and the PINet Project John Gastil Dept of Comm Arts amp Sciences The Pennsylvania State University February 24 2013 Articles on Deliberative Democracy Number of peerreviewed articles with search terms in record fields Terms Deliberation OR Deliberative AND Civic ID: 259565
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Deliberative Democracy and the PINet Project
John GastilDept. of Comm. Arts & SciencesThe Pennsylvania State University February 24, 2013Slide2
Articles on Deliberative DemocracyNumber of peer-reviewed articles with search terms in record fields. Terms = (Deliberation OR Deliberative) AND (Civic OR Citizen OR Political OR Public OR Democracy OR Democratic).
Full-text article search yields roughly 10x as many hits.20051995Slide3
Elements of Democratic Deliberation
Criteria for Evaluating DeliberationAnalytic rigor of panels Learning basic issue information Examination of underlying values Consider range of alternatives
Weighing pros/cons of measure
Democratic discussion process
Equality of opportunity to participate
Comprehension of information
Consideration of different views
Mutual respect among citizens
Writing/voting
on
Statement
Informed decision making
Non-coercive process Slide4
Research problems or agendas in deliberative democratic theoryHow can we assess:the degree to which government agencies (and executive branches generally) deliberate democratically?
legislative deliberation, both on the floor and in committees?the degree to which publics are included in the wider governance process?the deliberative quality of public discourse more generally on a range of issues (and across nations)? Slide5
A sampling of analytic methodsused in delib. dem. researchDiscourse Quality Index (justifications, etc.)
Coding for analytic rigor (deliberation) and democratic social relationsArgument repertoire/diversityMessage homogeneity (talking points)Holistic codings of process qualitySlide6
PInet research competition ideasSolicitation for developing an analytic method that lends itself to automatic coding, yet can withstand a validation test against more careful human coding approaches
Competition announced through two main associations/networks: Natl. Comm. Assn. and the Intl. Comm. Assn.Slide7
Questions and ConcernsThe most feasible and reliable approaches to automatic coding may lack validity.The most valid content analytic approaches may not be feasible.Can we assemble a research team that can sustain the long-term investment of time and resources required to overcome the validity/feasibility problem?