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Grosse Politik in 140 Zeichen
(Politics in 140 characters)
Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 18.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | politics, Twitter
Summary | Not just Donald Trump utilizes Twitter as a platform to dominate the political discourse: Swiss politicians are on Twitter as well. They do not have nearly as many followers but over 130 parlamentarians are active Twitter-users. Left-wing politicians tend to be more active on Twitter, center (conservative) parties have the least presence on Twitter.
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Rauchstopp via Smartphone
(Stop smoking via smartphone)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 14.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, game, politics, smartphone, youth
Summary | The canton of Zürich has alotted some funds to go towards smoking prevention. Prevention organizations who try to stop youth and young adults between the ages of 12-25 from smoking cigarettes are sure that the brochures of the past decades are useless today. The digital natives need to be reached on their online channels via smartphone. Simple informative texts also won't do: the teens of today need quizzes, videos, images, etc.
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Twitter left off Trump table in spat over Hillary emoji
Newspaper | Metro
Date | 16.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | Because Twitter refused to create a crooked Hillary emoji, the company was left out of a meeting with Donald Trump.
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The 'tears of joy' emoji is the worst of all - it's used to gloat about human suffering
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 24.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics
Summary | The 'tears of joy' emoji is the worst of all emoji; indeed, there is something essentially cruel about this particular emoji. Many times, people use the tears of joy emoji to gloat about something that should be seen as "horrific".
Image Description | Tears of joy emoji, and montage representing Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson
Donald Trump may have won the presidential election but at least you can now get a facepalm emoji on your iPhone
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics
Summary | Trump just won the presidential election, and many people don't know what to say. A picture can paint a thousand words: people can at least use the facepalm emoji to express their feelings.
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Twitter 'not invited to Trump's tech industry meeting because they refused to make CrookedHillary emoji during campaign'
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | Twitter was left out of a meeting held by Trump because the company had refused to create a "crooked Hillary emoji". Trump's election campaign wanted to pay to see the crooked Hillary emoji.
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Selfie géant d'Hillary Clinton: le simulacre de la politique
(Hillary Clinton's giant selfie: the sham of politics)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 26.9.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, selfie, threat
Summary | The philosopher Bertrand Vergely talks about Hillary Clinton's giant selfie and claims that it reflects a political cynicism. It also reveals the perversity of politics, communication, and images. When Hillary decided to take the selfie, she was not really playing. In fact, she knew exactly what she was doing. She knew that the audience wanted to have a selfie with her, so she gave them what they wanted. It was a smart move. However, it was also a little dangerous because she played with her ego. This kind of manipulation is called cynicism.
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Un «bot» Twitter imite Donald Trump pour mieux le dénoncer
(A Twitter "bot" imitates Donald Trump in order to better condemn him)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 18.10.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, politics, Twitter
Summary | DeepDrumpf, a "bot" that was created at MIT, imitates Trump's tweets and speeches thanks to deep learning. The program is not perfect: a lot of tweets are incoherent. Nevertheless, they make a good parody. In sum, DeepDrumpf illustrates a language that seems unnatural, unpredictable, and incomprehensible -a good imitation of Trump, then. Hillary Clinton also created a bot called Text Trump.
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Les «mèmes» plus forts que «Jésus»
("Memes" stronger than "Jesus")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 15.12.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | meme, politics, word/writing
Summary | Google Trends allows people to compare users' searches on different topics. A chart shows the results of two searches: "Jesus" (red curve) and "memes" (blue curve). In September, the blue curve passed the red one, which means that memes were "stronger than Jesus". Google Trends can also be used for political polls. However, the tool is not perfect and has some limitations.
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For Many Women, Trump's 'Locker Room Talk' Brings Back Memories of Abuse
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 11.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | hashtags, politics, Twitter
Summary | After a recording of Donald Trumps "locker room talk" leaked, a woman took Twitter and shared a personal story of sexual harassment and urged other women to do the same. Within a few days 27 million women responded and the hashtag #notokay became the marker for the thread. All of these singular examples demonstrated that they were not singular and that Donald Trump is wrapped up in and oblivious to the fact that his "harmless" locker room talk is perpetuating rape culture.
Image Description | Portraits of women who posted under the hashtah #notokay.
Image Tags | female(s)
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