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This paper presents a microtext corpus derived from hostage negotiation transcripts. This source was chosen for its availability and its density of persuasion: Traditional microtext sources (Twitter, SMS, chat rooms) showed "limited occurrences of directly persuasive attempts". Even the negotiation transcripts showed fewer than 12% persuasive utterances.

They definie persuasion as "the ability of one party to convince another party to act or believe in some desired way". Cialdini's persuasion model was used, focusing on:

  1. Reciprocity
  2. Commitment and Consistency
  3. Scarcity
  4. Liking
  5. Authority
  6. Social Proof
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