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New dataset UkrMeme aids VLM persuasion detection in Ukrainian memes

Researchers have introduced UkrMeme, a new dataset comprising 200 Ukrainian wartime memes annotated for persuasion techniques. This dataset, along with PTM-UA (a translated subset of the Propaganda 950 benchmark), is used to evaluate vision-language models (VLMs) in detecting persuasive elements within memes. The study compares zero-shot prompting across various input types and analyzes explanation methods like Layer-wise Relevance Propagation (LRP) to understand how VLMs identify persuasive cues. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more sophisticated AI models for analyzing propaganda and persuasive content in multimodal formats.

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New dataset UkrMeme aids VLM persuasion detection in Ukrainian memes

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Nazar Andrushko, Vera Schmitt, Veronika Solopova ·

    UkrMeme: Multimodal Explainable Persuasion Detection in Ukrainian Memes

    arXiv:2610.13783v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Memes play a central role in modern online communication, especially in contexts of political conflict where visual and textual cues combine to convey persuasive messages. We study persuasive technique detection in Ukrainian memes u…