This study addresses the lack of a systematic analysis of British COVID-19 discourse during the pandemic, which has sparked intense public debate globally. Linguists have been documenting and analyzing COVID-19 discourse, but a comprehensive analysis of the specific lexical items and discourse patterns in British discourse has been missing.
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e-Symposium 2023: Computational argumentation for computational politics
Communication is a central part of politics. It connects people, conveys needs and opinions, moves and persuades, challenges and justifies. Argumentation theories have proven to be powerful tools for understanding political communication and explaining the dynamics of opinions in politics. In recent years, computational argumentation, a branch of artificial intelligence crossing borders with many other… Continue reading e-Symposium 2023: Computational argumentation for computational politics
e-Symposium 2023: Studying political communication with social media data: pitfalls, limits and opportunities
The advent of pervasive and connected digital technologies has profoundly affected both the way in which politicians interact with citizens and supporters and the way in which scholars study political communication. The large availability of digital footprints left by citizens in their everyday use of digital technologies have created possibilities for new forms of collaboration,… Continue reading e-Symposium 2023: Studying political communication with social media data: pitfalls, limits and opportunities
e-Symposium 2023: Algorithmic auditing of political biases in recommender systems
External independent and unobtrusive algorithmic audits offer a fresh perspective for understanding AI-based algorithms used in social media and search engines. These audits enable us to measure aspects of these algorithms that are usually hidden, such as their biases in political information distribution, impact on political discourse, and potential contribution to misinformation and radicalisation. Their… Continue reading e-Symposium 2023: Algorithmic auditing of political biases in recommender systems
e-Symposium 2023: Depoliticising Social Media? The Politics of State-Sponsored, Election-related Disinformation Studies
The talk discusses the disinformation study undertaken by the author and commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs, published in 2020. It introduces the context of the concern for ‘fake news’ in Europe after the U.S. presidential elections of 2016 and the resulting wave of state-sponsored studies on disinformation prior to elections, focusing on… Continue reading e-Symposium 2023: Depoliticising Social Media? The Politics of State-Sponsored, Election-related Disinformation Studies
e-Symposium 2023: Crowding Out the Truth? A Simple Model of Misinformation, Polarization, and Meaningful Social Interactions
This paper delves into the critical role of social media in debates surrounding polarization, misinformation, and the state of democracy worldwide. It specifically examines the ranking algorithms that determine how content is presented to users on social media platforms.