| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Using thesauruses as a heuristics for mapping values |
| Authors: | Tanner, Carmen Narvaez, Darcia Christen, Markus Ott, Thomas |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003 |
| Published in: | Cognitive Systems Research |
| Volume(Issue): | 40 |
| Page(s): | 59 |
| Pages to: | 74 |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2214-4366 1389-0417 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 003: Systems 150: Psychology 400: Language, linguistics |
| Abstract: | Value differences across cultures or social groups are usually framed in terms of different emphases a particular group puts on specific values. For example, Western cultures typically prioritize values like autonomy and freedom, whereas East-Asian cultures put more emphasis on harmony and community. We present an alternative approach for investigating such cultural differences based on thesaurus databases that reflect the use of value terms in everyday language. We present a methodology that integrates empirical value research with linguistics and novel computer visualization tools to map and visualize value spaces. The maps outline variations in the semantic neighborhood of value terms. Based on 460 value terms both for US-English and German, we created for each language a map of 78 value classes that were further validated in two surveys. The use of such maps could inform research in three ways: first, by allowing for a controlled variability in the usage of value terms when generating vignettes; second, by indicating potential difficulties when translating value terms that display considerable differences in their semantic neighborhood; and third, as heuristics for better understanding value plurality. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/4391 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Computational Life Sciences (ICLS) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Tanner, C., Narvaez, D., Christen, M., & Ott, T. (2016). Using thesauruses as a heuristics for mapping values. Cognitive Systems Research, 40, 59–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003
Tanner, C. et al. (2016) ‘Using thesauruses as a heuristics for mapping values’, Cognitive Systems Research, 40, pp. 59–74. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003.
C. Tanner, D. Narvaez, M. Christen, and T. Ott, “Using thesauruses as a heuristics for mapping values,” Cognitive Systems Research, vol. 40, pp. 59–74, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003.
TANNER, Carmen, Darcia NARVAEZ, Markus CHRISTEN und Thomas OTT, 2016. Using thesauruses as a heuristics for mapping values. Cognitive Systems Research. 2016. Bd. 40, S. 59–74. DOI 10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003
Tanner, Carmen, Darcia Narvaez, Markus Christen, and Thomas Ott. 2016. “Using Thesauruses as a Heuristics for Mapping Values.” Cognitive Systems Research 40: 59–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003.
Tanner, Carmen, et al. “Using Thesauruses as a Heuristics for Mapping Values.” Cognitive Systems Research, vol. 40, 2016, pp. 59–74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.02.003.
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