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Sur les réseaux sociaux, la cuisine doit être belle avant d'être bonne
(On social media, food should look good before tasting good )
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 19.2.2018
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | social media
Summary | On social media networks such as Facebook or Instagram, people have been sharing beautiful pictures of their food. This phenomenon is called "food porn". At restaurants, it has become so common to see customers get their smartphone and take a picture of their food to post it online.
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Ce que nos applis disent de nous: Yacine, 15 ans, Snapchat dans le sang
(What our apps say about us: Yacine, 15, Snapchat in his blood)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 28.8.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | addiction, privacy, Snapchat, social media
Summary | Yacine is 15, and he loves Snapchat. The app is very popular; it allows users to send ephemeral videos, photos, and messages. Today, with its "stories" available for 24 hours, Snapchat is a real social network. Yacine claims that he has to visit Snapchat at least once a day, for the flames. He you send a lot of snaps to another user, a flame appears next to that user's name, and the goal is to keep that fame. With Snapchat, everything is playful. Yacine also says that TV is old fashioned. He uses his phone and his iPad to watch videos. He also claims he is not addicted to new technologies, but his mother is more skeptical. Yacine also talks about other social networks and why he prefers Snapchat.
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Qu'est-ce qu'un chatbot?
(What is a chatbot?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 8.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, social media, texting
Summary | "Chatbot" comes from "chat" and "robot", and is a software that imitates human conversation and natural language. We can come across chatbots on certain companies' websites (e.g. SNCF, Orange, Fnac, Ikea). We can ask them questions online and they usually try to help us. Chatbots are particularly popular today, but the concept is now new; it started in 1960 a program called Eliza (from MIT). Today's softwares are more complex and powerful. They are increasingly used on social media and messaging apps.
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Se parler pour de vrai
(To talk to each other for real)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 25.6.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | language threat, social media, spelling, texting
Summary | We constantly 'click' and 'follow', but we don't talk to each other anymore. As a result, some people are trying to find new ways to make people talk again.
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La méthode Suzi LeVine: connectée
(Suzi LeVine's method: connected)
Newspaper | Le Temps
Date | 25.11.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | The future ex US ambassador in Switzerland used social media a lot during her mandate. Being active on social media allows proximity, intuitivity, and freedom. Suzi LeVine said that social networks are the perfect example of direct democracy.
Image Description | Photograph of Suzi Levine and three other people dressed up for Halloween
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
«Nous n'avons jamais autant écrit à travers l'histoire de l'humanité»
("We have never written so much through the history of mankind")
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 27.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, grammar, language threat, social media, spelling, word/writing
Summary | Linguist Louise-Amélie Cougnon answers some questions related to digital language and language threat. She talks about social media language and emojis, and claims that we should not worry about the spread of digital language. Also, research does not show a link between digital language use and language impoverishment. However, it seems that pupils have lower spelling and grammar skills than before.
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Quand le numérique permet de rapprocher les générations
(When "digital" brings generations closer together)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 10.2.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | gender, social media
Summary | The Professional Women's Network in Paris launched its first 'reverse mentoring digital' where young women between 25 and 35 have the opportunity of teaching 50-year old women the basics of IT and digital language, with a focus on the use of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Mamadou Dramé, pionnier des nouvelles technologies 'made in Africa'
(Mamadou Dramé, pioneer of new technologies 'made in Africa')
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 10.3.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | computer programming, digitized education, social media
Summary | Mamadou Dramé studied in Senegal, and was suprised by the archaism of his university administration system. He thus decided to work on the digitization of schools. Dramé created a social network for his school (called Asema) that provides students with job offers. In 2011, Dramé launched Web Corner, which is a forum specialized in the digitization of Senegalese education, and also founded Digital School Technologies. Finally, Dramé also created Africa School, an organization that distributes laptops and tablets to young Africans so they can learn programming, tomorrow's language.
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Comment le langage évolue sur les réseaux sociaux?
(How does language evolve on social networks?)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 7.5.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | research/study, social media
Summary | Researchers have started a new study on social media language. Since the beginning of social networks, language has evolved/changed with the use of emojis, gifs and "memes". A team of researchers from different French-speaking countries (France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec) decided to study social media language by collecting Facebook, WhatsAapp, or Viber discussions. Researchers need a lot of users to share their private conversations. The goal is to attract between 5000 and 10000 Internet users.
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Quand les émotions mènent le bal
(When emotions are leading the way)
Newspaper | Le Temps
Date | 9.5.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, privacy, social media, threat
Summary | Nowadays, people don't take the time to "think" and go from one emotion to another very quickly, especially on social media. For instance, Facebook introduced its "reaction" buttons. Today, it seems that a laughing emoji is worth a long speech. Facebook can also gather its users' personal information thanks to the reaction buttons. Our communication is now based on emotions, which can be dangerous.
Image Description | Cartoon representing four people chatting; one of the speech bubbles includes a series of different emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
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