Large-Scale Deployment of Argument Analytics

Radio and television programmes, which broadcast discussions on societally important topics such as immigration or nuclear disarmament, are essential sources of information about different views on these topics which the general public can use to help form their opinions. This paper proposes Argument Analytics, sense-making argument technology, developed and deployed to provide an insight into such debates for a large audience by visualising metrics such as likemindedness (similarity or differences in views of individual participants of the debate) and divisive issues (issues attracting the highest number of supports and attacks).