Tracing the Flow of Ideas through Networked Deliberative Groups: An Assessment of the Integration of Small Online and Face-to-Face Discussion Groups in the Australian Citizens Parliament

• In Event: Communication Processes and Outcomes in Computer-Mediated Groups

Abstract

The 2009 Citizens Parliament in Australia is a unique public deliberation process designed to integrate effective online discussion, face-to-face small group deliberation, and large-group plenary decision making. The present study assesses the effectiveness of this process at channeling the deliberation of these different elements into a final set of judgments.

Author

• John Gastil, University of Washington