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Wege aus der Peinlichkeit
(Exit ways out of embarrassment)
Newspaper | die Weltwoche
Date | 28.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, gender, misunderstanding, online dating, politeness, research/study, texting, youth
Summary | Emojis have entered our communication with no turning back but using them is a minefield of misunderstanding. It is especially risky in the initial stages of texting with a love interest: studies show that people tend to imitate the communication patterns of their interlocutor if they are in love with them. Because women are more communicative than men, they tend to be the ones who are imitated in such a scenario. But men, beware! Do not go overboard with your heart emojis, it's too girly. One should however also refrain from making overly abrupt changes to ones emoji habits as it can seem distanced and elitist if one stops to use emojis altogether.
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Von Japan zu Kim-Kardashian und Vampir-Emojis
(From Japan to Kim Kardashian and vampire emojis)
Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 20.8.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, gender, marketing, research/study, Twitter, What's up Switzerland
Summary | Invented in Japan, emojis are now features in films, art museums, and the marketing strategy of Kim Kardashian. More importantly, they are used in 95% of the WhatsApp data collected by "What's up, Switzerland?". 92% off all internet users use emojis regularly, 57% of emojis on Twitter are from women, and only 7% of people use the peach emoji to mean the actual fruit.
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Techie teens help bridge generational digital gap
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 16.5.2017
Language | English
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | digitized education, emojis, gender, texting, youth
Summary | A grandmother texted her grandson a series of emojis to ask him how the pets were and how the hockey game was. Most of the seniors are not as tech-savvy as she is. As a result, three high school teenage girls decided to create a new organization called GTG Tech in order to help older people get more familiar with new media. They hold free training lessons once a month. Most of the seniors seeking help are women. The girls and older people think that the intergenerational exchange is very rich.
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On oublie toujours une minorité
(We always forget a minority)
Newspaper | Le Matin
Date | 14.5.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, gender
Summary | Today's emojis don't really represent women in a fair way (dancer, princess, or grandmother). Therefore, Google is going to include peasant women, teachers or doctors, for example. But since the idea is to better represent minorities, perhaps the Bogdanov brothers and Conchita Wurst will complain about the lack of "mutant" emojis.
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