Microdebates: Structuring debates without a structuring tool1

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gabbriellini, Simone^a | Torroni, Paolo^{b; *}

Affiliations: [a] GEMASS, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France | [b] DISI, Alma Mater – Università di Bologna, Italy. E-mail: paolo.torroni@unibo.it

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Paolo Torroni, DISI, Alma Mater – Università di Bologna, Italy. E-mail: paolo.torroni@unibo.it.

Abstract: Argumentative debates are a powerful tool for reaching agreements in open environments. However, in large scale settings, such as social networks, making sense of ongoing debates may be a compelling task, and debates risk to lose their effectiveness. We thus propose “microdebates” to help organizing and confronting users’ opinions in an automated way.

Keywords: Online debate, social networks, social media, Twitter, argumentation

DOI: 10.3233/AIC-150690

Journal: AI Communications, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 31-51, 2016