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In China, live-streaming apps soothe lonely souls and create fortunes
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 5.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | threat, video communication
Summary | Many Chinese people are making a living off of livestreaming their daily lives. They share their thoughts with huge audiences on apps that allow for live streaming or just show themselves while eating their meals or respond to comments or give advice. One of the most successful of these personalities is a China-based American who reports of her experience in China from the perspective of an American. Despite great efforts by the Chinese government to censor internet content, this new entertainment genre is growing quickly in China.
Image Description | Female Chinese livestream personalities.
Image Tags | female(s), selfie, smartphone
Emojis are everywhere — including in their own Hollywood movie
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 21.2.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, GIFs, marketing
Summary | Emojis have entered all aspects of our daily lives - our digital communication on various platforms and channels, comedians translate news into 'emoji news' as a joke, and now an animated emoji movie is being produced in Hollywood. The film industry has caught onto the emoji craze for marketing purposes as well. Making available special emojis for an upcomig movie has become a wide-spread part of pre-release marketing. The public relations staff of film marketing want to support fandoms in any way they can - be it with specialized emojis or GIFs.
Image Description | A screenshot of The Emoji Movie.
Image Tags | emojis
Snapchat's new rules for media
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 24.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | One concerned mother is sueing Snapchat into reglementing media content on their Discover page so that minors do not see posts that are not age-appropriate for them. Many news media outlets that post on Snapchat's Discover page for large sums of advertising revenue use clickbait strategies involving overly sexual or violent content. The plaintiff wants Snapchat to shield minors from such content.
Image Description | Black and white image of a man doing a phonecall and looking at a Snapchat icon on a shop window.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone, Snapchat
LAPD's watchdog rolls out smartphone app to share more information with public
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 12.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, privacy
Summary | The LAPD has launched an app to keep citizens informed about local police matters without middle men. The app also enables users to file complaints or commendations about officers as well as direct them to the nearest police station. The LAPD decided to provide this service as a free app because many locals do not have home computers but most do have a smartphone.
Image Description | "Los Angeles police officers monitor the scene of a shooting in the Nickerson Gardens housing project in Watts last summer. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)"
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
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