Papers by Wouter van Atteveldt
Studying Muslim Stereotyping through Microportrait Extraction (L18-1)
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| Challenge: | Research shows that stereotypical ideas are often reflected in language use. |
| Approach: | They propose to use microportraits to investigate stereotyping in the media to explore various dimensions of stereotypation. |
| Outcome: | The proposed system allows social scientists to explore various dimensions of stereotyping compared to more basic models such as word clouds. |
Engagement-driven Persona Prompting for Rewriting News Tweets (2025.coling-main)
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| Challenge: | Text style transfer is a challenging research task which modifies the linguistic style of a text to meet pre-set objectives such as making the text simpler or more accessible. |
| Approach: | They propose to use large language models to rewrite Dutch news tweets to match specific linguistic styles to achieve a more accessible and accessible text. |
| Outcome: | The proposed prompting strategies perform best for rewriting Dutch news tweets in specific linguistic styles (formal, casual and factual). |