Exploring the Usability of Persuasion Techniques for Downstream Misinformation-related Classification Tasks (2024.lrec-main)
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| Challenge: | systematically explore the predictive power of features derived from Persuasion Techniques detected in texts for different tasks of interest for media analysis. |
| Approach: | They propose a set of meaningful features aimed at capturing persuasiveness of a text . they also assess the discriminatory power of these features in different text classification tasks . |
| Outcome: | The proposed features can be applied to detecting mis/disinformation, fake news, propaganda, partisan news and conspiracy theories. |
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