Title :
Politeness in Social Networks: Using Verbal Behaviors to Assess Socially-Accorded Regard
Author :
Miller, Christopher A. ; Schmer-Galunder, Sonja ; Rye, Jeffrey M.
Author_Institution :
Smart Inf. Flow Technol., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
Social Network Analysis has proven itself useful at defining interaction paths within a network of individuals and of deriving useful information from the presence and frequency with which they are used. Thus, we can know who talks to whom and how frequently-but “traditional” social network analysis techniques are blind to other aspects of how individuals within such networks relate. We propose the use of politeness behaviors as a means of inferring relationships among members of a social network with comparatively simple linguistic analysis techniques. We report preliminary work adapting a computational implementation of Brown and Levinson´s politeness model to deriving “regard networks” from social interaction data.
Keywords :
linguistics; social aspects of automation; social networking (online); linguistic analysis techniques; politeness model; social interaction data; social network analysis techniques; Adaptation model; Computational modeling; Cultural differences; Electronic mail; Face; Humans; Social network services; Social Network Analysis; affect; politeness; power; regard;
Conference_Titel :
Social Computing (SocialCom), 2010 IEEE Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8439-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4211-9
DOI :
10.1109/SocialCom.2010.85