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From a papacy that clicks, prayer picks via video
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 7.1.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, politics, social media, translation
Summary | Pope Francis is using most known social media platforms to get his messages out in multiple languages. Even prayer apps exist. Most recently, Pope Francis has advised Catholics to engage in open dialogue with people of other faiths to counteract the current political climate of opposition and fragmentation.
Image Description | N/A
Vine Dries Up. Black Humor Loses a Home
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 31.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, social media, Twitter
Summary | Twitter announced that it will shut down it's video-based social media platform Vine. The six second videos had established a particular kind of humor that the author argues is reminiscent of black humor with its allusions and communicating in codes. Many black comedians in particular had thrived on the platform and significantly shaped its visual language.
Image Description | Some vines by Jay Versace and a screenshot of a Nicholas Fraser vine with comments.
Image Tags | male(s), Vine
This ‘Homoji’ Keyboard Brings Queer Shorthand To Your Text Messages
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 16.2.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, social media
Summary | A new emoji keyboard is available: Homoji. It includes emojis relevant to the gay community and culture such as 'gym bunnies' or 'otters' which are type-identifiers in the male gay community. Other emojis include colorful pieces of text of the words 'slay' or 'yaas'.
Image Description | A preview of the new available homojis.
Image Tags | emojis
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