Number of Posts: 9
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Es postet, also bin ich
(It posts so I am)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 19.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | brain, emojis, language threat, selfie, social media
Summary | In his new book called "Facebook generation", Roberto Simanowski positions himself between the cultural pessimists and the digital euphorics. He does fear for our language competence and tied to it our memory. We tend to posts selfies and emojis rather than put our feelings into words. We tend to post a link to a song, a video, or an article rather than paraphrase that information make our point in an original sentence. This leads to the degeneration of our language ability and that inability to process information in our own words prevents the creation of memories. Instead we leave a huge digital data trail online.
Image Description | Woman's hands holding a smartphone while using a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), hand(s), smartphone
Für mehr Gefühle werfen Sie bitte eine Münze ein
(For more emotions please insert coin)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 24.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | (mental) health, emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook has now expanded their "like" function to five emotions depicted by emojis: love, sadness, anger, laughing, and suprise. What new possibilities does this give us? Now we can know when we should not ask people for a favor and when they have PMS. Our therapists can monitor our emotional development at all times.
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Hieroglyphen von heute
(Hieroglyphs of today)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 30.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, research/study, translation
Summary | Emojis have permeated contemporary life in all aspects. Experts say it is the most quickly expanding language worldwide.Companies are being hired to Interpret emojis for adverising, and the police have to rely on emoji experts when text messages are part of the evidence. Whole books have been translated into emoji.
Image Description | Emoji riddles.
Image Tags | emojis
MacBook Pro, jetzt mit Emoji-Leiste
(MacBook Pro, now with an emoji bar)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 27.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | The new MacBook has a unique new feature: the touch bar. It is a touch sensitive dislay that offers different Buttons depending on which window is open on the laptop. When, for instance, a chat window is open, the touch bar displays a selection of emojis that users can just touch to type the emoji.
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Sag noch einmal Wasserpistole!
(Say water pistol one more time!)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 2.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, threat
Summary | Apple will replace the pistol emoji with a water pistol emoji as a political statement. Apple has been known to take political sides but it is questionable whether censoring guns will help any cause, especially because the bomb, sword, and knife emojis are not being removed.
Image Description | A photoshopped scene from Pulp Fiction showing Samuel L. Jackson pointing a water pistol emoji.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)
"Ich bin dein Sohn!"
("I am your son!")
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 6.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, emojis, texting, YouTube
Summary | It is interesting to watch children develop a texting personality. As they grow up with new media, they use them quite naturally. They easily incorporate emojis, use audio messages, or share YouTube videos. Texting humor is also learned quite automatically.
Image Description | Image of a boy holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Emoji: Rolle vorwärts
(Emoji: rolling forward)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 16.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, threat
Summary | A bunch of new emojis have been included in the latest Apple update: the taco, a lion, and the eye-roll emoji which is the most popular of them all. In our age where online language is dominated by hyperbole, that is quite calm for a change. Simultaneously, Facebook enhances the like function with six emotions depicted by emojis.
Image Description | A bunch of eye-roll emojis with a few different emojis in between.
Image Tags | emojis
Wie lustig darf die Polizei sein?
(How funny is the police allowed to be?)
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
Ein Hashtag allein ist kein Zeichen für Mitgefühl
(A Hashtag is not a sign of empathy)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 24.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook
Summary | The recent terrorist attacks at a christmas market in Berlin have prompted a flood of empathetic social media postings. It is questionable how empathetic people really are when they showcase their solidarity on social media, say psychologists. They may just be submitting to peer pressure and conforming to what appears to be the popular, appropriate reaction - namely posting on social media.
Image Description | Getty image of a solidarity gathering with a woman holding a heart sign.
Image Tags | female(s)
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