The identity politics of emoji
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English - December 23, 2017 16:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB - ★★★★ - 24 ratingsTechnology Society & Culture technology news tech news culture interviews race diversity gig workers labor inclusion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week we wondered if cell phones can adversely affect your health (or kill you), the goggles of Magic Leap and the problem Twitter has with the hateful people on its platform. Then later in the ep, Megan chats up Jeremy Burge, the Aussie founder of Emojipedia. They talk about the need for a pedia for emoji, Simpsons yellow and the skin-shade identity politics of mobile communication. It’s complicated.
Your hosts: Megan Rose Dickey and Henry Pickavet
Guest: Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia
Executive producer: Yashad Kulkarni
Producer: Christopher Gates