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Jetzt kommt die Sticker-Schwemme
(The sticker flood is on its way)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 15.11.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | abbreviations, emojis, Facebook, language threat, marketing, social media
Summary | Emoticons (f.i. ":-D") and abbreviations (f.i. "LOL") have trickled down from "geek speak" and established themselves in the mainstream. Emojis are nowadays ever present in our digital communication as well as in other arenas such as film or advertising. Now various social media platforms, among them Facebook, offer users various palettes of stickers. They are larger versions of emojis and are sent as an image file rather than included on the keyboard as a letter. Because many sticker palettes need to be purchased, a whole economy is beginning to form: The Japanese messaging app Line has sold over $250 mio worth of stickers last year. We do not need to fear that emojis and co. will replace language as we know it.
Image Description | Commodified emojis in various forms (as balls, as tattoos, as bed sheets, as food, on clothing, as masks, etc.) and Facebook messenger chats using/purchasing sticker collections.
Image Tags | emojis, Facebook, male(s), social media
Jetzt kommt die Sticker-Schwemme
(Now comes the sticker flood)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 15.11.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | abbreviations, emojis, marketing, texting
Summary | People use emojis to express non-verbal emotions in their text messages. Stickers are more elaborate emojis - larger and there is more of a selection. One can even buy thematic sticker sets. This has become a very profitable industry in Japan.
Image Description | A series of images of that represent the commodification of emojis; also Facebook stickers and Kaomojis (Shruggie with punctuation marks).
Image Tags | emojis
Digitales Leben: Der Boom der Emojis
(Digital life: The boom of emojis)
Newspaper | Handelszeitung
Date | 22.5.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, marketing, smartphone
Summary | Emojis can no longer be avoided. People from all ranks of life are using them. Companies even use them in marketing and have to regulate their use; the eggplant emoji is inappropriate. Every smartphone has a few hundred emojis available and an app exists that lets users communicate with emojis only – it is called Emojli.
Image Description | Digital image representing different emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Händler ohne Waren
(Merchants without merchandise)
Newspaper | NZZ Folio
Date | 5.10.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | marketing
Summary | In an interview with trend researcher Karin Frick, the future of digital development is discussed. Frick predicts that commercial as well as social interactions will become more digitized. Examples illustrating this trend would be the car-sharing app Uber which connects drivers with people who need a ride. Similarly, already existing and highly popular dating apps point to what might become the norm for initiating all personal interaction.
Image Description | Illustration (drawing, painting, collage) of people, different shapes and colors.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
La bataille de l'orthographe
(The spelling battle)
Newspaper | PME Magazine
Date | 30.9.2015
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | language threat, marketing, spelling, texting
Summary | Spelling mistakes are everywhere around us. One of the reasons that can explain the invasion of spelling mistakes is the global usage of new technologies: now people write more. The phenomenon touches every social and professional classes. This leads to problems in the work space; people write their emails or resumes with a lot of mistakes. As a result, some companies now offer spelling classes to their employees in France and in Switzerland.
Image Description | N/A
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