Resumen de Understanding human values and their emotional effect
Emotions can be triggered by various factors. Ac- cording to the Appraisal Theories (De Rivera, 1977; Frijda, 1986; Ortony et al., 1988; Johnson- Laird and Oatley, 1989) emotions are elicited and differentiated on the basis of the cognitive evalua- tion of the personal significance of a situa-tion, ob- ject or event based on appraisal criteria (intrinsic characteristics of objects and events, sig-nificance of events to individual needs and goals, individuals ability to cope with the con-sequences of the event, compatibility of event with social or personal stan- dards, norms and val-ues). These differences in values can trigger re-actions such as anger, disgust (contempt), sad-ness, etc., because these behav- iors are evaluated by the public as being incom- patible with their social/personal standards, norms or values. Such arguments are frequently present both in main-stream media, as well as social me- dia, building a society-wide view, attitude and emotional reac-tion towards refugees/immigrants. In this demo, I will talk about experiments to annotate and de-tect factual arguments that are linked to human needs/motivations from text and in consequence trigger emotion in the media au- dience and pro-pose a new task for next year’s WASSA.
