Beyond the chalkboard: computer support for collaboration and problem solving in meetings
Communications of the ACM
A semantic approach to visualizing online conversations
Communications of the ACM - Supporting community and building social capital
Enhancing deliberation through computer supported argument visualization
Visualizing argumentation
Dialog mapping: reflections on an industrial strength case study
Visualizing argumentation
Fostering collective intelligence: helping groups use visualized argumentation
Visualizing argumentation
Using Argument Visualization to Enhance e-Participation in the Legislation Formation Process
ePart '09 Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Electronic Participation
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Governments now recognise the potential for ICTs to improve the way in which they can engage with the population, whether conducting online consultations to elicit the people's views on proposed policy, or disseminating information via websites. However, much of the information remains in text format, leaving the task of extracting data the viewer's responsibility. This can be a daunting prospect, especially in the case of reports of parliamentary proceedings. In the past, Argument Visualisation techniques were used in training law students to render legal cases easier to comprehend; now, enhanced by all the advantages ICT has to offer, these techniques are employed to help make sense of thorny problems in academia and business. The possibility exists that such methods might also serve to clarify complex political issues of interest to the public. This paper describes an investigation into such a possibility. Two debates taken from the Scottish Parliament 2003 Autumn session were converted into argument visualisations and presented for comparison with the 'Official Report' to assess whether the visualisations offered any advantages over the textual alternative.