Over the past few days, #MeToo has emerged as a viral social media trend used by women to express solidarity in the face of a culture of sexual harassment and assault. The top three emojis used with #MeToo are the red heart, the broken heart, and the pensive face - conveying an emoji emotional signature of love, heartbreak, and disappointment.
Interview on Al Jazeera, top cat face emojis, and more!
Check out our interview on Al Jazeera, our analysis of the top cat face emojis of World Emoji Day, and more!
“How emojis reveal cultural differences”: interview in La Nación of Argentina
La Nación, one of the leading newspapers of Argentina, recently published an in-depth interview with PRISMOJI founder Hamdan Azhar on how emojis reveal cultural differences. Read the full interview in Spanish to learn more about the origin of the name PRISMOJI, how emoji data science helps us understand popular sentiment, and more! Also, see below … Continue reading “How emojis reveal cultural differences”: interview in La Nación of Argentina
The Top Emojis of Ramadan: A Global Analysis 🌙🙏🏽❤️
Emojis have been called the world's fastest growing language. Yet remarkably little research has been done on differences in emoji usage between cultures. Previous analysis has usually focused on aggregate differences between countries based on data from third party keyboard apps. Here, we analyze emojis in nearly 35,000 tweets in nine languages about a common topic: the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began this past weekend. In doing so, we see broad commonalities across languages but also noteworthy and meaningful differences.
PRISMOJI Media Roundup: Mashable, Huffington Post, Bustle, plus coverage in France and Argentina!
Over the past week, our Emojipedia article "The Resistance Will Be Emojified", has gone viral on three continents. Yesterday, Mashable dedicated their entire Snapchat story to covering the analysis. Here's a brief selection of some of our favorite clips!
Emoji data science in R: A tutorial
An emoji data science tutorial in R as a complement to the Emojipedia article: "The resistance will be emojified ✊🏽"
2016 Vs. 2012: How Trump’s Win And Clinton’s Votes Stack Up To Romney And Obama
Last week, election results from all states were finally certified. While most headlines focused on Hillary Clinton’s 2.8 million popular votes lead over Donald Trump, the results also debunked claims that had been circulating over the past few weeks.
How we really use the peach emoji
Apple recently came under fire for proposing a change to the 🍑 peach emoji that made it look more fruit-like and less butt-like. “What’s happening to emojis represents the worst kind of gentrification of the internet,” charged Buzzfeed. Mashable was even more dramatic, exclaiming: “Apple just ruined texting.” While Apple soon retreated, the episode demonstrated the … Continue reading How we really use the peach emoji
Guest post on emojis & Fidel Castro at Emojipedia
The past week has seen a whirlwind of social media activity around the death of Fidel Castro, Thanksgiving, and Black Friday. We were curious about how people used emojis to discuss these topics so we looked at some data from Twitter. Check out the complete post on Emojipedia!
The top emojis of Election Day 2016
Could emoji data science have predicted the results of the election? Probably not, but emojis still provide a fascinating glimpse into the emotions of American voters. We used the Twitter API to collect nearly 2 million tweets on Election Day. What did we find? Lots of 🖕s, 🇺🇸s, and 👍, and more.
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