Argumentation
On the Social Web
Tom Blount
Slides available at: http://tomblount.co.uk/argumentation-presentation
Introduction
- Problem space
- Argumentation
- Social web
- Initial findings
- Future work
Problem Space
Have you ever argued online?
Did you "win"?
How did it make you feel?
Problem Space
- Cyberbullying
- Perception of the web
- "Wicked" problems
Argumentation
Argumentation is a key element of human communication
Future Work
- Apply current models, to see where their deficiencies lie
- Create a formal model of social argumentation that captures aspects missing from previous models
- Use this model to determine how to improve behaviour and encourage dialectic argument on the web
Summary
There are lots of models of argumentation
Most of these are not applicable to the social web
If we capture aspects of argument specific to the social web, we can improve the quality of discourse for everyone
Summary
Perhaps we'll see less of this in future
References & Further Reading
- The Uses of Argument, S. E. Toulmin, (1958), University Press, Cambridge.
- The Art of Always Being Right: Thirty Eight Ways to Win When You Are Defeated, A. Schopenhauer and A. C. Grayling (2004), Gibson Square Books, ISBN 1-903933-61-7
- A review of argumentation for the social semantic web, J. Schneider, T. Groza and A. Passant (2013). Semantic Web, 4(2) p. 159-218