Digital Discourse Database

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Steven Gerrard blasts Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy over 'disrespectful' crying emoji

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 13.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Benjamin Mendy mocked Lewis Dunk on social media. Steven Gerrard said that Mendy was being disrespectful when he posted "Bullet header" with three crying emojis.
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Chris Brown comments on one of Rihanna's smoking hot carnival Instagram posts and this is how her fans reacted

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 8.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Instagram
Summary | Chris Brown left a negative comment (side eye emoji) on one of Rihanna's Instagram posts and fans reacted to that "negativity".
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What is an Animoji? Apple leak reveals iPhone 8 feature that makes emojis based on your facial expressions

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple leak revealed a new feature of the new iPhones 8 and X: a facial recognition software that can makes animated emojis.
Image Description | Images of different emojis, 3D face, portraits of celebrities, photographs of the iPhone X box, videos of the iPhone X, and photographs of the new iPhone.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone

Dad confiscates daughter's iPhone - then makes punishment even worse with savage joke

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone, texting, youth
Summary | One dad punished his daughter and confiscating her iPhone. He also made a joke and slid a piece of paper under her door; he actually drew a picture of a smartphone screen displaying text messages between his daugher and himself.
Image Description | Photograph of a girl using her phone, screenshots of several tweets (one of them shows the piece of paper), and photograph of a dad and his daughter.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, Twitter

Can you really lodge official complaints using emojis?

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 17.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | People don't always agree on what is appropriate when it comes to emoji usage. If people want to complaint about something, they should be able to express themselves the way the want. They should be able to send a letter, tweet, or even send an emoji, if they want to.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, fingers crossed emoji, woman using her phone and opening her mouth, three emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), smartphone

Apple's new iPhone X will let you control the POO EMOJI with your face

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple's iPhone X will introduce a new feature: it will let users control the poo emoji with their own face. This new technology can also be used for other things; this is why Apple created Animoji. Animoji tracks your expressions and can create 3D animated emojis that users can use in iMessages.
Image Description | Video of the iPhone X, and photograph of a man holding a phone and smartphone screen displaying the animated poo emoji.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s), smartphone

The world's oldest emoji has been discovered - and it's very, very old

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Archaeologists have found a pot vase from 2000 BC in Turkey, and were struck to see a smiling face painted on it. They think it could be the oldest emoji. They don't know why craftsmen painted the smiling face on the pitcher, though.
Image Description | Image of a big smiling emoji, photograph of the pitcher, and photograph of Professor Nikolo Marchetti.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)

Twitter launch special 'worker bee' emoji as United and City prepare to honour Manchester Arena victims

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Twitter launched a 'worker bee' emoji just before the first clash between Manchester United and Manchester City.
Image Description | Photograph of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, image of a worker bee emoji, two soccer players, and two videos.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)

Why you should think twice before using emojis in your work emails

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | email, emojis, research/study
Summary | People shouldn't use emojis in their work emails. A new study analyzed the effects of emojis in work emails, and employees actually claimed that people who use emojis in their work emails seem less competent.
Image Description | Images of different emojis, photograph of a man staring at his phone, and woman holding her head and looking worried.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), male(s)

Is the world's oldest emoji really the world's oldest emoji?

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 20.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Turkish archaeologists found a pitcher from 1700 BC where a smiley face was drawn; they think it corresponds to the first example of emoji.
Image Description | Photographs of the pitcher found in Turkey, the Acropolis, the Grand Canyon, and Egyptian hieroglyphics.

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