Highlights
- Byte Into IT: Are Emojis Concerns?
This week on Byte Into IT, we dive into the evolving world of digital language and expression.
Linguist and emoji expert Dr Lauren Gawne joins us to unpack the media panic around teen slang, emoji use, and the internet’s supposed radicalising effects—sparked by the new Netflix series Adolescence. Are emojis just harmless shorthand, or are they symbols of something deeper in how young people form identity online?
We'll talk with Lauren about how language adapts across digital platforms, why moral panics around youth communication keep recurring, and what the data actually tells us about teens, tech, and emoji use.
📱 Plus: the week’s biggest tech stories, digital culture updates, and more, with your hosts on 3RRR.
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About this program
Computer news, interviews and local insights on global change. Tech talk and opinionated chat with feature interviews and regular guests covering the big players in technology, enterprise and social platforms, trends, digital rights, gadget, games and all the ways technology intersects with everyday life.
THE BYTE INTO IT FAMILY INCLUDES:
- Daniel Morganti
- Dan Salmon
- Eric Jong
- Lilly Ryan
- Mike Bantick
- Rowena Murray (Byte producer)
- Vanessa Toholka (Byte producer)
- Lu Lin (RRR Talks Content Producer)
The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.
https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion
