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This 'grimace face' emoji is causing awkward conversations - make sure you're using it correctly
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 15.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | The grimace face emoji does not look the same way on every platform, which can lead to some misunderstandings if people are using different devices.
Image Description | Grimace face emoji, 8 different grimace face emojis from different platforms, screenshots of conversations, and chart about emotion ranking
Image Tags | chart, emojis, text
Das Schweigen der Emojis
(The Silence of Emojis)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 12.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | email, emojis, misunderstanding, texting
Summary | Our written and computer-mediated communication is requiring more and more non-textual signs. First the likes of this " :-) " came along and now text messages and emails have begun to look like someone spilled colorful candy all over them. Emojis also easily lead to misunderstandings, so the manicure emoji can be misinterpreted as a weird foot by people who are not in the know.
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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
Emoji grins send as grimaces from different phones - causing confusion
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | The grinning face emoji shows up differently on Apple devices and Android devices, which might cause misunderstandings. The Google emoji looks happy while the Apple one looks "ready to fight". A research also shows that people can interpret the same emoji differently.
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Did you mistake the grimace emoji for a grin? Here are 6 other emoji you're probably using wrong
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | A study conducted by a PhD student revealed that the grimace face emoji shows up differently according to the device used, which has led to some misunderstandings. For instance, on Apple devices, the emoji conveys a negative emotion. However, on other devices, the emoji looks like it is "grinning".
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Entreprise cherche traducteur parlant couramment l'emoji
(Company looking for a translator speaking emoji)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, translation
Summary | A translation company based in London (Today Translation) is looking for a an emoji translator. The translator will have to understand and explain misunderstandings related to emoji communication, and establish "trends". Emojis are now as common as numbers and letters. However, they do not mean the same thing everywhere. For example, the BBC claims that the "goodbye emoji" can simply mean "goodbye" in English or French, but in China, it means "you are no longer my friend". Is emoji a new language? Even if they express emotion, they can't be called a language.
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«Traducteur d'emojis», un poste rare recherché à Londres
("Emoji translator", a rare job wanted in London)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 15.12.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, translation
Summary | Using emojis can lead to misunderstandings. Today Translation (based in London) is looking for an emoji translator. The employee would need to decipher and explain misunderstandings related to the use of emojis. This is a very serious job offer. Since people are using more and more emojis in their digital conversations, and since the meaning of emojis is not unversal, there is a real need for emoji translation.
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Décoder le langage Emoji
(Decoding the emoji language )
Newspaper | Le Matin
Date | 22.1.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | Emojis are everywhere. They are used to symbolize emotions, but their meaning is not always clear. In the game "The Great Emoji Challenge", people have to decode messages in emoji. They can win up to one million dollars.
Image Description | Smiling emoji, and money bag emoji
Image Tags | emojis
"Die Flut der Zeichen ist enorm"
("The flood of signs is enormous")
Newspaper | Stuttgarter Zeitung
Date | 27.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, texting
Summary | The production of signs is in a stage of unprecedented proliferation - everyone partakes in textual production online and so the amount of meaningful signs out there is larger than ever. This is quite interesting with respect to emojis because we have only just started coming up with conventions of their use. We are still negotiating how emoji use can be codified. It is common to think, for instance, that a response without emoji to a message with emoji indicates negative feelings.
Image Description | Emojis and hand gestures.
Image Tags | emojis, hand(s), male(s)
Guten Morgen
(Good morning)
Newspaper | Aachener Zeitung
Date | 13.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | Everyone has seen them already - the pancake faces with many different facial expressions. Some emojis are however easily misunderstood. The grinning emoji can for instance be misinterpreted as grinding his teeth and the kissing emoji has been misunderstood as whistling. Maybe it is better not to use them in the light of all this confusion.
Image Description | Grinning emoji and kissing emoji.
Image Tags | emojis
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