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New method analyzes how annotator identity affects hate speech judgments

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Researchers have developed an extension of Supervised Semantic Differential (SSD) called interaction SSD, designed to analyze how semantic meanings change across different groups or conditions. This new method can identify main semantic gradients, interaction gradients, and conditional gradients, all of which are interpretable using existing SSD tools. The technique was applied to the UC Berkeley Measuring Hate Speech corpus to investigate if annotator racial identity influences judgments of hate speech directed at people of color. The findings indicated a significant moderation effect, with a shared gradient distinguishing between dehumanizing hostility and counter-speech, and an interaction gradient highlighting subtle group-specific variations in how semantic cues predict hate speech ratings. AI

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New method analyzes how annotator identity affects hate speech judgments

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Felix Ostrowicki, Hubert Plisiecki ·

    Semantic Gradients Interactions in SSD: A Case Study in Racial Identity and Hate Speech

    arXiv:2605.27322v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce interaction SSD, an extension of Supervised Semantic Differential that models how semantic meaning varies across moderators such as groups, traits, or conditions making this variation testable and interpretable. The met…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Hubert Plisiecki ·

    Semantic Gradients Interactions in SSD: A Case Study in Racial Identity and Hate Speech

    We introduce interaction SSD, an extension of Supervised Semantic Differential that models how semantic meaning varies across moderators such as groups, traits, or conditions making this variation testable and interpretable. The method estimates a main semantic gradient, an inter…

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