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Ecrans : des pédiatres préoccupés
(Screens: worried pediatricians)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 4.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat
Summary | More and more children spend too much time on screens. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a statement with new tips and recommendations for parents (e.g. no screens in children's bedroom, establish a screen curfew, limit screen time to one hour a day for children between 2 and 5, etc.).
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" Mon fils n'est plus le même petit garçon "
("My son is not the same little boy")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 28.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat
Summary | When Gabin first went to kindergarden, he was in his own bubble. He used to repeat what he was told, and would not listen to the teacher. At home Gabin was constantly on his tablet, and TV was always on. After the mother was told not to give her son his tablet, they noticed progress. Doctor Ducanda has been working a lot with children like Gabin. Most of the time, those children have been exposed to screens for too long.
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Ecrans La grande déconnexion parents-bébés
(Screens The big disconnection parents-babies)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 28.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat
Summary | Many toddlers have autistic-like symptoms, and it might be due to too much screen time. Smartphones and other devices are everywhere, and parents sometimes give them to their kids to calm them down. Many health professionals have been warning people about the dangers of too much screen time for toddlers under 3. Those dangers can be: a lack of language, relational problems, and communication problems. Some people don't like the reference to autism that has been made because no research can prove a link between screens and autism.
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Erik Orsenna: «N'oublions jamais qu'une langue est un cadeau!»
(Erik Orsenna: "Let's never forget that a language is a gift!")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 9.3.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | language threat, spelling, texting, word/writing
Summary | Writer Erik Orsenna talks about language and why it shapes us. He talks about the new French spelling reforms, the French Academy, the relationship between language and people's identity, rap music, useless anglicisms, and texting.
Image Description | Photograph of interviewee Erik Orsenna
Image Tags | male(s)
Les « emoji » constituent-ils un langage à part entière?
(Are emojis part of a fully-fledged language?)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 15.3.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, research/study
Summary | In 2015, an emoji was chosen as the word of the year, and two years before that, the novel Moby Dick was translated in emojis. Emojis are everywhere; are they becoming a new universal language? Two linguists conducted a study and revealed that emojis are like a cultural mirror. They also investigated emoji use in different countries and revealed geographical differences in the type of emoji used. Emojis are not a language; they are a complement to language. Some people might think it’s a language because emojis look like hieroglyphics. Emojis are mostly used to transmit emotions.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand clicking on several emojis on a screen, and screenshot of Andy Murray's tweet composed of emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, hand(s), tablet, Twitter
L’emoji, un caractère envahissant
(The emoji, an invading character)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 10.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat
Summary | The Unicode Consortium (UC) was accused of spending too much time on emojis and not enough time on minority languages. Michael Everson complained because his propositions (e.g. coding medieval punctuation marks) have been ignored by the UC. However, the UC only counts 1500 emojis out of 120000 characters. Accoding to linguist Gretchen McCulloch, emojis are not a fully-fledge language; they are a complement to language.
Image Description | Screenshot of a new text message with with many different emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, text
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