READ ME File For 'Survey of Perception of Rhetorical and Logical Argumentation'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D0686

ReadMe Author: Tom Blount, University of Southampton

This dataset supports the publication of the thesis: 'Modelling Eristic and Rhetorical Argumentation on the Social Web'



Contents:
This dataset contains the responses to a survey on the perception of rhetorical and logical posts on the social web. Participants were shown a social media post and asked the following questions:

1. This comment is coherent/easy to understand
2. This comment contains (or appears to contain) credible information 
3. This comment makes (or attempts to make) a persuasive argument
4. This comment is (or attempts to be) entertaining
5. This comment is (or attempts to be) offensive
6. Would you be more or less likely to reply to this comment than average?
7. Would you be more or less likely to share this comment (to friends/followers/etc.) than average?
8. Would you be more or less likely to up-/down-vote this comment than average?
9. Would you be more or less likely to report this comment than average?

In all, 60 participants responded to the survey, with 33 completing it fully and 27 partially completing it. These participants were shown 436 unique posts, with 746 questions answered (giving 6714 total ratings).


Related projects:
*Modelling Eristic and Rhetorical Argumentation on the Social Web
*ASWO Annotated Social Media Posts (10.5258/SOTON/D0685)


Publisher: University of Southampton, U.K.


Date: October 2018