"We Demand Justice!": Towards Social Context Grounding of Political Texts

arXiv:2311.09106v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Social media discourse frequently consists of 'seemingly similar language used by opposing sides of the political spectrum', often translating to starkly contrasting perspectives. E.g., 'thoughts and prayers', could express sympathy for mass-shooting victims, or criticize the lack of legislative action on the issue. This paper defines the context required to fully understand such ambiguous statements in a computational setting and ground them in real-world entities, actions, and attitudes. We propose two challenging datasets that require …

abstract arxiv context cs.cl demand discourse express issue justice language media paper perspectives political social social media spectrum thoughts type