Digital Discourse Database

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Ce que nos applis disent de nous: Yacine, 15 ans, Snapchat dans le sang

(What our apps say about us: Yacine, 15, Snapchat in his blood)

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Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 28.8.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | addiction, privacy, Snapchat, social media
Summary | Yacine is 15, and he loves Snapchat. The app is very popular; it allows users to send ephemeral videos, photos, and messages. Today, with its "stories" available for 24 hours, Snapchat is a real social network. Yacine claims that he has to visit Snapchat at least once a day, for the flames. He you send a lot of snaps to another user, a flame appears next to that user's name, and the goal is to keep that fame. With Snapchat, everything is playful. Yacine also says that TV is old fashioned. He uses his phone and his iPad to watch videos. He also claims he is not addicted to new technologies, but his mother is more skeptical. Yacine also talks about other social networks and why he prefers Snapchat.
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Quand le numérique permet de rapprocher les générations

(When "digital" brings generations closer together)

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Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 10.2.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | gender, social media
Summary | The Professional Women's Network in Paris launched its first 'reverse mentoring digital' where young women between 25 and 35 have the opportunity of teaching 50-year old women the basics of IT and digital language, with a focus on the use of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Mamadou Dramé, pionnier des nouvelles technologies 'made in Africa'

(Mamadou Dramé, pioneer of new technologies 'made in Africa')

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Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 10.3.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | computer programming, digitized education, social media
Summary | Mamadou Dramé studied in Senegal, and was suprised by the archaism of his university administration system. He thus decided to work on the digitization of schools. Dramé created a social network for his school (called Asema) that provides students with job offers. In 2011, Dramé launched Web Corner, which is a forum specialized in the digitization of Senegalese education, and also founded Digital School Technologies. Finally, Dramé also created Africa School, an organization that distributes laptops and tablets to young Africans so they can learn programming, tomorrow's language.
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Le flirt en ligne, nouvelle arme du Hamas contre Tsahal

(Online dating, Hamas's new weapon against the IDF)

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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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«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)

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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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Les talibans veulent en finir avec leurs «trolls»

(The Taliban want to get rid of their "trolls")

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Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 18.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | grammar, politeness, social media
Summary | The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is condemning certain abuses on social media. They are asking people to respect certain rules of decency and morality. They especially criticize online rudeness and poor linguistic and grammatical skills. The Taliban, who want to maintain a good level of communication, want to get rid of the "trolls"- those who do not respect an appropriate online behavior.
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