Number of Posts: 45
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Le rêve éveillé chez les geeks
(Daydream for geeks)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 14.9.2015
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Summary | Smartphone addiction among young people can exasperate parents. Psychologists experts in this new field call this addiction "cyberaddiction" or "hyperconnectivity". It can have dangerous side effects for young geeks or nerds: isolation, irritability, school failure, etc. Sleep disorder is also a side effect of cyberaddiction: screens' artificial light prevent people from sleeping. They don't dream; they daydream.
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Versetzt Whatsapp dem E-Mail den Todesstoss?
(Is WhatsApp giving the e-mail the death blow?)
Newspaper | Der Bund
Date | 23.10.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | email, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A rumor is going around that WhatsApp is planning to introduce a document sharing function into the app. This way, Word or PDF documents could be sent through WhatsApp rather than other channels. This might mean the death of emails, a media that already counts as old-fashioned.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone where there are four social media icons.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone, social media
Schreiben: Die Handschrift verkümmert
(Writing: Handwriting is hampered)
Newspaper | Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)
Date | 1.3.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | language threat, research/study, texting, word/writing
Summary | We are living in an age writing renaissance; no generation before us has written this profusely. We are always texting someone or updating our social media statuses and yet, ironically, we are losing a staple of writing culture: our handwriting. Researchers are debating whether this is a problem or not, but the fact is that many neuroscientific studies show that humans learn better while writing by hand rather than typing. The abbreviated, informal, emoticon-filled writing style of WhatsApp and co. may be corrupting writing culture at large.
Image Description | Photograph of a young child (girl) typing on a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s)
Eine literarische Revolution ;-)
(A literary revolution ;-))
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 10.2.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, translation
Summary | Originating in the late 1990s in Japan, emojis have gained huge popularity worldwide. Some say they are destroying our language, others use emojis for poetic endeavors. Fred Benenson has for instance re-written the classic story of Moby Dick using emojis. The project was crowd funded and is called “Emoji Dick”. Apple has recently put into action an online petition calling for more ethnic diversity among emojis.
Image Description | Digital image representing 180 different emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Sags doch per Emoji
(Say it with emojis)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 21.3.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | Adullts also use emojis. Emojis are cutesy little colorful symbols depicting simplified facial expressions, animals, or objects. Thematic packages of moving emojis can be bought. Emojis can be used to adorn messages or to replace written text altogether. Because their meanings are multivalent, they can easily be misunderstood, which results in awkwardness.
Image Description | Photograph of the author of the article.
Image Tags | female(s)
Kritiken
(Critiques)
Newspaper | die Weltwoche
Date | 19.11.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, word/writing
Summary | This year, the Oxford English Dictionary has proclaimed a non-word the word of the year: the laughing emoji with tears of joy. The reason why a non-word has been chosen as word of the year is that emojis have become a significant part of contemporary communication and that they overcome language barriers.
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La vérité si je mens!
(The truth if I'm lying!)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 23.8.2015
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | research/study, social media
Summary | 66% of online users said they lie on social media. People have a tendency to portray themselves as beautiful, talented, and smart so that people can "like" them, notice them, or be jealous of them. What can we do against this syndrome? We can go back to "real" pleasures; for example, communicate with friends and not count them, or feel emoticons, and not click on them.
Image Description | Photograph in black and white of the author of the article.
Image Tags | female(s)
Ständig unanständig
(Constantly rude)
Newspaper | Beobachter
Date | 10.7.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | politeness, smartphone, threat, youth
Summary | People, especially younger generations, have become less considerate of their environment in a variety of ways. One factor causing this decrease in politeness is the smartphone. People are consumed by digital content and less aware of their actual surroundings. For example, when immersed in their smartphone, people might not see if somebody on the street needs help or if another passenger on the bus can’t sit down because one’s bag is on a seat. Personal meetings have also become less focused.
Image Description | Illustration of a cafeteria scene where young people are eating and using their smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
Ich verzichte auf Facebook, weil es sich schlecht anfühlt
(I'm giving up Facebook because it feels wrong)
Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 11.10.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, threat
Summary | Douglas Rushkoff, media theory professor at New York University, talks about social and political developments caused by the business of big data. Talking about instant messaging, he says that face-to-face communication suffers from the constant presence and availability of digital communication. The possibility of multi-tasking is tempting, but it is disruptive to personal encounters.
Image Description | Photograph of D. Rushkoff, standing with his arms crossed in front of a door.
Image Tags | male(s)
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)
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