2 papers
cs.SI2024
Fear and Loathing on the Frontline: Decoding the Language of Othering by Russia-Ukraine War Bloggers
Patrick Gerard, William Theisen, Tim Weninger +1
Othering, the act of portraying outgroups as fundamentally different from the ingroup, often escalates into framing them as existential threats--fueling intergroup conflict and jus…
cs.SI2024
Modeling Information Narrative Detection and Evolution on Telegram during the Russia-Ukraine War
Patrick Gerard, Svitlana Volkova, Louis Penafiel +2
Following the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a multitude of information narratives emerged within both pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian communit…