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In a Tiny Digital Icon, Big Aspirations
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 27.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Twitter
Summary | A new emoji representing the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags was added to Twitter; this digital recognition was significant. Emojis are everywhere and everyone uses them; they have become an important part of our communication. The new emoji was added to Twitter on a special day: during Australia's 50th anniversary of the vote to include indigenous people in the national census. The new emoji can thus be shared easily. Although adding the new emoji might seem insignificant, an associate professor of indigenous studies says that adding the flags represents an important move by Twitter.
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Apple Welcomes New Faces To Its Growing Emoji List
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 18.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | Apple shared a preview of a set of its 12 new emojis. Some of the new emojis are a woman wearing a hijab, a breastfeeding woman, a face throwing up, a zombie, and a sandwich. Apple's goal has been to be more diverse and inclusive, which is why we'll be able to use a hijab or breastfeeding emoji. There are several requirements to meet in order to see a new emoji on our keyboard: compatibility with emojis in other social media platforms and expected level of use.
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Emoji Feminism
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 13.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | When the author of the article texted a friend to congratulate her, she wanted to include emojis in her text. She sent her friend a unicorn emoji, and then paused to wonder why she'd sent a unicorn. Where was the emoji for her friend who had just received tenure? On our keyboards, emojis portraying females are stereotypical. Where is the female professor emoji?
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Emoji Gender Choices
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 24.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | The Unicode Consortium wants to create more diverse female and male emojis, and has posted a call for feedback. The Unicode also welcomes new emoji proposals.
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Emojis Would Show Women Doing More Than Painting Their Nails
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 13.5.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Female emojis are princesses, brides, paint their nails, or get a haircut. Google decided to add new female emojis to represent women in professional roles (e.g. health care, factories, farms). However, more people such as Michelle Obama want to see more emojis representing girls (e.g. an emoji of a girl studying).
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Muslim Teenager Proposes Emoji of Woman Wearing a Head Scarf
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 14.9.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | A muslim teenager from Germany didn't think she could fully express herself with the emojis available on her phone; she wanted to use a hijab emoji. She emailed her proposal to the Unicode Consortium, and her proposal caught the eye of Unicode employees. Since there are about 550 million women who wear a hijab, she thought it was a good reason to propose a hijab emoji. Women want to be better represented on their keyboard, this is why there has been various requests to add more diverse female emojis.
Image Description | Pictures of potential hijab emojis
Image Tags | emojis
Gaymoji: A New Language for That Search
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 14.3.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, research/study, sexting
Summary | The dating app Grindr caters to gay men and is now adding specific emojis - called Gaymojis - to their app. They have noticed that 20% of the messages sent on their platform contain emojis so they are providing emojis specific to the gay dating experience such as a peach with a phone (= bootycall) or an eggplant with a ruler (= well endowed). One linguist says that emojis may take some pressure off of the content of the conversation. Instead of thinking of something to say, emojis just signal that 'I am here and I am interested'.
Image Description | Portrait of the Grindr owners, the Grindr office in LA, and some Gaymojis.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)
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