Hedge Detection as a Lens on Framing in the GMO Debates: A Position Paper
Hedge Detection as a Lens on Framing in the GMO Debates: A Position Paper
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对冲检测作为转基因生物辩论框架的镜头：立场文件
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2012
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Jennifer Spindel
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Eunsol Choi;Chenhao Tan;Lillian Lee;Cristian Danescu;Jennifer Spindel
了解公众讨论参与者如何构建他们的论点，对于理解公众舆论是如何形成的非常重要。在本文中，我们采取的立场，这是时间更多的计算为导向的研究问题，涉及框架。为了进一步实现这一目标，我们提出了以下具体的、有趣的、我们认为相对容易理解的问题：在关于在农业中使用转基因生物（GMOs）的争论中，支持和反对转基因生物的文章是否在选择采用更“科学”的语气方面有所不同？
科学修辞学和社会学的先前研究表明，模糊限制语可以区分科普文本和专业科学家为同事撰写的文本。我们提出了一个详细的方法来研究对冲检测是否可以用来理解科学框架的转基因辩论，并提供语料库，以促进这项研究。我们的一些初步分析表明，模糊限制语在科学语篇中出现的频率低于流行语篇，这一发现与文献中先前的断言相矛盾。我们希望我们的初步工作和数据将鼓励其他人继续这一有希望的调查路线。
Understanding the ways in which participants in public discussions frame their arguments is important in understanding how public opinion is formed. In this paper, we adopt the position that it is time for more computationally-oriented research on problems involving framing. In the interests of furthering that goal, we propose the following specific, interesting and, we believe, relatively accessible question: In the controversy regarding the use of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture, do pro- and anti-GMO articles differ in whether they choose to adopt a more "scientific" tone?
Prior work on the rhetoric and sociology of science suggests that hedging may distinguish popular-science text from text written by professional scientists for their colleagues. We propose a detailed approach to studying whether hedge detection can be used to understanding scientific framing in the GMO debates, and provide corpora to facilitate this study. Some of our preliminary analyses suggest that hedges occur less frequently in scientific discourse than in popular text, a finding that contradicts prior assertions in the literature. We hope that our initial work and data will encourage others to pursue this promising line of inquiry.