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The Design of Online Deliberation: Implications for Practice, Theory and Democratic Citizenship
The essay focuses on the role of design in online deliberation, and outlines three directions for future research. First, research must embed the study of the technical and organizational architecture of online discussion spaces, as an ongoing area of ...
Idit Manosevitch
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Assessing some measures of online deliberation [PDF]
The empirical turn in deliberative democracy has fostered the development of different methodological procedures. Within this literature, studies focusing on the internet have gained increasing attention.
Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça
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Build It and They Will Come: Analysis of an Online Deliberation Initiative [PDF]
Public and private investments are increasingly being directed towards the development of ICTs for the construction of more inclusive and connected communities.
Alberto Lusoli, Stefania Sardo
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Deliberating at a Distance: Evaluating the Feasibility of a Fully Virtual CHAT Exercise Among Low‐Income Communities [PDF]
Introduction Alongside software developers, our community–academic partnership adapted an exercise designed for participatory priority setting to engage low‐income community members in online deliberations about health and welfare spending priorities ...
Lydia Perry +6 more
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The People’s Lobby: A Model for Online Activist Deliberation
This article presents a model for a “People’s Lobby,” a digital process of deliberation and activism that allows citizens to have their voices heard on important political issues.
Jeffrey C. Swift
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Direct Democracy Catalysed by Resident-to-Resident Online Deliberation [PDF]
In the context of local civic governance, much of the interest in e-Participation concerns the extent to which online media might overcome the limitations of geography and scale, and so allow local interests to be better represented in institutionally driven participatory processes at national or regional level. In contrast, this study investigates the
Merwe, Rean, Meehan, Anthony
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By looking at the argumentative uses of ‘status updates’, we discuss how Facebook design and context of use influenced opportunities for deliberation during the Egyptian phase of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
Dima Mohammed, Marcin Lewiński
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Democracy online: technologies for democratic deliberation [PDF]
This paper explores the use of online tools to improve democratic participation and deliberation. These tools offer new opportunities for inclusive communication and networking, specifically targeting the participation of diverse groups in decision-making processes.
Meylan-Stevenson, Adam +2 more
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Online Deliberation Design [PDF]
This chapter reviews empirical evidence bearing on the design of online forums for deliberative civic engagement. Dimensions of design are defined for different aspects of the deliberation: its purpose, the target population, the spatiotemporal distance ...
Todd Davies, Reid Chandler
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Judging Deliberation: An Assessment of the Crowdsourced Icelandic Constitutional Project
This study explores deliberation as a lived experience between individuals engaged in putatively deliberative practices. While face-to-face deliberation is well documented, there are fewer empirical studies that address its online counterpart.
Delia Popescu, Matthew Loveland
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