WAVE presentation at ePart2010

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Integrating Argument Visualisation
Tools in Social Platforms to
Facilitate Online Political Debates:
The WAVE Platform
Deirdre Lee2
, Yojana Priya Menda2
, David Price4
, Efthimios Tambouris1
,
Vassilios Peristeras2,3
, Konstantinos Tarabanis1
1
University of Macedonia, Greece, 2
National University of Ireland, DERI, Ireland, 3
Greek National Center
for Public Administration and Decentralization (GNCPAD), 4
Thoughtgraph Ltd., UK.
2nd
International Conference on eParticipation, Lausanne, Switzerland, 31 August, 2010

Why collaborative thinkingmatters…
There are always
more smart people
outside government
than within it…
…and engaging this intelligence
transparently is efficient and effective
and strengthens public trust.

How to make sense of everyone’s opinions?
http://www.wavedebate.eu
I can’t believe...
I think...
In my
opinion...
What are they
thinking.....
Great
idea...
I agree, but...
It could work...

..and what if many speak at the same time?

Listen to everything the community has
to offer
New Ideas
Contributed
Contributors

Focus on the underlying ideas
 Argument Visualisation (AV) Tools allow to:
– Gather the set of ideas distributed in the
community
– Represent each idea just once
– Encourage creative-thinking through group
collaboration

Website: http://www.wave-project.eu
Issue
Position
Component
Supportive Argument
Online Debate: an example

AV Tools Promises
 Enable structuring debates along issues,
positions, arguments (supportive and
opposing) etc.
 This way, debates are more easy to
understand, contribute and conclude
 Also, debates are smaller in size and more
comprehensive by discouraging duplication
(e.g. when compared to eforums)

AV and Social Networks
 Despite their promises however AV tools have not
yet realised their full potential
 At the same time, social platforms based on the so-
called Web 2.0 technologies achieve tremendous
penetration.
 This is particularly true for the youngsters, which is
exactly the target group of online political
participation initiatives.
 How about enhancing AV tools with social platforms’
characteristics?

The WAVE Platform

WAVE Focus
How can technology enhance participation?
What is the key to success for climate change legislation?

Argument Visualisation with Debategraph

Think openly in simple, provisional building
blocks on which others can build too
Question?
Suggestion
Reason

..in as much depth as you need

Enable everyone to build and rate maps —
collaboratively, iteratively & comprehensively

Web 2.0 Tools
- interactive, up-to-date, dynamic
RSS Map Updates Polls
Calendar Events
Activity Notifications
Tagging
Blog

Social Networking
- collaborative, personalised, community
Groups
Community
User Profile

WAVE Frontpage Workflow

Explore
Explore
Join Rate FeedbackShare Ideas Join Groups
 Explore the ideas by clicking on the bubbles
 Small bubbles go deeper: large bubbles go back up
 Different colours have different meanings
 Use the tabs to show Details and Context

Join
Join
Explore
 Sign up to start rating and adding your own ideas
Rate FeedbackShare Ideas Join Groups

Rate
Rate
Explore Join
 Tell us which ideas are the best? What issues are most
important? What are the strong and weak arguments?
 Rate the ideas on the (1) Weak to (9) Strong scale
 Stronger ideas have thicker arrows
FeedbackShare Ideas Join Groups

Share Ideas
Explore Join
Share Ideas
 Add your own ideas to the map
 Discuss the ideas in the Stream
 Link to places where the ideas are stated
Rate FeedbackJoin Groups

Join Groups
Explore Join
Join Groups
 Form and join groups to:
 focus on particular issues and ideas, and
 find people with shared interests
Rate FeedbackShare Ideas

Feedback
Feedback
Explore Join
 Tell us what you think about this new site:
 How are we doing?
 What do you like?
 What can we do better?
Rate Share Ideas Join Groups

WAVE Platform Architecture

Technologies used
 WAVE portal CMS: Drupal
 Operating System: Debian Linux
 Web Server: Apache2
 Database Server: MySQL
 Web Communication: REST Web Services & RSS

Flash Facts about WAVE
 Starting date: 1 February 2009
 Duration: 24 months
 Consortium: 8 organisations, 6 countries
(Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland,
Lithuania, UK)
 Trial Sites: UK, France, Lithuania, Europe
Co-funded by the European Commission under the
eParticipation Preparatory Action.

WAVE Project Overview
 WAVE platform aims to merge the benefits of state-
of-the-art argument visualisation tools with the
intuitive interface, capabilities and look-and-feel of
social, Web 2.0 platforms.
 Main Objectives:
– Test the effectiveness of argument visualization tools in
helping citizens from a variety of countries and
demographics to better understand complex issues
generally
– Measure whether and under what conditions these tools
can have specific impact on one of the most important and
popular legislative agendas facing Europe (environment)

WAVE’s Consortium
University of
Macedonia
Thessaloniki, Greece
Kauno Technologijos
Universitas, Kaunas,
Lithuania
AIDC UK Ltd,
Barnsley,
United Kingdom
National University of
Ireland
Galway, Ireland
Fondation Sophia
Antipolis, Nice,
France
21c Consultancy
Ltd, London,
United Kingdom
Thoughtgraph Ltd.,
Taunton, United
Kingdom
Politech Institute,
Brussels, Belgium

Thank you for your attention!
and
Join the WAVE!
EU: www.wavedebate.eu
UK: www.jointhewave.org
France: www.debatclimat.eu
Lithuania: www.wave-diskusijos.lt
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Follow WAVE on Twitter …
Join WAVE on LinkedIn …
Watch WAVE Youtube Channel …

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