2 papers
cs.AI2026
Reasoning for Propaganda Detection via Label-Guided CoT Optimisation
Zeba Afroz, Harsh Vardhan, Md. Shad Akhtar
Propaganda detection systems usually operate as black boxes, lacking explanations. To address this, we hypothesise that persuasive techniques contain definitional characteristics w…
cs.CL2025
Fine-grained Narrative Classification in Biased News Articles
Zeba Afroz, Harsh Vardhan, Pawan Bhakuni +3
Narratives are the cognitive and emotional scaffolds of propaganda. They organize isolated persuasive techniques into coherent stories that justify actions, attribute blame, and ev…