4 papers
Definitional Sensitivity in Media Bias Detection: A Multi-Definition Dataset and Benchmark
Martin Wessel, Timo Spinde, Jürgen Pfeffer +1
Media bias detection relies on definitions and examples that specify what counts as bias, yet these specifications often vary across datasets or remain implicit, even when given th…
MAGPIE: Multi-Task Media-Bias Analysis Generalization for Pre-Trained Identification of Expressions
Tomáš Horych, Martin Wessel, Jan Philip Wahle +6
Media bias detection poses a complex, multifaceted problem traditionally tackled using single-task models and small in-domain datasets, consequently lacking generalizability. To ad…
Reddit Rehab: User Migration in Response to Mobile Client Shutdowns
Franz Waltenberger, Angelina Voggenreiter, Martin Paul Wessel +1
This paper investigates the behavior of Reddit users who relied on alternative mobile apps, such as Apollo and RiF, before and after their forced shutdown by Reddit on July 1, 2023…
NewsUnfold: Creating a News-Reading Application That Indicates Linguistic Media Bias and Collects Feedback
Smi Hinterreiter, Martin Wessel, Fabian Schliski +3
Media bias is a multifaceted problem, leading to one-sided views and impacting decision-making. A way to address digital media bias is to detect and indicate it automatically throu…