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!
The Emojis of Game of Thrones: Dragonstone & Stormborn 🐉
The long awaited Game of Thrones has finally returned! If you’re a fan of the HBO show but don’t watch a new episode immediately, you likely stay clear of the Twitter world, for the net is dark and full of spoilers. So how did GoT fans react to the first two episodes on Twitter? Let's find out!
“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.
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 ✊🏽"
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.
An introduction to emoji data science
Slides from our presentation on emoji data science at Emojicon 2016, including data on Brexit, the Olympics, the 2016 election, and more.
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