ESRC Social Science Festival Event – Navigating the (mis)information Ecosystem
The networked society has profoundly reshaped the information ecosystem, empowering citizens to both produce and consume news while also accelerating the spread of misinformation in an increasingly polarized environment. The rise of Generative AI and multimodal platforms (such as Instagram and TikTok) has further compounded this challenge, making information verification both crucial and complex. Against […]
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the
International Society for the Study of
Argumentation
The Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation(ISSA), held at Leiden University, the Netherlands, from 4-7 July 2023, drew togetheraround 250 argumentation scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, including AI,(speech) communication, critical discourse analysis, education, informal logic, law,linguistics, media studies, philosophy, political science, pragmatics, religious studies,rhetoric, and more. The Proceedings […]
Relevance theory for mapping cognitive biases in fact-checking: an argumentative approach
In the fast-paced, densely populated information landscape shaped by digitization, distinguishing information from misinformation is critical. Fact-checkers are effective in fighting fake news but face challenges such as cognitive overload and time pressure, which increase susceptibility to cognitive biases. Establishing standards to mitigate these biases can improve the quality of fact-checks, bolster audience trust, and […]
Let’s make Fact-Checking engaging: a computational social science approach for the analysis and evaluation of Fact-Checking discourse at scale
To counter disinformation, a plethora of fact-checking organizations have arisen, but the fake news phenomenon is far from being solved. Whilst research in computational social science has widely focused on implementing automatic fact-checking, the analysis of the discourse features which make fact-checking impactful has been under-investigated. By combining social network analysis, emotion-based sentiment analysis and […]