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Water pistol emoji replaces revolver as Apple enters gun violence debate
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 2.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple decided to replace the gun emoji with a water gun emoji after several shootings that took place in the US. People commented on the change and said that changing the emoji was not going to resolve the gun violence problem.
Image Description | Water gun emoji and gun emoji, and screenshots of tweets.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
New emojis to include breastfeeding, a hijab and the lotus position
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 12.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | 56 new emojis will be released (e.g. bearded man, sandwich, face vomiting, woman wearing a hijab). However, there is still a lack of redhead emojis.
Image Description | Different versions of the hijab emoji, and screenshots of tweets about the hijab emoji and the lack of ginger emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
We all love to (face with tears of joy emoji) and the French are (broken heart emoji): what we learned about emojis at SXSW
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 13.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | SwiftKey found that 70% of emojis are used to express a positive feeling; this might be because we want to present a positive image of ourselves to other people. Linguist Gretchen McCulloch said that emojis are the “fourth quadrant” of communication -writing has now an informal part. The author of the article then goes on to present facts and numbers about emojis that were presented at SXSW.
Image Description | Photograph of a screen with 4 rows of emojis,
Image Tags | emojis
Eight of the most pointless emojis, from (curly loop emoji) to (orange diamond emoji)
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 8.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis are everywhere and many people uses this visual language every day. However, some of the pictograms are useless (e.g. hole, levitating man in suit, curly loop, anger, large orange diamond, pager, round pin, and up-side down face.
Image Description | Chart with 176 emojis, and pictures of the useless emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Sign of the times: London company advertises for 'emoji translator'
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, translation
Summary | A translation company in London is looking for an emoji translator to help deal with issues related to the world's fastest-growing language. The field of emoji translation is booming and nowadays, softwares dominate the field. However, softwares can't recognize cultural differences in emoji usage.
Image Description | Digital image representing 8 emojis
Image Tags | emojis
'I'm sitting next to a weirdo on the bus' and other true meanings of emoji
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 27.7.2015
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | The author explains the different meanings/uses of 9 emojis: smirking face, pensive face, nail polish, new moon with face, speak-no-evil monkey, person with folded hands, face with medical mask, runner, and hundred point symbol.
Image Description | Images of the 9 different emojis
Image Tags | emojis
Everything's peachy as Apple restores emoji's 'bum' features
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 16.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | With the new iOS update, Apple users saw that the peach emoji (that looked like a bum) changed into an emoji that looked more like a "real" peach. After people complained, Apple finally replaced the new emoji with the old peach-bum emoji. Since there is no other emoji that users can use to represent a bum, the peach emoji is important. People also use the eggplant emoji to represent a penis.
Image Description | Photograph of a real peach, and image of the different versions of the peach emoji.
Image Tags | emojis
Emoji diversity: how 'silly little faces' can make a big difference
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 7.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, research/study
Summary | San Francisco hosted the first Emojicon conference, where people could participate in different sessions (e.g Emoji karaoke, translation of songs into emojis, emoji spellcasting, etc.). Emojis are everywhere and users feel attached to them. They were even considered as art (they joined the MoMa in New York). However, the rise of emoji has led to cultural problems; people want emojis to represent the world's diversity. A researcher wanted to find out why the first emojis were not diverse. She said that the first emojis actually aligned with the belief that technology is neutral.
Image Description | Photograph of two smartphone with emojis on their screen, photograph of the emojibator next to an emoji pillow, image of the original set of 176 emojis, and set of emoji faces in different skin colors
Image Tags | emojis
Google is killing off Android's emoji blobs
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 23.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Google
Summary | Google are changing their indiosyncratic emoji blobs into more conventional round, more humanoid emojis. Part of the reason may be the Unicode Consortium has begun introducing skin and hair color options for more diversity. This way, emojis are becoming more humanoid and less abstract. Google is following suit so as to ensure maximum emotional compatibility between smartphone operation systems.
Image Description | Evolutions of emojis in Android from Emojipedia.
Image Tags | emojis
Watch out! Emojis may be taking over your life
Newspaper | Times of India
Date | 15.7.2016
Language | English
Country | India
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emoji is becoming a new global language and everyone is using it. Now, people simply use visual signs to express their feelings. Emojis are efficient because they complement words, and they allow people to fill in a gap, which is like using gestures along speech. The majority of people think that using emojis is not professional.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman with an emoji head, photograph of a woman with a red lip emoji/sticker, and photograph of a man with a yellow balloon head.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), male(s)
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