5 papers
Keeping Up Appearances: Computational Modeling of Face Acts in Persuasion Oriented Discussions
Ritam Dutt, Rishabh Joshi, Carolyn Penstein Rose
The notion of face refers to the public self-image of an individual that emerges both from the individual's own actions as well as from the interaction with others. Modeling face a…
LTIatCMU at SemEval-2020 Task 11: Incorporating Multi-Level Features for Multi-Granular Propaganda Span Identification
Sopan Khosla, Rishabh Joshi, Ritam Dutt +2
In this paper we describe our submission for the task of Propaganda Span Identification in news articles. We introduce a BERT-BiLSTM based span-level propaganda classification mode…
Utilizing Microblogs for Assisting Post-Disaster Relief Operations via Matching Resource Needs and Availabilities
Ritam Dutt, Moumita Basu, Kripabandhu Ghosh +1
During a disaster event, two types of information that are especially useful for coordinating relief operations are needs and availabilities of resources (e.g., food, water, medici…
Spread of hate speech in online social media
Binny Mathew, Ritam Dutt, Pawan Goyal +1
The present online social media platform is afflicted with several issues, with hate speech being on the predominant forefront. The prevalence of online hate speech has fueled horr…
Deep Dive into Anonymity: A Large Scale Analysis of Quora Questions
Binny Mathew, Ritam Dutt, Suman Kalyan Maity +2
Anonymity forms an integral and important part of our digital life. It enables us to express our true selves without the fear of judgment. In this paper, we investigate the differe…