▪ Abstract Many theorists have long extolled the virtues of public deliberation as a crucial
component of a responsive and responsible democracy. Building on these theories, in …

A common thread weaving through the current public participation debate is the need for
new approaches that emphasize two-way interaction between decision makers and the …

Bringing together ten leading researchers in the field of deliberative democracy, this
important book examines the features of a Deliberative Mini-Public (DMP) and considers …

This article takes up the popular argument that much online discussion is toxic and hence
harmful to democracy, and argues that the pervasiveness of incivility is not incompatible with …

This manuscript aims to assess the potential of social media as a channel to foster
democratic deliberation. It does this by examining whether the types of discussions that …

Social media platforms are popular sites, attracting millions of users who connect digitally.
This has prompted some to argue that social media has promoted the return of Habermas's …

In an effort to clean up user comment sections, news organizations have turned to
Facebook, the world's largest social network site, as a way to make users more identifiable …

In focusing on the practices, politics and ethics of listening, this wide-ranging book offers an
important new perspective on questions of media audiences, publics and citizenship …

The internet and its surrounding technologies hold the promise of reviving the public sphere;
however, several aspects of these new technologies simultaneously curtail and augment …

Time is a defining feature of human activity, but has been underexamined in theories of
entrepreneurial action. This is perplexing given that entrepreneurial action is oriented …