Digital Discourse Database

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Mapped: The London Twitterati's emoji reactions to the general election result were predictably anti-Tory

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 7.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, Twitter
Summary | The Museum of London displayed a Twitter analysis that shows all the emojis that appeared in political tweets the day after the election. It shows that for example the most popular emoji was the "crying with laughter" face.
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How to get the Pride rainbow flag reaction on Facebook

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 12.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook added a temporary rainbow flag emoji to celebrate Pride month. The flag emoji joined the other reaction buttons.
Image Description | Screenshot of Facebook's reactions, people's tweets about the flag, Google search bar with the word 'lgbt'.
Image Tags | Facebook, Google, Twitter

Google 'professional women' emoji nominated for Design of the Year

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 16.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, gender, Google
Summary | The Design Museum in London nominated Google's professional emojis for design of the year. Google introduced a new set of emojis to better reflect women's situation.
Image Description | Images of female emojis.
Image Tags | emojis

Twitter launch special 'worker bee' emoji as United and City prepare to honour Manchester Arena victims

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Twitter launched a 'worker bee' emoji just before the first clash between Manchester United and Manchester City.
Image Description | Photograph of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, image of a worker bee emoji, two soccer players, and two videos.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)

Why are Samsung's emojis different from everyone else?

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Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 6.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | Samsung’s emoji designers don't always follow what other creators do. As a result, users might not always see the same emojis. For instance, Apple, Google, Microsoft, LG and HTC all have a red flag emoji, but Samsung's emoji is a yellow flag. The same problem arises with other emojis that are very different: person bouncing ball, prayer beads, ledger, and cookie.
Image Description | Images of different emojis.
Image Tags | emojis

How emoji are taking over the world

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 3.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, threat
Summary | Paul Kendall talks about the rise of emojis and their popularity. emojitracker.com is a website displaying a grid of 845 emojis; every time a user tweets an emoji, the emoji lights up. Young people (under 30) communicate through emojis nowadays. Even marketers use them to appeal to their customers. Emojis are useful and precise, they allow users to communicate non-verbal cues that are essential. People should not be concerned about the rise of emojis; they are here to stay, but they are not a language.
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How emojis took over your workplace - and the man who can help you make sense of it all

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis are everywhere, even in one of the latest movies. Also, 92% of internet users in the world claim they use emojis in their digital communication. Emojis are not only used by teenage girls, workers also use them in their work emails. Keith Broni talks about the use of emojis in work emails and some rules people should follow.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone displaying a chat conversation and emojis, portrait of Keith Broni, and woman in front of a big screen.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, text

Why you should think twice before using emojis in your work emails

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | email, emojis, research/study
Summary | People shouldn't use emojis in their work emails. A new study analyzed the effects of emojis in work emails, and employees actually claimed that people who use emojis in their work emails seem less competent.
Image Description | Images of different emojis, photograph of a man staring at his phone, and woman holding her head and looking worried.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), male(s)

Is the world's oldest emoji really the world's oldest emoji?

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 20.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Turkish archaeologists found a pitcher from 1700 BC where a smiley face was drawn; they think it corresponds to the first example of emoji.
Image Description | Photographs of the pitcher found in Turkey, the Acropolis, the Grand Canyon, and Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Hundreds of people around the globe dress as emojis for International Emoji Day record attempt

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | People around the world dressed up as emojis to celebrate World Emoji Day. They wanted to set a new Guinness World Record.
Image Description | Video showing people dressed up as emojis, and five photographs of people dressed up as emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), male(s)

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