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X-WR-CALNAME:Complex/Dynamical Systems Seminar - Joshua Garland
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DESCRIPTION:Joshua Garland\; Center for Strategic Communication and Center 
 on Narrative\, Disinformation and Strategic Influence\; Arizona State Univ
 ersity\n\nImpact and dynamics of hate and counter speech online\n\nHateful
  rhetoric is plaguing online discourse\, fostering extreme societal moveme
 nts and possibly giving rise to real-world violence. A potential solution 
 to this growing global problem is citizen-generated counter speech where c
 itizens actively engage with hate speech to restore civil non-polarized di
 scourse. The effectiveness of counter speech in curbing the spread of hatr
 ed is unknown and hard to quantify. This is\, in part\, due to no large-sc
 ale studies of the dynamics between hate and counter speakers. To this end
 \, we leveraged a unique situation in Germany where self-labeling groups e
 ngaged in organized online hate and counter speech to develop an ensemble-
 learning based classification algorithm trained on a corpus of millions of
  utterances of hate and counter speech from these two groups. Applying thi
 s system to 180\,000 complete political conversations that took place on G
 erman Twitter over four years we are able to study changes in the dynamics
  of political discourse as well as investigate the effectiveness of counte
 r speech using several different macro- and micro-level measures. We repor
 t on the dynamic interactions of hate and counter speech over time and pro
 vide insights into whether\, as in ‘classic’ bullying situations\, org
 anized efforts are more effective than independent individuals in steering
  online discourse. Taken together\, our results build a multifaceted pictu
 re of the dynamics of hate and counter speech online.
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LOCATION:Engineering Center\, ECOT 317
SUMMARY:Complex/Dynamical Systems Seminar - Joshua Garland
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 seminar_-_joshua_garland
CATEGORIES:Colloquium/Seminar
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