displayed within Android versus when displayed within Apple OS. So a positive smiling emoji appears as a grimace to iPhone users.
Image Description | Emojis and Tweets with compilations of emojis displayed on different platforms.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
Muslimische Smileys
(Muslim smileys)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 18.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | An app with muslim-themed emojis is now available. The emojis can however only be sent as image files and not integrated in the keyboard. They would have to be included by the Unicode Consortium for that to be possible and an Australian is already petitioning to Unicode to include muslim emojis. Meanwhile, Indonesia wants to force Unicode to block all emojis depicting homosexuality within the country because it clashes with their Islamic morals and values.
Image Description | The Muslim Emojis in use.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), male(s)
Endlich kommt das Emoji, auf das die Welt gewartet hat
(The emoji everyone has been waiting for is finally here)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 2.11.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | 72 new emojis will be added with the next apple update: a selfie emoji, a facepalm emoji, a male dancer, prince, and Mrs. Santa Claus emoji as well as bacon, croissant, and spoon emojis. What German users are however most excited about is the doner kebab emoji which the Unicode Consortium has plainly named "stuffed flat bread".
Image Description | Video about the new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, hand(s), smartphone
Diese neuen Emojis gibt‘s jetzt auf dem iPhone
(These new emojis are now available on iPhones)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Another new set of emojis is now available since the new iPhone update. New emojis include the facepalm, a shrug emoji, an avocado, as well as new professions such as astronauts or scientists - as men and women. Especially the facepalm was highly anticipated by many people.
Image Description | Collages of the new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Sechs Chat-Fehler, die dir schaden, ohne dass du es merkst
(Six chat mistakes you are making that you don't even know about)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 16.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | Using emojis can be tricky. Firstly, they do not look the same on all devices. This can lead to misunderstandings because we interpret a lot in other people's emoji use. Researchers also advise people to use few if any emojis in work-related communication. One should entirely abstain from using emojis when communication with a superior or employee. One should also be mindful of how often one changes the profile picture and what one's profile picture depicts.
Image Description | A Getty image of a surprised woman and of a selfie, a Bollywood GIF, and a collection of emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), gifs, selfie
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