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- Slide 1:Polling the Blogosphere: a Rule-Based Approach to Belief Classification Jason Kessler Indiana University, Bloomington
- Slide 2: Belief Analysis of Blogs Polling the blogosphere on a controversial proposition Literal search on a proposition (e.g., “Obama is electable”) Which blog entries contain assert it? Which deny it? Aggregate results 243 bloggers assert it 616 bloggers deny it
- Slide 3:Motivating Example Polling for “the Moon landings were staged” “The theory that the Moon landings were staged is complete nonsense.” The writer denies “the Moon landings were staged.”
- Slide 4:Motivating Example If Obama is electable, the country is in good shape. Writer takes no stance toward “Obama is electable”.
- Slide 5:Problem When a writer uses a decl

