On the use of Jargon and Word Embeddings to Explore Subculture within the Reddit’s Manosphere

Understanding the identities, needs, realities and development of subcultures has been a long term target of sociology and cultural studies. Socio-cultural linguistics, in particular, examines the use of language and, in particular, the existence and use of neologisms, slang and jargon. These terms capture concepts and expressions that are not in common use and represent the new realities, norms and values of subcommunities. Identifying and understanding such terms, however, is a very complex task, particularly considering the vast amount of content that is currently available online for many such groups. In this paper, we propose a combination of computational and socio-linguistic methods to automatically extract new terminology from large amounts of data, using word-embeddings to semantically contextualise their meaning. As a use case, we explore subculture on the platform Reddit. More specifically, we investigate groups considered part of the manosphere, a loose online community where men’s perspectives, gripes, frustrations and desires are explicitly expressed and where women are typically targets of hostility. Characterisations of this group as a subculture are then provided, based on an in-depth analysis of the identified jargon

Thematic analysis: a critical review of its process and evaluation. WEI international European academic conference proceedings

Abstract This paper critically reviews of the use of thematic analysis (TA

THEMATIC ANALYSIS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OFITS PROCESS AND EVALUATION

ABSTRACT This paper critically reviews of the use of thematic analysis (TA) in qualitative research by describingits procedures and processes andby comparing grounded theory (GTA) with hermeneutic analysis.The literature that relates to thematic analysis (TA) shows that there is a lackof descriptions issues exist due respect to the concepts, process, validations and clarifications that been used by researchers. This paper finds that thematic analysis is a comprehensive process where researchers are able to identify numerous cross-references betweenthe data the research"s evolving themes(Hayes 1997). It provides flexibility for approaching research patterns in two ways, i.e. inductive and deductiv

Robots for Inclusive Play: Co-designing an Educational Game With Visually Impaired and sighted Children

This paper has been selected for a Best Paper award at CHI2020.The SIGCHI “Best of CHI” awards honour exceptional submissions to SIGCHI sponsored conferences.A total of 31 Papers received a Best Paper award (top 1% of submissions), 125 papers received Honourable Mention (remaining top 5% of submissions). Process: the Best Paper Committee, which includes the Awards Chairs and 19 committee members (one from each subcommittee), adjudicated the selection of the Best Papers and Honourable Mentions based on nomination scores and paragraphs that were provided by the CHI Associate Chairs.International audienceDespite being included in mainstream schools, visually impaired children still face barriers to social engagement and participation. Games could potentially help, but games that cater for both visually impaired and sighted players are scarce. We used a co-design approach to design and evaluate a robot-based educational game that could be inclusive of both visually impaired and sighted children in the context of mainstream education. We ran a focus group discussion with visual impairment educators to understand barriers to inclusive play. And then a series of co-design workshops to engage visually impaired and sighted children and educators in learning about robot technology and exploring its potential to support inclusive play experiences. We present design guidelines and an evaluation workshop of a game prototype, demonstrating group dynamics conducive to collaborative learning experiences, including shared goal setting/execution, closely coupled division of labour, and interaction symmetry