3 papers
cs.CL2020
Are Words Commensurate with Actions? Quantifying Commitment to a Cause from Online Public Messaging
Zhao Wang, Jennifer Cutler, Aron Culotta
Public entities such as companies and politicians increasingly use online social networks to communicate directly with their constituencies. Often, this public messaging is aimed a…
cs.HC2019
Personality and Behavior in Role-based Online Games
Zhao Wang, Anna Sapienza, Aron Culotta +1
Both offline and online human behaviors are affected by personality. Of special interests are online games, where players have to impersonate specific roles and their behaviors are…
cs.LG2018
When do Words Matter? Understanding the Impact of Lexical Choice on Audience Perception using Individual Treatment Effect Estimation
Zhao Wang, Aron Culotta
Studies across many disciplines have shown that lexical choice can affect audience perception. For example, how users describe themselves in a social media profile can affect their…