We are a group of interdisciplinary scientists who study online group social behavior. Our past work has focused on the impact of subreddit bans on user activity, and NLP approaches to distinguishing between community members and people discussing a community.
Distinguishing In-Groups and Onlookers by Language Use
12th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment & Social Media Analysis (WASSA), 2022
Joshua R. Minot, Milo Z. Trujillo, Samuel F. Rosenblatt, Guillermo de Anda Jáuregui, Emily Moog, Briane Paul V. Samson, Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Allison M. Roth
When the Echo Chamber Shatters: Examining the Use of Community-Specific Language Post-Subreddit Ban
Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH), 2021
Milo Z. Trujillo, Samuel F. Rosenblatt, Guillermo de Anda Jáuregui, Emily Moog, Briane Paul V. Samson, Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Allison M. Roth
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Distinguishing In-Groups and Onlookers by Language Use
12th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment & Social Media Analysis (WASSA), 2022
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