Digital Discourse Database

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Animojis, facial recognition and no home button: How the new iPhone X features will work

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, smartphone
Summary | The new iPhone X includes new features: animoji (a face recognition software that allows users to create 3D animated emojis), and no home button.
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Mapped: The London Twitterati's emoji reactions to the general election result were predictably anti-Tory

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 7.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | The Museum of London displayed a Twitter analysis that shows all the emojis that appeared in political tweets the day after the election. It shows that for example the most popular emoji was the "crying with laughter" face.
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How to get the Pride rainbow flag reaction on Facebook

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 12.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook added a temporary rainbow flag emoji to celebrate Pride month. The flag emoji joined the other reaction buttons.
Image Description | Screenshot of Facebook's reactions, people's tweets about the flag, Google search bar with the word 'lgbt'.
Image Tags | Facebook, Google, Twitter

Google 'professional women' emoji nominated for Design of the Year

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 16.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, gender, Google
Summary | The Design Museum in London nominated Google's professional emojis for design of the year. Google introduced a new set of emojis to better reflect women's situation.
Image Description | Images of female emojis.
Image Tags | emojis

How emoji are taking over the world

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 3.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, threat
Summary | Paul Kendall talks about the rise of emojis and their popularity. emojitracker.com is a website displaying a grid of 845 emojis; every time a user tweets an emoji, the emoji lights up. Young people (under 30) communicate through emojis nowadays. Even marketers use them to appeal to their customers. Emojis are useful and precise, they allow users to communicate non-verbal cues that are essential. People should not be concerned about the rise of emojis; they are here to stay, but they are not a language.
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How emojis took over your workplace - and the man who can help you make sense of it all

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis are everywhere, even in one of the latest movies. Also, 92% of internet users in the world claim they use emojis in their digital communication. Emojis are not only used by teenage girls, workers also use them in their work emails. Keith Broni talks about the use of emojis in work emails and some rules people should follow.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone displaying a chat conversation and emojis, portrait of Keith Broni, and woman in front of a big screen.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, text

Using emojis makes other people think you are incompetent, research finds

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | According to a study, people should be careful when using emojis (especially at work), because they can make you seem incompetent. Indeed, a smiley face is not a smile, and using emojis can have an impact on your career. The findings show that smiling emojis are not perceived as "warm" and can be seen as sign of incompetency.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone displaying a series of emojis, and digital image of a crazy emoji.
Image Tags | emojis, hand(s), smartphone

Why you should 'love' instead of 'like' the Facebook posts that really matter to you

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 28.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook said that its new reaction buttons (love, sad, angry) are most influential that the like button. The reaction buttons help decide which stories users will find interesting. According to Facebook, if people choose a reaction (instead of a "like") it means that they would want to see that type of post. The most popular reaction on FB is love.
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Why are people posting the 8-Ball emoji on Facebook and what does it mean?

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 8.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Facebook users have been posting the 8-ball emoji to raise awareness about prostate cancer. Men (and only men) are supposed to share the emoji and ask their friends to share it as well.
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How emojis can save your relationship - and help men understand what women mean

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, gender
Summary | Emojis are everywhere and are used by 90% of internet users in the world. Professor Vyvyan Evans said that emojis might help men and women get along better since emojis help clarify messages with non-verbal cues. If people add emojis in their text messages, there is less misunderstanding.
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