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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.
Image Description | N/A
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)
Sklaven des Smartphones
(Slaves to smartphones)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 5.3.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | school, smartphone, threat
Summary | Japan and South Korea – both highly digitized nations – experience the negative effects of omnipresent internet access. The article infers that conversations have become a rarity because smartphones and the need to update social media profiles distract people. A South Korean literature scholar states that students hardly read books anymore; therefore, government incentives for reading have been established. The article even predicts a return to analphebetization in these nations.
Image Description | Photograph of a young man's face half-hidden by his iPhone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Die iPad-Kindheit vs. Baumhaus
(The iPad-childhood vs. tree house)
Newspaper | St. Galler Tagblatt
Date | 3.11.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | childhood, texting, youth
Summary | Children today grow up very differently than one or two decades ago. Many children are entertained on digital playgrounds: games on tablets or smartphones. For youth today it is no longer extraordinary to receive 200 messages from 30 group chats every day.
Image Description | Photograph of a yellow notepad with a white pen on top of it.
Mädchen fotografieren, Knaben gamen
(Girls take photographs, boys play games)
Newspaper | St. Galler Tagblatt
Date | 11.2.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | research/study, smartphone, youth
Summary | A study repeated biannually by the Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) collects data on teenagers‘ use of old and new media. Close to 100% of teenagers own a phone, the vast majority a smartphone, and most of them use it daily. The data shows that most girls are more interested in listening to music and taking photographs while most boys care more about playing games and watching videos.
Image Description | N/A
40 Tage ohne Honig im Tee
(40 days without tea with honey)
Newspaper | St. Galler Tagblatt
Date | 14.2.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, Facebook, WhatsApp
Summary | Catholic and Protestant churches of the St. Gallen area are advertising lent season and trying to get people to give up something they value for 40 days. The blue cross also urges people to give up addicting habits for 40 days. Next to alcohol, cigarettes, meat, and sweets, social networks such as Facebook or WhatsApp seem to be popular addicting habits to give up for lent.
Image Description | Digital image of the number 40 in the background, and a burger in the foreground.
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