Publications and Articles

The software we develop is based not only on experience, but also on many years of research in the fields of discussion and communication. Here you will find scientific articles, newspaper articles and other publications that originate from our team or have been produced in cooperation with our team.

• Article (german) “Schnaq” macht das Diskutieren einfacher

  An article focusing on the development and goals of schnaq. Published in the Rheinische Post.

• Article (german) Der Referent spricht, die Software beantwortet derweil Fragen

  An article with focus on schnaq usability for events. Published in the RGA.

• Article (german) Startup: Grevenbroicher ist Mirgründer der Plattform Schnaq

  An article with focus on the founding of schnaq and the co-founder Michael Birkhoff.

• Article (german) Schnaq verhindert „Wissenssilos“ in Firmen

  This article is talking about the benefits of streamlined processes when schnaq is used in enterprise companies.

• Newspaper Article (german) “Kann eine Software die Wut im Netz zähmen? 2 Forscher haben es versucht”

  An article about our research in Perspective Daily. Focus on structured discussion.

• Interview (german) “Im Internet läuft es mies ab”

  An interview with our founders Dr. Christian Meter and Dr. Alexander Schneider about discussions on the internet, trolls and how to fight them.

• Dissertation (english) Untangling Internet Debate – Decentralization and Reuse of Arguments for Online Discussion Software

  Dr. Alexander Schneider’s dissertation deals with the question of whether structured discussions can be carried out on the internet via decentralised systems.

• Dissertation (english) Rethinking Online Discussions

  In Dr. Christian Meter’s dissertation, several novel procedures and approaches are highlighted to be able to conduct structured discussions on the internet.

• Paper (english) Structure or Content? Towards Assessing Argument Relevance

  This paper analyses whether Pagerank as an algorithm can make reliable statements about argument relevance and how its performance compares to newer algorithms.

  Autoren: Marc Feger, Jan Steimann, Dr. Christian Meter.

• Paper (english) Various Efforts of Enhancing Real World Online Discussions

  A presentation of a wide variety of methods that make it possible to improve real discussions on the internet.

  Autoren: Alexander Schneider, Christian Meter

• Paper (english) D-BAS – A Dialog-Based Online Argumentation System

  The description of a formal prototype for dialogue-based online argumentation including evaluation.

  Autoren: Tobias Krauthoff, Christian Meter, Gregor Betz, Michael Baurmann, Martin Mauve

• Article Dialogbasierte Online-Diskussionen

  A presentation of the concept of dialogue-based online discussions for lay people.

  Autoren: Christian Meter, Tobias Krauthoff, Alexander Schneider

• Paper (english) EDEN: Extensible Discussion Entity Network

  The presentation of a software package that allows the operation of decentralised servers that give users access to online discussion systems.

  Autoren: Christian Meter, Alexander Schneider, Martin Mauve

• Shortpaper (english) Jebediah – Arguing With a Social Bot

  The paper demonstrates a social bot based on Google’s Dialogflow Engine. The bot is able to communicate with its users in social networks based on dialogue.

  Autoren: Christian Meter, Björn Ebbinghaus, Martin Mauve

• Paper (english) Dialog-Based Online Argumentation: Findings from a Field Experiment

  In a field experiment with over 100 test persons, we will investigate how well a dialogue-based argumentation system can be used by laypersons.

  Autoren: Tobias Krauthoff, Christian Meter, Martin Mauve

• Paper (english) Reusable Statements in Dialog-Based Argumentation Systems

  The authors explore the idea of making online arguments and their interrelationships usable and reusable as a resource.

  Autoren: Alexander Schneider, Christian Meter

• Paper (english) discuss: Embedding Dialog-Based Discussions into Websites

  If structured discussions are possible via software, is it also possible to let these discussions take place in any web context? The authors explore this question.

  Autoren: Christian Meter, Tobias Krauthoff, Martin Mauve