Can we use argument mapping techniques to enhance empirical discourse analysis? In a recent talk at KIT’s Science – Media – Communicaton Lab, I presented our experience in merging argumentation-theoretic and empirical discourse analysis so far.
Going live: Using argument maps for debate moderation
How can argument maps be used for debate moderation? In this post three short “live reconstruction” case studies from 2007, 2011 and 2014 are presented. These cases show that the challenges of the approach are not so much of a technical but of a methodological nature. Even if the technology works perfectly it is difficult to get the conditions right so that the “live reconstruction” is more than just a nice gimmick.
