Public Debates on the Web

Fabian Gilson; André Bittar; Pierre Schobbens

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60131-1_37

Public Debates on the Web

Fabian Gilson, André Bittar, Pierre Schobbens

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Abstract

With the advent of social media, any piece of information may be spread all over the world in no time. Furthermore, the vast number of available communication channels makes it difficult to cross-check information that has been (re-)published on different media in real time. In this context where people may express their positions on many subjects, as well as launching new open initiatives, the public needs a mean to gather and compare ideas and opinions in a structured manner. The present paper presents the WebDEB project, which aims to develop a collaborative platform where opinions, namely arguments, are gathered, analyzed and linked to one another via explicit relations. WebDEB relies on various Natural Language Processing modules to semi-automatically extract information from the web and propose meaningful visualizations to the platform’s contributors. Furthermore, public actors may be identified and attached to the ideas they publish to create a structured knowledge base where annotated texts, extracted positions and alliances may be identified.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Web Engineering - 17th International Conference, ICWE 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Jordi Cabot, Roberto De Virgilio, Riccardo Torlone
Place of Publication	Rome
Publisher	Springer
Pages	520-532
Number of pages	13
Volume	10360
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-60131-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-60130-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60131-1_37
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10360 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Keywords

Social web
Public debate
Argumentation
Speech acts
Natural language processing
Argumentation
Natural language processing

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Gilson, F., Bittar, A., & Schobbens, P. (2017). Public Debates on the Web. In J. Cabot, R. De Virgilio, & R. Torlone (Eds.), Web Engineering - 17th International Conference, ICWE 2017, Proceedings (Vol. 10360, pp. 520-532). Article 37 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10360 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60131-1_37

Gilson, Fabian ; Bittar, André ; Schobbens, Pierre. / Public Debates on the Web. Web Engineering - 17th International Conference, ICWE 2017, Proceedings. editor / Jordi Cabot ; Roberto De Virgilio ; Riccardo Torlone. Vol. 10360 Rome : Springer, 2017. pp. 520-532 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Gilson, F, Bittar, A & Schobbens, P 2017, Public Debates on the Web. in J Cabot, R De Virgilio & R Torlone (eds), Web Engineering - 17th International Conference, ICWE 2017, Proceedings. vol. 10360, 37, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10360 LNCS, Springer, Rome, pp. 520-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60131-1_37

Public Debates on the Web. / Gilson, Fabian; Bittar, André; Schobbens, Pierre.
Web Engineering - 17th International Conference, ICWE 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Jordi Cabot; Roberto De Virgilio; Riccardo Torlone. Vol. 10360 Rome: Springer, 2017. p. 520-532 37 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10360 LNCS).

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Gilson F, Bittar A, Schobbens P. Public Debates on the Web. In Cabot J, De Virgilio R, Torlone R, editors, Web Engineering - 17th International Conference, ICWE 2017, Proceedings. Vol. 10360. Rome: Springer. 2017. p. 520-532. 37. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-60131-1_37

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