4 papers
Sima AIunty: Caste Audit in LLM-Driven Matchmaking
Atharva Naik, Shounok Kar, Varnika Sharma +2
Social and personal decisions in relational domains such as matchmaking are deeply entwined with cultural norms and historical hierarchies, and can potentially be shaped by algorit…
Personal Narratives Empower Politically Disinclined Individuals to Engage in Political Discussions
Tejasvi Chebrolu, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, Ashwin Rajadesingan
Engaging in political discussions is crucial in democratic societies, yet many individuals remain politically disinclined due to various factors such as perceived knowledge gaps, c…
Framing the Fray: Evaluating Conflict Frames in Indian Election News Coverage
Tejasvi Chebrolu, Rohan Chowdary, N Harsha Vardhan +2
In covering elections, journalists often use conflict frames which depict events and issues as adversarial, often highlighting confrontations between opposing parties. Although con…
Promoting Constructive Deliberation: Reframing for Receptiveness
Gauri Kambhatla, Matthew Lease, Ashwin Rajadesingan
To promote constructive discussion of controversial topics online, we propose automatic reframing of disagreeing responses to signal receptiveness to a preceding comment. Drawing o…