Number of Posts: 67
Posts 51 - 60
Trump, Twitter und die Anti-Hillary-Emojis
(Trump, Twitter, and anti-Hillary emojis)
Newspaper | Spiegel Online
Date | 15.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | Twitter refused to include a "crooked Hillary" emoji that Donald Trump requested during the election campaign. There is precedent where Twitter created included original emojis in connection with specific hashtags for advertising purposes: for instance for films or for both the Democratic and Republican party. It is unclear why they refused to work with Trump but now Twitter has not been invited to a Silicon Valley summit hosted by president elect Donald Trump.
Image Description | Image of Donald Trump and others in a meeting.
Image Tags | male(s)
Sechs Chat-Fehler, die dir schaden, ohne dass du es merkst
(Six chat mistakes you are making that you don't even know about)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 16.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | Using emojis can be tricky. Firstly, they do not look the same on all devices. This can lead to misunderstandings because we interpret a lot in other people's emoji use. Researchers also advise people to use few if any emojis in work-related communication. One should entirely abstain from using emojis when communication with a superior or employee. One should also be mindful of how often one changes the profile picture and what one's profile picture depicts.
Image Description | A Getty image of a surprised woman and of a selfie, a Bollywood GIF, and a collection of emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), gifs, selfie
Emoji-Übersetzer gesucht
(Emoji translator wanted)
Newspaper | Hamburger Abendblatt
Date | 16.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat
Summary | A firm in London is looking for an 'emoji translator', someone who is versed in communicating with emojis. The candidate should be able to correctly interpret the intention of an emoji choice. The firm is hiring emoji experts to meet the massive growth emojis have experienced in the past years. They argue it is the fastest growing language world wide.
Image Description | N/A
Vorsicht vor dieser Whatsapp-Falle
(Beware of this WhatsApp scam)
Newspaper | Stern
Date | 19.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A WhatsApp chain message is going around offering people free holiday emojis. A link directs them to a dodgy website where they type in their phone number and service provider. Instead of getting free emojis however one is signed up for an expensive subscription with hardly any possibility to quit. People should be careful with content they receive and spread through WhatsApp.
Image Description | A hand-held smartphone.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), hand(s), Instagram, smartphone, Viber, WhatsApp
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)
Die unsympathische Trauer-Pop-Kultur in den sozialen Medien
(The uncongeneal pop culture of grieving on social media)
Newspaper | Berliner Zeitung
Date | 24.12.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, social media
Summary | Social media has led to a distasteful culture of showcased grieving on social media. Facebook is quick to prepare an "in safety" option so that people close to the site of a tragedy can mark themselves as survivors. Within minutes, artwork related to the particular even is circulating on the internet and people change it to their profile images. All of this does not help the victims so it is just a staged display of emotions for appearing considerate.
Image Description | PrayForBerlin artwork.
Image Tags | hashtag
Facebook unterscheidet "Lieben" und "Liken"
(Facebook differentiates between "love" and "like")
Newspaper | Bayerischer Rundfunk
Date | 28.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook has updated its "like" feature a year ago and now users have the opportunity to choose from a range of emojis to react to a post: love, laugh, suprised, sad, angry. Because this requires more clicks than a simple like, it can be inferred that users care more strongly about a post that they "reacted" to with an emoji. Facebook's algorithm is geared towards showing users much more content similar to the posts they reacted to.
Image Description | Photograph of a dog in a cone with the sad reaction emoji enlarged underneath.
Image Tags | emojis, Facebook
Bildersprache
(Image language)
Newspaper | Gross-Gerauer Echo
Date | 7.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | It has become fashionable to use images called emojis in one's messages. They can however be easily misunderstood. The poop emoji rather looks like a friendly chocolate treat. The two swimmers can be confused with a copulating couple. Why not just call and tell people what one means? Emojis may be fun but they do not always work well.
Image Description | N/A
WhatsApp-GIFs jetzt auch auf Android
(WhatsApp GIFs now also on Android)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 12.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, GIFs, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp are working on making GIFs available to users within the app. The moving images are very popular because they are more expressive than emojis but also do not use much more data or space on the smartphone's storage. GIFs had previously been availble in text messaging to iPhone users and now WhatsApp is trying to catch up.
Image Description | N/A
Wieder bei Stimme
(Again with voice)
Newspaper | Frankfurter Neue Presse
Date | 12.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, sexting
Summary | The human voice has become quite disenfranchised in this age where most communication happens in writing and emojis serve for emotional cues. Many people feel uncomfortable talking on the phone because it seems weird because we are no longer used to it. A new dating app called whispar encourages users to use their voice and enables them to upload voice recordings because they carry a lot of sexual/romantic force.
Image Description | Photograph of the author.
Image Tags | female(s)
Page 6 of 7
Back |
Next