Digital Discourse Database

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Pizza Hut release menus written entirely in EMOJIS

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 14.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Pizza Hut decided to write its menu in emoji to honour World Emoji Day.
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Apple's next iOS update will bring 72 new emoji to your iPhone - including shrug, facepalm and BACON

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 1.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | Apple is going to release 72 new emojis (e.g. shrug, facepalm, sick, fingers crossed, bacon, avocado).
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Did you mistake the grimace emoji for a grin? Here are 6 other emoji you're probably using wrong

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | A study conducted by a PhD student revealed that the grimace face emoji shows up differently according to the device used, which has led to some misunderstandings. For instance, on Apple devices, the emoji conveys a negative emotion. However, on other devices, the emoji looks like it is "grinning".
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Apple to swap gun emoji for WATER PISTOL in iOS 10 update as gun control debate rages

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 2.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | Emoji decided to replace the gun emoji with a water pistol emoji; it might be because of the recent shootings that took place in the US. Moreover, Apple introduced more emojis representing racial and sexual diversity.
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Google creates 13 new emoji to represent working women in world's fastest-growing language

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 13.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | People have been complaining about the lack of gender equality on the emoji keyboard. Women claim that the available emojis don't represent women fairly (e.g. princess, bride, dancer). The new suggestions include for instance a businesswoman, a doctor, a chef, a teacher, and a musician.
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Apple's peach emoji looks like a bum again - iPhone users everywhere breathe sigh of relief

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 16.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | The peach emoji has been used as a symbol of the bum, but with the new iOS update, the shape of the emoji changed. A lot of people complained about that. However, with the new iOS update from this week, Apple reintroduced the old peach-butt emoji.
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Twitter adds support for 69 new emoji - but there's a very annoying catch

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 25.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Twitter
Summary | Twitter introduced 69 new emojis. However, since the characters are part of the Unicode 10.0 release, those who are using macOS, iOS, Android or Windows won't be able to see the new emojis on their Twitter apps.
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Redheads rejoice as ginger emoji moves a step closer to reality

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 17.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | Redhead, bald, curly and white-haired emojis are candidates for the new Unicode release. Several options are possible: introducing a custom hair tag, or including "people" with different hair colors.
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Redhead emoji FINALLY on the cards after long campaign for ginger equality

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 20.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | Apple is thinking about introducing a new ginger emoji. However, they still don't know what the new emoji will look look like. Should they introduce a custom hair tag to existing emoji or add new people with red hair?
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They don't learn the alphabet and won't have to sit an exam

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 2.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, brain, game, law, school, threat
Summary | A mother who homeschools their children lets them play video games for up to seven hours a day. Experts criticize this because excessive video gaming reduces the development of empathy and other important psychological and cognitive developments. They are clearly not receiving nearly as much educaton as children in the public school system. All this is however legal as homeschooled children do not need to follow the curriculum or sit standardized exams.
Image Description | Portrait of the mother with her three children all holding a video game controller.
Image Tags | female(s), game, male(s)

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