Conflict and Multimodal Communication Social Research and Machine Intelligence [Hardcover]

This book explores the use of technology to detect, predict and understand social cues, in order to analyze and prevent conflict. Traditional human sciences approaches are enriched with the latest developments in Social Signal Processing aimed at an automatic understanding of conflict and negotiation. Communicationboth verbal and non-verbal, within the context of a conflictis studied?with the aim of promoting?the use of intelligent machines that automatically measure and understand the escalation of conflict, and are able to manage it, in order to support the negotiation process. Particular attention is paid to the integration of human sciences findings?with computational approaches, from the application of correct methodologies for the collection of valid data to the development of computational approaches inspired by research on verbal and multimodal communication.

In the words of the trade unionist Pierre Carniti, We should reevaluate conflict, since without conflict there is no social justice.

With this in mind, this volume does not approach conflict simply as an obstacle to be overcome, but as a concept to be fully analyzed. The philosophical, linguistic and psychological aspects of conflict, once understood, can be used to promote conflict management as a means for change and social justice.

Theoretical approaches to conflict.- The cognition of conflict: ontology, dynamics and ideology.- Group conflict as social contradiction.- On stages of Conflict Escalation.- Revenge and conflict: social and cognitive aspects.- Competition and cooperation in language evolution: a comparison between communication of apes and humans.- The Price of Being Social. The Role of Emotions in Feeding and Minimizing Conflicts.- Argumentation and conflict .- Arguments, conflicts and decisions.- Common ground or conceptual reframing? A Study of the Common Elements in Conflicting Positions in French Interactions.- Disaffiliation alC&