Number of Posts: 25
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«Nous n'avons jamais autant écrit à travers l'histoire de l'humanité»
("We have never written so much through the history of mankind")
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 27.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, grammar, language threat, social media, spelling, word/writing
Summary | Linguist Louise-Amélie Cougnon answers some questions related to digital language and language threat. She talks about social media language and emojis, and claims that we should not worry about the spread of digital language. Also, research does not show a link between digital language use and language impoverishment. However, it seems that pupils have lower spelling and grammar skills than before.
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Pierre Halté : «L'émoji n'est pas un appauvrissement du langage»
(Pierre Halté: "emojis are not impoverishing language")
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, word/writing
Summary | Linguist Pierre Halté talks about the emoji phenomenon. Emojis are not used to compensate a lack of vocabulary. Indeed, they do not replace words, but they replace a gesture, a tone of voice that we would use while speaking. Also, people have always been communicating with images. Furthermore, emoji is not a universal language because of cultural differences between countries. Halté also talks about the difference between emoji and emoticon, the origin of the first emojis, emoji users, and the future of written language.
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L'art d'utiliser les emojis avec prudence au bureau
(Using emojis with caution at work)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | email, emojis
Summary | Emojis are so popular that we can even find them in professional emails. Emojis are used to "humanize" a message, but people should use them with caution (e.g. with your boss or clients). According to Pierre Halté, people think that those who do not want to use emojis are older, but there are young people who refuse to use them in their text messages
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Des emojis plutôt que des sculptures pour décorer les façades
(Emojis rather than sculptures to decorate buildings' facades)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 28.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | A Dutch architect chose to decorate the facade of one of his buildings with 22 emojis. Classical architecture would use kings' faces or floral friezes. Young people appreciate the initiative; it's not "another of these annoying buildings".
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Mattel lance une intelligence artificielle pour veiller sur les enfants
(Mattel launches an artificial intelligence tool to watch over children)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 5.1.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, childhood, privacy, smartphone
Summary | Mattel presented its new AI assistant to be used in children's bedrooms. The assistant (Aristotle) goes off if a child is crying in the middle of the night, for instance. Then, parents receive a notification on their smartphone. Aristotle is supposed to understand toddlers' language and to develop/evolve with them. The assistant can talk to toddlers and play music.
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Avec Magic Makers, l'informatique est un jeu d' enfant!
(With Magic Makers, computing is an easy task!)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 5.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | computer programming, youth
Summary | Claude Terosier created coding initiation centers (called Magic Makers) for children between 8 and 15 years old. During their time off, kids can learn the basics of computer programming.
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L'explosion des troubles chez les tout-petits surexposés aux écrans
(Rise of disorders in toddlers overexposed to screens)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 18.5.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, school, smartphone
Summary | Toddlers overexposed to screens seem to demonstrate symptoms similar to autism, a doctor says. Toddlers have already access to smartphones. Sofiane, for instance, got his first tablet at the age of 18 months. His kindergarten teacher noticed that he never wanted to sit next to his peers, and would often space out. Moreover, he always needed an adult next to him to guide him. Those "screen children"often exhibit developmental delays as well as relationship, language and behavioral disorders. Children shouldn't have access to screens before 3. Some parents think that giving their toddlers "learning tablets" will help them in the future.
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Pourquoi les commentaires «Vive Marine» pullulent sur les réseaux sociaux
(Why "Vive Marine" comments abound on social networks)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 29.3.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | Messages supporting Marine LePen abound on social networks. Why do people keep repeating such comments? It seems that a minority of people that keeps posting the same messages over and over. However, the fact that there are more messages supporting LePen does not reflect online people's political opinion. If people think the news media is not fair with LePen, it's not surprising that they're trying to post as many positive comments as possible.
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#EmmanuelHollande: la genèse d'une offensive numérique
(#EmmanuelHollande: the genesis of a digital offensive)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 6.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | hashtags, politics, social media
Summary | During the French presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron was called "Emmanuel Hollande" by François Fillon. Then, everything goes really fast: exhanges of hashtags, keywords, and images. Fillon's digital campaign team quickly notices the potential of #EmmanuelHollande. Samuel Lafont creates a Twitter account and a Facebook page based on #EmmanuelHollande, and it's a success.
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Les réseaux sociaux, champ de bataille souterrain de la campagne
(Social media, the campaign's underground battle field )
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 14.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | politics, social media
Summary | During the French presidential campaign, François Fillon is dominating the war online. Gautier, 34, is leading Fillon's digital campaign. Social media platforms have become very important for candidates; they can redefine themselves online. Since 2012, what has changed regarding social media is the importance of videos. You can find a video of a candidate on social media platforms right after it was seen on TV, which can have a huge impact on people online.
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