ALPACA: a lightweight platform for analyzing claim acceptability
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Abstract
Internet users face challenges in evaluating the validity of online information. Such evaluation is not adequately supported by current tools; we outline some of the shortcomings of these tools, including centralization, lack of automation, and lack of user-centrism. We propose a set of design principles to mitigate these shortcomings and introduce ALPACA, A Lightweight Platform for Analyzing Claim Acceptability, which adheres to these design principles. ALPACA provides a graphical means of organizing the user's trust with regard to information claims and sources, as well as tools for examining the trust assumptions of others.
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ISBN:9781605582597
DOI:10.1145/1458527
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