Digital Discourse Database

Number of Posts: 4
Posts 1 - 4

Theresa May did a Facebook Live Q&A and 10,000 people used the 'angry' emoji

Hyperlink

Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 15.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics
Summary | Theresa May did a Facebook Live Q&A and the most popular reaction people shared was the angry emoji.
Image Description | N/A

Donald Trump may have won the presidential election but at least you can now get a facepalm emoji on your iPhone

Hyperlink

Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics
Summary | Trump just won the presidential election, and many people don't know what to say. A picture can paint a thousand words: people can at least use the facepalm emoji to express their feelings.
Image Description | N/A

Twitter 'not invited to Trump's tech industry meeting because they refused to make CrookedHillary emoji during campaign'

Hyperlink

Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | Twitter was left out of a meeting held by Trump because the company had refused to create a "crooked Hillary emoji". Trump's election campaign wanted to pay to see the crooked Hillary emoji.
Image Description | N/A

Exhausted students 'crying in toilets and breaking down in class' over 'unfair' new GCSE grading system

Hyperlink

Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, Facebook, politics, school, threat
Summary | A student has posted a rant about changes to the GCSE exam system making it yet more difficult. She describes how the whole student body has mental health issues since the changes were announced and just how ridiculous the expectations are. Her post has been shared almost 30'000 times by agreeing parents, teachers, and fellow students. Many commenters support her criticism while others show no understanding claiming that tests are meant to be hard.
Image Description | Getty images of someone writing with a pencil, and two images of exam situations, as well as a screengrab of the original Facebook rant.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), male(s), school

Page 1 of 1