Digital Discourse Database

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Teacher sent girl nude photo with emoji on his groin'

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 24.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, sexting
Summary | A teacher sent a 15-year-old student a naked picture of himself where he covered his genitals with an emoji.
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Internet porn seen

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 10.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, pornography, threat
Summary | According to a study, by the age of 10, more than 1/10 of children have already seen porn online.
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App that could help couples head off a blazing row

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 20.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone
Summary | A new app will send you an alert when a fight with your partner is about to happen. The researchers who created the app hope the technology can save relationships. The app uses algorithms that analyze the language and physiological characteristics of fights. For the algorithm to work correctly, couples had to wear a wristband sensor that measured the electricity through the skin. It also measured body temperature and heart rate.
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30 minutes a day on screen 'delays speech in toddlers'

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 5.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, language threat, research/study, smartphone
Summary | If toddlers spend too much time on screens, it can delay their language skills. According to a study, children who are given screens at a young age struggle more with language; even educational games can hinder toddler's linguistic and cognitive development.
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Women who use a smart phone instead of the pill

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 2.6.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Bethanie Alys is 20 years old, and she has a four-month-old. She became pregnant because she followed what her fertility app said. Fertility apps are supposed to track a woman's changes during her menstrual cycle and can tell when she can conceive and when she is not fertile and can have unprotected sex.
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Choose daddy app that lets women pick a spern donor

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 26.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Women can now download an app and browse potential sperm donors to have a child. They can choose between different options such as height, ethnicity, education, and hair color.
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Under-5s glued to screens 4 hours each day

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 16.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, language threat, threat
Summary | Children are spending more than 4 hours a day on screens and are becoming addicted to screens. We should be worried about that. It seems that spending time online prevents children from developping vital social, motor, and communication skills.
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How men and women differ on Facebook

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 2.6.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, gender, research/study
Summary | On Facebook, men seem to be more interested in sports, music, and politics. Although "husband" is the word most commonly used by women on the social network, "wife" is not the word most commonly used by men. The language used by men and women on Facebook seems to fit gender stereotypes.
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Teen job hopeful rejected with a smiley face text

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 10.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, texting
Summary | A teenage girl received a text with a crying with laughter emoji after a job interview. The text said "It's a no", followed by the emoji. The girl said that the use of the laughing face emoji was rude and unprofessional.
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BBC celebrates the Bard...with emoji website!

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 22.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat
Summary | The BBC wants to introduce Shakespeare to the Millennials while using emojis. However, people have been complaining and accusing the BBC of dumbing down Shakespeare's work for young people. On the website that the BBC launched, when people choose an emoji, one of Shakespeare's quotes appear. The quote is supposed to express the same feeling as the emoji.
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