why did they post that argument? communicative intentions of web 2-0 arguments sintelnet-arguing on...
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Paper here: http://jodischneider.com/pubs/issaargweb2014.pdf Talk for Arguing on the Web 2.0, SINTELNET workshop collocated with the 8th ISSA Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, June 30, 2014 http://www.sintelnet.eu/content/arguing-web-20-0 Jodi Schneider, Serena Villata, Elena Cabrio. "Why did they post that argument? Communicative intentions of Web 2.0 arguments."TRANSCRIPT
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Why did they post that argument? Communicative intentions of Web 2.0
arguments
Jodi Schneider, Serena Villata, and Elena CabrioINRIA, France
Arguing on the Web 2.0, collocated with ISSA 2014University of Amsterdam2014-06-30
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Encourage debate Facilitate good argumentPromote online critical literacy
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"A MESSAGE ON THE WEB"
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NOT ALL MESSAGES ARE THE SAME
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Comparing our 2 messages
Similarities• Platform (Twitter)• Length• Use symbols• Attention from others
– Marked as a favorite– Retweeted
Differences• Topics• Authors• Whether they use hashtags• Whether they have replies• Communicative Intent
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Comparing our 2 messages
Similarities• Platform (Twitter)• Length• Use symbols• Attention from others
– Marked as a favorite– Retweeted
Differences• Topics• Authors• Whether they use hashtags• Whether they have replies• Communicative Intent
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Walton/Krabbe typology of dialogue Initial Situation Participant's goal Goal of dialogue Type of dialogue
Conflict of opinion Persuade other Resolve or clarify issue
Persuasion
Conflict of interests Get what want Reasonable settlement
Negotiation
Dilemma orpractical choice
Coordinate goals & actions
Decide course of action
Deliberation
Need information Acquire or give info Exchange information
Information-seeking
Find & verify evidence
Prove/disprove hypothesis
Proof Inquiry
Explain facts Find and defend hypothesis
Choose hypothesis for testing
Discovery
Personal conflict Verbally hit out at opponent
Reveal deeper basis of conflict
Eristic
Based on Walton COMMA 2010; see also Walton & Krabbe 1995.
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Humorous
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Informational: reporting an argument from a scientific study
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These do not fit the typology we have
• Persuasion• Negotiation• Deliberation• Information-seeking• Inquiry• Discovery• Eristic dialogue
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Communicative Intentions for Web texts
• Recreation• Information• Instruction• Discussion• Recommendation
Sharoff 2011. In the garden and in the jungle. In Genres on the Web (Springer)
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Recreation
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Information
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Instruction
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Discussion
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Recommendation
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Processing communicative intention
• Recreation slang, metaphors, puns– Named entity recognition and normalization of texts
• Information news-like, scientific discussions– Recognizing textual entailment, opinion mining
• Instruction informational messages– Question-answering, question interpretation
• Discussion everyday language– Discourse analysis, recognizing textual entailment
• Recommendation persuasive intent– Sentiment analysis
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Processing communicative intention
• Recreation slang, metaphors, puns– Named entity recognition and normalization of texts
• Information news-like, scientific discussions– Recognizing textual entailment, opinion mining
• Instruction informational messages– Question-answering, question interpretation
• Discussion everyday language– Discourse analysis, recognizing textual entailment
• Recommendation persuasive intent– Sentiment analysis
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Processing communicative intention
• Recreation slang, metaphors, puns– Named entity recognition and normalization of texts
• Information news-like, scientific discussions– Recognizing textual entailment, opinion mining
• Instruction informational messages– Question-answering, question interpretation
• Discussion everyday language– Discourse analysis, recognizing textual entailment
• Recommendation persuasive intent– Sentiment analysis
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Processing communicative intention
• Recreation slang, metaphors, puns– Named entity recognition and normalization of texts
• Information news-like, scientific discussions– Recognizing textual entailment, opinion mining
• Instruction informational messages– Question-answering, question interpretation
• Discussion everyday language– Discourse analysis, recognizing textual entailment
• Recommendation persuasive intent– Sentiment analysis
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Processing communicative intention
• Recreation slang, metaphors, puns– Named entity recognition and normalization of texts
• Information news-like, scientific discussions– Recognizing textual entailment, opinion mining
• Instruction informational messages– Question-answering, question interpretation
• Discussion everyday language– Discourse analysis, recognizing textual entailment
• Recommendation persuasive intent– Sentiment analysis
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Future work
• Use Communicative Intentions to focus NLP• Identify aspects of messages to consider for
the Argument Web:– Communicative intention– Form/platform– Dialogue type– …
• Define challenge tasks for the Argument Web:– application areas, corpora, …