Address: Faculty of Information and Media Studies
LiT.RL: Language & Information Technology Research Lab
University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario,
Canada
Human Language Technologies 2007: The Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics; Companion Volume, Short Papers on XX - NAACL '07, 2007
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
ABSTRACTThis paper presents an overview of coverage of OpenAI's ChatGPT in media outlets from... more ABSTRACTThis paper presents an overview of coverage of OpenAI's ChatGPT in media outlets from November 2022–March 2023, a comparison to previous media coverage of the chatbot Tay across the same outlets, and a count of ChatGPT media articles pertaining to government legislation and regulation. The New York Times, Wired, Gizmodo, The Globe and Mail, and The Guardian were searched for coverage. Across all five outlets there is an uptick in media coverage surrounding ChatGPT, with total numbers of included articles per month being 0 in November, 39 in December, 68 in January, 104 in February, and 143 in March. Findings exemplify the trend of increased coverage of ChatGPT in media public discourse, which contrasts with previous smaller media coverage of Tay. Examination of headlines and subheadings of included articles reveals minimal coverage (5.7%) dedicated to government legislation of ChatGPT. Future research will evaluate what is being said about ChatGPT within these media outl...
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Oct 1, 2022
ABSTRACTThis paper outlines the complexity of the psychological construct of individuals' sub... more ABSTRACTThis paper outlines the complexity of the psychological construct of individuals' subjective well‐being (SWB) and argues for the importance of examining behaviours and linguistic expression of individuals online social interactions in relation to self‐reported SWB. This paper calls for a systematic review of the psychology research which examines SWB and its association with various character strengths, personality traits, and behaviours. While the Big Five personality traits (OCEAN) have an underlying neuropsychological basis and are considered as universal dimensions of personality along which humans differ one from another, minimal research has attempted to evaluate the relationship between personality traits, SWB, and online interactions.
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Oct 1, 2022
ABSTRACTAffordances are action possibilities that emerge from the relationship between the proper... more ABSTRACTAffordances are action possibilities that emerge from the relationship between the properties of an object and an interacting agent's capabilities. This poster examines how one type of affordance—anonymity—is enabled or constrained by six features of social media platforms. Our work is one step in a broader agenda to: (1) identify affordances that influence users' behaviour in online communities; (2) outline the social media features that enable or constrain those affordances; and, (3) experimentally determine whether certain affordances, or combinations of affordances, support prosocial behaviour. Prosocial behaviour in information and communication technologies (ICTs) is broadly viewed here as benefiting other individuals in online communities, which in turn could increase the subjective well‐being (SWB) of the community's members. SWB is characterized by high positive affect, low negative affect, and high life satisfaction.
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI, 2013
This research presents the results of a case study on potential users of Cross Language Informati... more This research presents the results of a case study on potential users of Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) systems –international students at the University of Western Ontario. The study is designed to test their awareness of Multi-Lingual Information Access (MLIA) tools on the internet and in select electronic databases. The study also investigates how non-native English speakers cope with language barriers while searching for information online. Based on the findings, we advocate for designing systems that incorporate CLIR options and other MLIA tools to support users from diverse linguistic backgrounds with varying language proficiency levels.Cette recherche présente les résultats d’une étude de cas auprès d’utilisateurs potentiels, des étudiants internationaux de l’University of Western Ontario, d’un système de repérage d’information par langue croisée (RILC). L’étude est conçue pour tester leur connaissance d’outils d’accès à l’information multilingues (AIM) sur Inter...
This release contains several improvements and fixes and also the important security update for W... more This release contains several improvements and fixes and also the important security update for WebKit based browsers. The Litrl (pronouned "literal") Browser is a research tool for news readers, journalists, editors or information professionals. The tool analyzes the language used in digital news web pages to determine if they are clickbait, satirical news, or falsified news. All processing is completed on the local machine - clickbait, satirical news, and falsified news results are not sent to or from a remote server. Results may be saved locally to a standard SQLite database for further analysis. Litrl Browser is not perfect and is not always correct. Digital literacy is key for everyone to effectively evaluate potential misinformation online, and the Litrl Browser is NOT a replacement for that. (Initial Release) This software is pre-release quality and should be used with caution. More information can be found about detector accuracies on the Wiki - we make no claims a...
Human Language Technologies 2007: The Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics; Companion Volume, Short Papers on XX - NAACL '07, 2007
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
ABSTRACTThis paper presents an overview of coverage of OpenAI's ChatGPT in media outlets from... more ABSTRACTThis paper presents an overview of coverage of OpenAI's ChatGPT in media outlets from November 2022–March 2023, a comparison to previous media coverage of the chatbot Tay across the same outlets, and a count of ChatGPT media articles pertaining to government legislation and regulation. The New York Times, Wired, Gizmodo, The Globe and Mail, and The Guardian were searched for coverage. Across all five outlets there is an uptick in media coverage surrounding ChatGPT, with total numbers of included articles per month being 0 in November, 39 in December, 68 in January, 104 in February, and 143 in March. Findings exemplify the trend of increased coverage of ChatGPT in media public discourse, which contrasts with previous smaller media coverage of Tay. Examination of headlines and subheadings of included articles reveals minimal coverage (5.7%) dedicated to government legislation of ChatGPT. Future research will evaluate what is being said about ChatGPT within these media outl...
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Oct 1, 2022
ABSTRACTThis paper outlines the complexity of the psychological construct of individuals' sub... more ABSTRACTThis paper outlines the complexity of the psychological construct of individuals' subjective well‐being (SWB) and argues for the importance of examining behaviours and linguistic expression of individuals online social interactions in relation to self‐reported SWB. This paper calls for a systematic review of the psychology research which examines SWB and its association with various character strengths, personality traits, and behaviours. While the Big Five personality traits (OCEAN) have an underlying neuropsychological basis and are considered as universal dimensions of personality along which humans differ one from another, minimal research has attempted to evaluate the relationship between personality traits, SWB, and online interactions.
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Oct 1, 2022
ABSTRACTAffordances are action possibilities that emerge from the relationship between the proper... more ABSTRACTAffordances are action possibilities that emerge from the relationship between the properties of an object and an interacting agent's capabilities. This poster examines how one type of affordance—anonymity—is enabled or constrained by six features of social media platforms. Our work is one step in a broader agenda to: (1) identify affordances that influence users' behaviour in online communities; (2) outline the social media features that enable or constrain those affordances; and, (3) experimentally determine whether certain affordances, or combinations of affordances, support prosocial behaviour. Prosocial behaviour in information and communication technologies (ICTs) is broadly viewed here as benefiting other individuals in online communities, which in turn could increase the subjective well‐being (SWB) of the community's members. SWB is characterized by high positive affect, low negative affect, and high life satisfaction.
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI, 2013
This research presents the results of a case study on potential users of Cross Language Informati... more This research presents the results of a case study on potential users of Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) systems –international students at the University of Western Ontario. The study is designed to test their awareness of Multi-Lingual Information Access (MLIA) tools on the internet and in select electronic databases. The study also investigates how non-native English speakers cope with language barriers while searching for information online. Based on the findings, we advocate for designing systems that incorporate CLIR options and other MLIA tools to support users from diverse linguistic backgrounds with varying language proficiency levels.Cette recherche présente les résultats d’une étude de cas auprès d’utilisateurs potentiels, des étudiants internationaux de l’University of Western Ontario, d’un système de repérage d’information par langue croisée (RILC). L’étude est conçue pour tester leur connaissance d’outils d’accès à l’information multilingues (AIM) sur Inter...
This release contains several improvements and fixes and also the important security update for W... more This release contains several improvements and fixes and also the important security update for WebKit based browsers. The Litrl (pronouned "literal") Browser is a research tool for news readers, journalists, editors or information professionals. The tool analyzes the language used in digital news web pages to determine if they are clickbait, satirical news, or falsified news. All processing is completed on the local machine - clickbait, satirical news, and falsified news results are not sent to or from a remote server. Results may be saved locally to a standard SQLite database for further analysis. Litrl Browser is not perfect and is not always correct. Digital literacy is key for everyone to effectively evaluate potential misinformation online, and the Litrl Browser is NOT a replacement for that. (Initial Release) This software is pre-release quality and should be used with caution. More information can be found about detector accuracies on the Wiki - we make no claims a...
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