Digital Discourse Database

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Jeremy Corbyn on Snapchat: where are the lols, Jezza?

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Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 10.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politics, Snapchat
Summary | Jeremy Corbyn has been using Snapchat for his campaign, but so far he's mostly been using the same old campaign trail images. In order to win the young vote, he could be doing a lot more. Also, Snapchat shouldn't be used for formality.
Image Description | Collage of 6 of Corbyn's snaps, and screenshot of one of his "dull" snaps displaying a bus emoji
Image Tags | emojis, male(s), Snapchat

How I Learned to Love Snapchat

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Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 22.5.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Snapchat, social media, texting, threat
Summary | The texting revolution, as with other major and rapid technological advances, has inspired moral panic. People think that we are becoming less social. It might be true, but we should also look at the advantages of new technologies. For instance, texting has allowed a whole generation to be free from the "stricture" and "inconvenience" of phone calls. Snapchat is one the latest technological trends and it goes beyond words. It's the most well realized way of expressing meaning. With texting, people tried to find ways to approximate normal human conversations (e.g. typing awareness indicator, or read receipt), but they are almost as awkward as phone calls. The author of the article talks about voice memos and the fact that they are becoming more popular. She also talks about Snapchat and how different it is from other social networks; Snapchat is the place where you can be yourself.
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Old Masters Learn the Art of Snapchat

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Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 30.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | marketing, Snapchat, social media
Summary | The LA County Museum of Art has been using its Snapchat account to get in touch with the younger generation. Other museums have been using social media to reach younger people; new technologies can be seen as tools of education. The LA museum is also present on Facebook and Instagram, and so is the Art Institute of Chicago. They both have a lot of followers.
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Snapchat Is Playing Cool With Brands and Stars

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Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 19.12.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | marketing, Snapchat
Summary | A lot of famous people (musicians, actors, politicians) use social networks, which makes big social network companies happy because celebrities attract more users. However, Snapchat (unlike other social networks) does not give celebrities such as Jay Sean special treatment. Snapchat wants to treat all of its users the same way in order to provide a more authentic experience.
Image Description | Photograph of Jay Sean
Image Tags | male(s)

Du bist nicht allein

(You are not alone)

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Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 1.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | online dating, smartphone, Snapchat, social media, threat
Summary | Smartphones have revolutionized social life. They promise us that we will never be alone again if we stay online. We are always connected wia social media, we can communicate with select people directly by speaking, texting them, or sending them images and video. While we are all digitally connected, we become more isolated face-to-face. On the street, nobody interacts anymore. Smartphones have also begun to be our matchmakers thanks to Tinder and seemingly intuitive swiping which is rather learned in reality.
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Bild + Text = Kunst

(Image + text = art)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 30.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, GIFs, Snapchat, texting
Summary | The smartphone generation fears nothing more than bland text messages. Language has become more multimodal: the word of the year chosen by the Oxford English Dictionary is an emoji! The makers of the app Legend have recognized this and allow users to upload Images and edit them with text, color, filters, and animations - much like on Snapchat. The product can be sent on any platform as a video or GIF.
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Täglich neue Inhalte generieren

(Generate new content every day)

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Newspaper | Schweizer Bank
Date | 16.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, Instagram, marketing, Snapchat, social media
Summary | SIX's communication specialist has taken a university certificate course in social media management. It is very useful in highlighting the uses and risks of corporate social media use. Her job consists of creating original content on multiple social media profiles of her company. She has organized emoji battles and uploaded drone films of corporate events. One downside of the cetrificate course, she says, was that it never mentioned Snapchat or Instagram even though those are the most popular platforms among digital natives.
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Snapchat has a new feature! Now you can choose from over 300 stickers to add to your snaps

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 25.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Snapchat
Summary | Snapchat introduced a new feature: people can now add emoji (stickers) to their snaps.
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Snapchat's latest feature lets you do something special with its emoji 'stickers'

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 13.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Snapchat
Summary | Snapchat users can now add emojis to their videos.
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Scary clown rumors, threats feed hysteria, leading to school lockdowns, arrests

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Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 6.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | (mental) health, law, school, Snapchat, social media, threat
Summary | In the weeks running up to Halloween, many schools and colleges have had attack scares. Students heard over Snapchat or Yik Yak or some other social media platform that a clown was on the prowl at their school/college. These theats always ended up being false but students were worried and so were parents. Schools have to take such threats seriously. The police are being very clear that there are legal repercussions for false attack threats.
Image Description | Clown video and scary clown masks.

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