Digital Discourse Database

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"Apple, was hast du meinen Emojis angetan?"

("Apple, what have you done to my emojis?")

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 14.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Twitter
Summary | The new Apple update comes with redesigned emojis and people are devastated. The changed look of the emojis makes many users sad to the extend that they feel like they "have lost a friend", one person on Twitter writes. There are also a few new emojis, most notably: all emojis are available in multiple skin shades and most emojis now exist in a male and female version. There is also an emoji of a homosexual couple now.
Image Description | A series of Tweets about the new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter

Twitter left off Trump table in spat over Hillary emoji

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Newspaper | Metro
Date | 16.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | Because Twitter refused to create a crooked Hillary emoji, the company was left out of a meeting with Donald Trump.
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Twitter unveils new 'tent' emoji ahead of launch of new Great British Bake Off series

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 23.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Twitter
Summary | Twitter users can now use a new emoji representing The Great British Bake Off "tent" where contestants will have to bake and impress judges.
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Twitter 'not invited to Trump's tech industry meeting because they refused to make CrookedHillary emoji during campaign'

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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

Wie lustig darf die Polizei sein?

(How funny is the police allowed to be?)

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Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 20.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, law, Twitter
Summary | Various police departments in Germany have taken to Twitter and they are using internet humor: sarcasm, emojis, puns, and so on. This is not funny because the police are supposed to be the butt of the joke and not making the jokes. Tweeting about crimes using emojis is also distasteful and inapropriate.
Image Description | Tweets by the police department of Munich.
Image Tags | Twitter

Emoji-Verbot bei der Polizei

(Emoji prohibition for the police)

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Newspaper | Tagesspiegel
Date | 16.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, law, Twitter
Summary | In a recent tweet by the Saxon local police, they used an emoji. That is inappropriate. The emoji was of a megaphone. That is distasteful because it depicts complicated matters as simple and light-hearted, almost humorous.
Image Description | Photograph of the author.
Image Tags | female(s)

So können Twitter-Nutzer Google mit Emojis durchsuchen

(This is how Twitter users can search Google with emojis)

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Newspaper | Hamburger Abendblatt
Date | 7.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, emojis, Google, Twitter
Summary | Twitter users can now initiate Google searches from within the app by tweeting @Google with the search term. Anothernew feature is that users can search Google with an emoji. A chatbot then does an appropriate search (for instance: burger emoji --> search for burger places) and tweets the results back. The innovation's slogan is "Google now speaks emoji".
Image Description | Hand holding a smartphone with Google written in the background.
Image Tags | Google, hand(s), smartphone

Trump, Twitter und die Anti-Hillary-Emojis

(Trump, Twitter, and anti-Hillary emojis)

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Newspaper | Spiegel Online
Date | 15.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | Twitter refused to include a "crooked Hillary" emoji that Donald Trump requested during the election campaign. There is precedent where Twitter created included original emojis in connection with specific hashtags for advertising purposes: for instance for films or for both the Democratic and Republican party. It is unclear why they refused to work with Trump but now Twitter has not been invited to a Silicon Valley summit hosted by president elect Donald Trump.
Image Description | Image of Donald Trump and others in a meeting.
Image Tags | male(s)

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