Revealing contentious concepts across social groups

Ching Sheng Lin, Zumrut Akcam, Samira Shaikh, Sharon Gower Small, Ken Stahl, Tomek Strzalkowski, Nick Webb

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Abstract

In this paper, a computational model based on concept polarity is proposed to investigate the influence of communications across the 'diacultural groups'. The hypothesis of this work is that there are communities or groups which can be characterized by a network of concepts and the corresponding valuations of those concepts that are agreed upon by the members of the community. We apply an existing research tool, ECO, to generate text representative of each community and create community specific Valuation Concept Networks (VCN). We then compare VCNs across the communities, to attempt to find 'contentious concepts', which could subsequently be the focus of further exploration as points of contention between the two communities. A prototype, CPAM (Changing Positions, Altering Minds), was implemented as a proof of concept for this approach. The experiment was conducted using blog data from pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli communities. A potential application of this method and future work are discussed as well.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2012
EditorsMehmet Ugur Dogan, Joseph Mariani, Asuncion Moreno, Sara Goggi, Khalid Choukri, Nicoletta Calzolari, Jan Odijk, Thierry Declerck, Bente Maegaard, Stelios Piperidis, Helene Mazo, Olivier Hamon
Pages2838-2841
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9782951740877
StatePublished - 2012
Event8th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 21 May 201227 May 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2012

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2012
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period21/05/1227/05/12

Keywords

  • Bontentious concepts
  • Diacultural groups
  • Valuation Concept Networks

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