Political discourse is the soul of democracy, but misunderstanding and conflict can fester in
divisive conversations. The widespread shift to online discourse exacerbates many of these …

Deliberative democracy has challenged two widely-accepted nostrums about democratic
politics: that people lack the capacities for effective self-government; and that democratic …

The dilemma of democracy arises from two contrasting trends. More people in the
established democracies are participating in civil society activity, contacting government …

Opinion leaders can be influential in persuading their peers about news and politics, yet
their potential influence has been questioned in the social media era. This study tests a …

Emerging statistics demonstrate that COVID‐19 disproportionately affects African
Americans. The effects of COVID‐19 for this population are inextricably linked to areas of …

This article provides a review of extant empirical research on ordinary citizens' everyday
political communication, its phenomenology, determinants, consequences, and relevance …

Recent studies have shown a positive link between frequency of social media use and
political participation. However, there has been no clear elaboration of how using social …

Democracy has many attractive features. Among them is its tendency to track the truth, at
least under certain idealized assumptions. That basic result has been known since 1785 …

Deliberative democracy now dominates the theory, reform, and study of democracy. Working
at its cutting edges, Foundations and Frontiers of Deliberative Governance reaches from …

A major insight into human behavior from pre “internet era studies of communication is the
tendency of people not to speak up about policy issues in public—or among their family …