1 code implementation • ACL 2021 • Saumya Sahai, Oana Balalau, Roxana Horincar
In this paper, we study the most frequent fallacies on Reddit, and we present them using the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation.
1 code implementation • EACL 2021 • Oana Balalau, Roxana Horincar
In this work, we analyze the impact of propaganda on six major political forums on Reddit that target a diverse audience in two countries, the US and the UK.
no code implementations • 16 Dec 2020 • Angelos-Christos Anadiotis, Oana Balalau, Catarina Conceicao, Helena Galhardas, Mhd Yamen Haddad, Ioana Manolescu, Tayeb Merabti, Jingmao You
Digital data is a gold mine for modern journalism.
no code implementations • 23 Jul 2020 • Oana Balalau, Catarina Conceiç{ã}o, Helena Galhardas, Ioana Manolescu, Tayeb Merabti, Jingmao You, Youssr Youssef
Nowadays, journalism is facilitated by the existence of large amounts of digital data sources, including many Open Data ones.
1 code implementation • 5 Dec 2019 • Oana Balalau, Carlos Castillo, Mauro Sozio
Despite the significant efforts made by the research community in recent years, automatically acquiring valuable information about high impact-events from social media remains challenging.
1 code implementation • 19 Nov 2019 • Azin Ghazimatin, Oana Balalau, Rishiraj Saha Roy, Gerhard Weikum
Interpretable explanations for recommender systems and other machine learning models are crucial to gain user trust.
no code implementations • WS 2019 • Youmna Ismaeil, Oana Balalau, Paramita Mirza
In this work, we revisit the functions of language proposed by linguist Roman Jakobson and we highlight their potential in analyzing online forum conversations.