John Gastil

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

United States

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“  My next major project investigates the potential for a more deliberative online system of public consultatino and civic engagement, which I initially described in this white paper: http://ash.harvard.edu/links/building-democracy-machine-toward-integrated-and-empowered-form-civic-engagement. I'm also continuing collaborative research on the Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR) and invite anyone interested in analyzing those data to contact me directly.  ”

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1.

The Second National Risk and Culture Study: Making Sense of - and Making Progress In - The American Culture War of Fact

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 370, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 154, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 370, Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-26
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2013
Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, Paul Slovic, John Gastil and Geoffrey L. Cohen
Yale Law School, George Washington University - Law School, Decision Research, Pennsylvania State University and University of Colorado - Department of Psychology
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cultural cognition, risk perception, risk regulation, nuclear power, global warming, terrorism, gun control, school shootings, HPV, nanotechnology

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Culture and Identity-Protective Cognition: Explaining the White Male Effect in Risk Perception

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 465-505, November 2007, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 152
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2013
Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, John Gastil, Paul Slovic and C. K. Mertz
Yale Law School, George Washington University - Law School, Pennsylvania State University, Decision Research and Decision Research
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white male effect, risk, risk perception, cultural cognition

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Who Fears the HPV Vaccine, Who Doesn't, and Why? An Experimental Study of the Mechanisms of Cultural Cognition

Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 34, pp. 501-16, 2010, Cultural Cognition Project Working Paper No. 38, Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-19, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 163
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2013
Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, Geoffrey L. Cohen, Paul Slovic and John Gastil
Yale Law School, George Washington University - Law School, University of Colorado - Department of Psychology, Decision Research and Pennsylvania State University
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Fear of Democracy: A Cultural Evaluation of Sunstein on Risk

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 119, 2006, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 100, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 317
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Sep 2005
Dan M. Kahan, Paul Slovic, Donald Braman and John Gastil
Yale Law School, Decision Research, George Washington University - Law School and Pennsylvania State University
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Gender, Race, and Risk Perception: The Influence of Cultural Status Anxiety

1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 May 2005
Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, John Gastil, Paul Slovic and C. K. Mertz
Yale Law School, George Washington University - Law School, Pennsylvania State University, Decision Research and Decision Research
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Affect, Values, and Nanotechnology Risk Perceptions: An Experimental Investigation

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 261, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 155, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 261, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2014
Dan M. Kahan, Paul Slovic, Donald Braman, John Gastil and Geoffrey L. Cohen
Yale Law School, Decision Research, George Washington University - Law School, Pennsylvania State University and University of Colorado - Department of Psychology
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risk, norms, cultural cognition, emotion, nanotechnology

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The 'Wildavsky Heuristic': The Cultural Orientation of Mass Political Opinion

Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 107
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Oct 2005
John Gastil, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan and Paul Slovic
Pennsylvania State University, George Washington University - Law School, Yale Law School and Decision Research
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Heuristics, gun control, capital punishment, politics

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Cultural Cognition of the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology

Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 87-91, 2009, Yale Law School, Public Law Working
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, Paul Slovic, John Gastil and Geoffrey L. Cohen
Yale Law School, George Washington University - Law School, Decision Research, Pennsylvania State University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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cultural cognition, nanotechnology, risk perception, biased assimilation, polarization

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Biased Assimilation, Polarization, and Cultural Credibility: An Experimental Study of Nanotechnology Risk Perceptions

Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-25
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Feb 2008
Dan M. Kahan, Paul Slovic, Donald Braman, John Gastil, Geoffrey L. Cohen and Douglas A. Kysar
Yale Law School, Decision Research, George Washington University - Law School, Pennsylvania State University, University of Colorado - Department of Psychology and Yale University - Law School
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nanotechnology, cultural cognition, risk perception, cultural credibility heuristic, polarization, biased assimilation

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The Future of Nanotechnology Risk Perceptions: An Experimental Investigation of Two Hypotheses

Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-24
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, Paul Slovic, John Gastil and Geoffrey L. Cohen
Yale Law School, George Washington University - Law School, Decision Research, Pennsylvania State University and University of Colorado - Department of Psychology
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nanotechnology, cultural cognition, risk perception

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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Productivity and Satisfaction of Democratic and Autocratic Leadership

Small Group Research Vol. 25 No, 3, Augu. 1994, 384-410
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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political opinion, autocracy, democracy, democratic approval

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Public Deliberation as the Organizing Principle of Political Communication Research

Journal of Public Deliberation Vol. 4, Iss. 1 Article 3
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Feb 2016
John Gastil and Laura Black
Pennsylvania State University and Ohio University
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community, democracy, deliberation, discussion, elections, jury decision making, media system, political communication, public opinion, public meetings

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Jury Service as an Invitation to Citizenship: Assessing the Civic Value of Institutionalized Deliberation

U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-32
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Oct 2006
John Gastil and Phil Weiser
Pennsylvania State University and University of Colorado Law School
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Jury Service, Deliberation, Initiatives and Referenda

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Embracing Digital Democracy: A Call for Building an Online Civic Commons

PS: Political Science & Politics, 50(3):758-763 (July 2017), DOI:10.1017/S1049096517000555
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2017
John Gastil and Robert C. Richards
Pennsylvania State University and University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
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Civic engagement, Gamification, Serious games, Participatory democracy, Deliberative democracy, Democratic deliberation, Online civic participation

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Norms of Deliberation: An Inductive Study

Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 7, 2006
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Feb 2016
Jane Mansbridge, Janette Hartz-Karp, Matthew Amengual and John Gastil
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Curtin University, University of Oxford - Said Business School and Pennsylvania State University
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Deliberation, Inductive Study, Deliberative ideal

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Vicarious Deliberation: How the Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review Influenced Deliberation in Mass Elections

International Journal of Communication, 8, 62-89 (2014)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Feb 2014
John Gastil, Robert C. Richards and Katherine Knobloch
Pennsylvania State University, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and Colorado State University, Fort Collins
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minipublics, democratic deliberation, deliberative democracy, ballot measures, direct democracy, Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review, Citizens' Initiative Review

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Deliberative Democracy and the American Civil Jury

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Deliberative Democracy and the American Civil Jury

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Jul 2014
Valerie P. Hans, John Gastil and Traci Feller
Cornell University - School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and University of Washington
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civil jury, deliberative democracy, jury service, political participation

Deliberative Democracy and the American Civil Jury

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Mar 2014
Valerie P. Hans, John Gastil and Traci Feller
Cornell University - School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and University of Washington
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Ending Polarization: The Good News About the Culture Wars

Boston Review
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
John Gastil, Dan M. Kahan and Donald Braman
Pennsylvania State University, Yale Law School and George Washington University - Law School
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polarization, ending polarization, culture wars, cultural affinity, deliberative outcomes

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Undemocratic Discourse: A Review of Theory and Research on Political Discourse

Discourse and Society vol. 3 no. 4 pp. 469-500
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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political discourse, democratic deliberation, political theory, democratic theory

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Variations of Institutional Design for Empowered Deliberation

Journal of Public Deliberation, Vol. 11, Iss. 1, Article 2.
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Mar 2016
Carolina Johnson and John Gastil
University of Washington and Pennsylvania State University
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deliberative democracy, democratic innovation, participatory governance, legitimacy, participatory democracy

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Is Deliberation Neutral? Patterns of Attitude Change During 'The Deliberative Polls™'

Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 6: Iss. 2, Article 3 (2010)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Jan 2016
John Gastil, Chiara Bacci and Michael Dollinger
Pennsylvania State University, European Union - Committee of the Regions and Free University of Berlin (FUB)
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deliberation, attitudes, deliberative polls, neutral

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The Cultural Orientation of Mass Political Opinion

Political Science & Politics, vol. 44, iss. 4, pp. 711–714.
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 14 Apr 2016
John Gastil, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan and Paul Slovic
Pennsylvania State University, George Washington University - Law School, Yale Law School and Decision Research
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public opinion, cultural cognition

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Thinking, Drinking, and Driving: Application of the Theory of Reasoned Action to DWI Prevention

Journal of Applied Social Psychology Vol. 30 Iss. 11, pp. 2217-2232.
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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drinking and driving, reasoned action

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Testing Assumptions in Deliberative Democratic Design: A Preliminary Assessment of the Efficacy of the Participedia Data Archive as an Analytic Tool

Journal of Public Deliberation, 13(2), Article 1.
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2017
John Gastil, Robert C. Richards, Matt Ryan and Graham Smith
Pennsylvania State University, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, University of Southampton and University of Westminster
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Deliberative democracy, Democratic deliberation, Participatory democracy, Participedia, Meta-synthesis

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Can Deliberative Mini-Publics Address the Cognitive Challenges of Democratic Citizenship?

Journal of Politics, Vol. 77, pp. 562-574.
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 31 May 2016
Mark E. Warren and John Gastil
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Political Science and Pennsylvania State University
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democratic deliberation, deliberative theory, political knowledge, citizenship, deliberative democracy, cognitive processes, opinion formation

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Jury Service and Electoral Participation: A Test of the Participation Hypothesis

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Apr 2007
John Gastil, E. Pierre Deess, Phil Weiser and Jordan Larner
Pennsylvania State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Colorado Law School and Washington Senate Republican Caucus
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jury service, political participation

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Collective Identity and Voice at the Australian Citizens' Parliament

Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Jan 2016
John Gastil, Andrea Felicetti, Janette Hartz-Karp and Lyn Carson
Pennsylvania State University, Australian National University (ANU), Curtin University and Western Sydney University
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public deliberation, Australian Parliament, collective voice, collective identity, political representation, parliamentary representation, identity politics

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Communicating Trust, Community, and Process in Public Meetings: A Reflection on How Close Attention to Communication Can Contribute to the Future of Public Participation

The International Journal of Public Participation: Vol. 3: Num. 2, 2009
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Jan 2016
Laura Black, James Leighter and John Gastil
Ohio University, Creighton University and Pennsylvania State University
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deliberation, public meetings, communication

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Legislation by Amateurs: The Role of Legal Details and Knowledge in Initiative Deliberation

NCA 2013: National Communication Association Annual Conference, November 21-24, 2013, Washington, DC
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2014
Robert C. Richards and John Gastil
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and Pennsylvania State University
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Deliberation, Political Conversation, Participation, Elections, Campaigns, Ballot Measures, Direct Democracy, Ballot Initiatives, Initiative Elections, Deliberative Democracy, Democratic Deliberation, Legal Communication

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How Citizen Representatives Address the Epistemic Challenges of Democratic Citizenship

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Aug 2013
Mark E. Warren and John Gastil
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Political Science and Pennsylvania State University
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democracy, deliberation, heuristics, motivated reasoning, political participation, public trust

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When Citizens and Officeholders Meet Part 2: A Typology of Face-to-Face Public Meetings

International Journal of Public Participation 01/2008; 2(1):33-54.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Feb 2016
John Gastil and Todd Kelshaw
Pennsylvania State University and Montclair State University
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Deliberation, face-to-face meetings, communication, democratic participation

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Empowering Citizen Deliberation in Direct Democratic Elections: A Field Study of the 2012 Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review

Field Actions Science Reports (FACTS Reports), 11, 1-10, 2014
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 Nov 2014
Katherine Knobloch, John Gastil, Traci Feller and Robert C. Richards
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Pennsylvania State University, University of Washington and University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
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Civic education, Deliberative democracy, Initiative, Referendum, Civic engagement, Political knowledge,

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Connecting Micro-Deliberation to Electoral Decision Making: Institutionalizing the Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review

Book Chapter in Anna Przybylska (Ed.), Deliberation and democracy: Innovative processes and institutions. New York: Peter Lang, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
John Gastil, Katherine Knobloch and Tyrone Reitman
Pennsylvania State University, Colorado State University, Fort Collins and Independent
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CIR, citizen initiative review, institutionalizing democratic initiatives, democratic deliberation, deliberative theory, electoral decision making, voting behavior

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Seeing is Believing: The Impact of Jury Service on Attitudes Toward Legal Institutions and the Implications for International Jury Reform

Court Review 48 (2012): 124-130, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-50
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2015
John Gastil, Hiroshi Fukurai, Kent Anderson and Mark Nolan
Pennsylvania State University, University of California Santa Cruz, The University of Western Australia and Australian National University - ANU College of Law
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Jury, Legal Reform, Cross-National Research

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Terrorism and Small Groups: An Analytical Framework for Group Disruption

Small Group Research, Vol. 44, Pp. 599-626
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Justin Reedy, John Gastil and Michael Gabbay
University of Washington, Pennsylvania State University and University of Washington
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cohesion, decision making, virtual groups, conflict, group, formation/dissolution

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Deliberation Across the Cultural Divide: Assessing the Potential for Reconciling Conflicting Cultural Orientations to Reproductive Technology

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 76, pp. 1772-1797
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
John Gastil, Justin Reedy, Donald Braman and Dan M. Kahan
Pennsylvania State University, University of Washington, George Washington University - Law School and Yale Law School
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deliberation, cultural divide, cultural easing, deliberative easing, deliberative impacts, deliberation theory

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Generic Pronouns and Sexist Language: The Oxymoronic Character of Masculine Generics

Sex Roles, Vol. 23, No. 11-12, 1990
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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communications, deliberation, grammar, sexist language

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Deliberation

G. Mazzoleni (Ed.). (2016). International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118541555
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2016
Robert C. Richards and John Gastil
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and Pennsylvania State University
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democratic deliberation, deliberative democracy, political communication

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Pathways of Immigrant Political Socialization: Examining the Role of News Media, Social Connections, and Community Interaction

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 2014
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Mar 2016
John Gastil and Wenlin Liu
Pennsylvania State University and University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, Students
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Immigrant Political Socialization; News Media Use; Communication Networks; Community; Political Knowledge; Political Participation

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The Aims, Methods, and Effects of Deliberative Civic Education Through the National Issues Forums

Communications Education Vol. 48, July 1999
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Apr 2016
John Gastil and James Dillard
Pennsylvania State University and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Communication Arts & Sciences
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civic education, deliberation, democracy, National Issues Forums, small group communication, study circles

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How Balanced Discussion Shapes Knowledge, Public Perceptions, and Attitudes: A Case Study of Deliberation on the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 4, 2006
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Feb 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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deliberation, public opinion, public attitudes, public knowledge, democratic deliberation, los alamos national laboratory

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How Voters Become Misinformed: An Investigation of the Emergence and Consequences of False Factual Beliefs

Social Science Quarterly, Volume 95, Number 5
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Mar 2016
Justin Reedy, Chris Wells and John Gastil
University of Washington, Independent and Pennsylvania State University
Downloads 73 (671,452)
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democracy, public opinion, voting behavior, political communication, voter opinion, democratic deliberation

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Of Attitudes and Engagement: Clarifying the Reciprocal Relationship between Civic Attitudes and Political Participation

Journal of Communication: Volume 6: Iss. 2 (2010)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Jan 2016
John Gastil and Michael Xenos
Pennsylvania State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison
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political participation, civic attitudes, ideology, civic engagement, political engagement

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A Definition of Small Group Democracy

Small Group Research vol. 23 no. 3, pp. 278-301
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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democracy, small group, democratic theory

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When Good Voters Make Bad Policies: Assessing and Improving the Deliberative Quality of Initiative Elections

University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 78, pp. 1435-1488
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
John Gastil, Justin Reedy and Chris Wells
Pennsylvania State University, University of Washington and Independent
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initiative elections, deliberative outcomes, voting behavior, deliberation and elections, deliberation and voting

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Symbolic-Cognitive Proceduralism: A Model of Deliberative Legitimacy

Journal of Public Deliberation, 11(2), Article 3 (2015)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2015
Robert C. Richards and John Gastil
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and Pennsylvania State University
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cognition, communication ethics, democratic deliberation, political communication, political knowledge, legitimacy

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Information Distortion and Voting Choices: Assessing the Origins and Effects of Factual Beliefs in an Initiative Election

Political Psychology Vol. 30, No. 6, 2009
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2016
John Gastil, Chris Wells, Justin Reedy and Carolyn Lee
Pennsylvania State University, Independent, University of Washington and Independent
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Heuristic processing, Initiative elections, Misinformation, Motivated reasoning, Political sophistication, Public opinion

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Beyond Green Chiles and Coyotes: The Changing Shape of New Mexico's Political-Cultural Regions from 1967 to 1997

New Mexico Historical Review Vol. 77, No. 2
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith and Gilbert St. Clair
Pennsylvania State University, University of Oklahoma - Department of Political Science and Independent
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New Mexico, Political Cultural Regions, Political Demography

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Making Direct Democracy Deliberative Through Random Assemblies

ASA 2012: The Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, 2012
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 30 May 2016
John Gastil and Robert C. Richards
Pennsylvania State University and University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
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Deliberative democracy, Democratic deliberation, Direct democracy, Random selection, Ballot initiatives, Ballot measures, Referenda

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Deliberation and Global Criminal Justice: Juries in the International Criminal Court

Ethics & International Affairs, 24, 69-90, 2010
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Jan 2016
John Gastil, Colin Lingle and E. Pierre Deess
Pennsylvania State University, University of Washington and New Jersey Institute of Technology
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deliberation, global justice, juries, World Court

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Did They Deliberate? Applying an Evaluative Model of Democratic Deliberation to the Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review

Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2013
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Mar 2016
Katherine Knobloch, John Gastil, Justin Reedy and Katherine Walsh
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Pennsylvania State University, University of Washington and University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Deliberation; Democratic Theory; Evaluation; Group Communication; Initiative Elections; Political Communication; Public Forums

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Assessing the Difference Critique of Deliberation: Gender, Emotion, and the Jury Experience

Communication Theory: Volume 18, Issue 2, pages 281-303, 2008
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Feb 2016
Andrea Hickerson and John Gastil
University of Washington and Pennsylvania State University
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Public Deliberation, Gender, Perceptions of Deliberation, Gender and deliberation, emotion and juries, jury deliberation, deliberative theory, jury theory

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Do Juries Deliberate? A Study of Deliberation, Individual Difference, and Group Member Satisfaction at a Municipal Courthouse

Small Group Research: Vol. 38, Num. 3
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Feb 2016
John Gastil, Laura Black and Stephanie Burkhalter
Pennsylvania State University, Ohio State University (OSU) and Humboldt State University
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decision making, jury deliberation, political knowledge, political efficacy, satisfaction

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Democratic Parenting: Paradoxical Messages in Democratic Parent Education Theories

International Review of Education, Vol. 59, Pp. 113-129
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 30 May 2016
Shlomit Oryan and John Gastil
Oranim Academic College and Pennsylvania State University
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Democratic parenting, Parent education, Educational paradoxes, Family decision making, Adlerian parent education, Parent effectiveness training, Education for democracy

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When Citizens and Officeholders Meet Part 1: Variations in the Key Elements of Public Meetings

The International Journal of Public Participation: Volume I, Issue 2 December 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Feb 2016
John Gastil and Todd Kelshaw
Pennsylvania State University and Montclair State University
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deliberation, public meetings, communication, public participation, variations in public meetings, democratic participation, democratic deliberation

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Deliberating While Voting: The Antecedents, Dynamics, and Consequences of Talking While Completing Ballots in Two Vote-by-Mail States

Journal of Public Deliberation, Vol. 11 [2015], Iss. 1, Art. 6
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Mar 2016
Justin Reedy and John Gastil
University of Washington and Pennsylvania State University
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absentee voting, voting by mail, deliberative elections, discussion, political knowledge

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From Group Member to Democratic Citizen: How Deliberating with Fellow Jurors Reshapes Civic Attitudes

Human Communication Research 34 (2008) 137–169
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Feb 2016
John Gastil, Laura Black, E. Pierre Deess and James Leighter
Pennsylvania State University, Ohio University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Creighton University
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Public Opinions, Civic Attitudes, Public Deliberation, Democratic Deliberation

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Why We Believe in Democracy: Testing Theories of Attitude Functions and Democracy

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1992,22,6, pp. 423-450
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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political attitude, democratic deliberation, public opinion, democratic representation

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Effects of Campaign-to-User and Text-Based Interactivity in Political Candidate Campaign Websites

Journal of Computer ­Mediated Communication, 10 (3), article 5, 2005
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 Mar 2016
Barbara Warnick, Michael Xenos, Danielle Endres and John Gastil
Washington University in St. Louis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Washington and Pennsylvania State University
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candidates, interaction, campaign, website, communication, political communication, political advertising

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Inspiring and Informing Citizens Online: A Media Richness Analysis of Varied Civic Education Modalities

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2015
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 30 May 2016
David Brinker, John Gastil and Robert C. Richards
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University and University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
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Deliberation, Online Deliberation, Democratic Deliberation, Civic Engagement, Media Richness Theory, Political Communication, Interactivity

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There's More than One Way to Legislate: An Integration of Representative, Direct, and Deliberative Approaches to Democratic Governance

University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 72, pp. 1005-1028
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
John Gastil, Mark Smith and Cindy Simmons
Pennsylvania State University, University of Washington and Energy NewsData
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democratic governance, deliberative democracy, democratic outcomes, representative democracy, direct democracy

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New Ideas on Public Deliberation from Young Scholars. Introduction: Innovations in Deliberative Electoral Designs

Journal of Public Deliberation, 9(2) (2013)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 14 Mar 2014
John Gastil and Robert C. Richards
Pennsylvania State University and University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
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democratic deliberation, deliberative democracy, Citizens' Initiative Review, ballot initiatives, direct democracy

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Digital Democracy: Episode IV — A New Hope: How a Corporation for Public Software Could Transform Digital Engagement for Government and Civil Society

Digital Government: Research and Practice (DGOV), 1(1), Article No. 6, February 2020
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
John Gastil and Todd Davies
Pennsylvania State University and Stanford University - Symbolic Systems Program
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Civic engagement, deliberative democracy, government consultation, nonprofit technology, political participation, public media

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The Potential of Participedia as a Crowdsourcing Tool for Comparative Analysis of Democratic Innovations

Policy & Internet, 7(2), 243-262 (2015)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 30 May 2016
Graham Smith, Robert C. Richards and John Gastil
University of Westminster, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and Pennsylvania State University
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democracy, participatory democracy, deliberative democracy, democratic deliberation, crowdsourcing, democratic innovation, eparticipation

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How Jury Service Makes Us into Better Citizens

The Jury Expert, vol. 21 iss. 3
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
E. Pierre Deess and John Gastil
New Jersey Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University
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jury service, democratization, citizenship, identity formation

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Deliberation at the Margins: Participant Accounts of Face-to-Face Public Deliberation at the 1999-2000 World Trade Protests in Seattle and Prague

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, Volume V 2004 Pages 1-7
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil and Mark West
Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University
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face-to-face deliberation, protests, direct accounts, deliberation, participatory democracy

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From the Secret Ballot to the Public Vote: Examining Voters’ Experience of Political Discussion in Vote-by-Mail Elections

Political Communication, Vol. 33, Pp. 39–58, 2015
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Mar 2016
Justin Reedy, John Gastil and Patricia Moy
University of Washington, Pennsylvania State University and Washington University in St. Louis
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political discussion, political conversation, civic engagement, political knowledge

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Identifying Obstacles to Small Group Democracy

Small Group Research Vol. 24 No. 1 pp. 5-27
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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democracy, democratic deliberation, democratic theory, deliberation theory

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Civic (Re)Socialisation: The Educative Effects of Deliberative Participation

Politics: 2014, Vol. 35, pp.183-200
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 30 May 2016
Katherine Knobloch and John Gastil
Colorado State University, Fort Collins and Pennsylvania State University
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deliberative participation, socialization, civic engagement, deliberative benefits, democratic deliberation, democratic theory, deliberative theory

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Beyond Endorsements and Partisan Cues: Giving Voters Viable Alternatives to Unreliable Cognitive Shortcuts

The Good Society, Volume 23, Number 2, 2014, pp. 145-159
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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voting theory, public opinion, democratic theory, political science, communications, deliberation

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Frame-Induced Group Polarization in Small Discussion Networks

Gabbay, M., Kelly, Z., Reedy, J., & Gastil, J. (2018). Frame-Induced Group Polarization in Small Discussion Networks. Social Psychology Quarterly, 81(3), 248–271. Doi 10.1177/0190272518778784
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 May 2020
Michael Gabbay, Zane Kelly, Justin Reedy and John Gastil
University of Washington, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Washington and Pennsylvania State University
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The Magic of Raymond: How Jury Orientation Prepares Citizens for Jury Service

The Court Manager: Vol. 21, Iss. 2, 2006
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 27 Feb 2016
Alevtina Gall and John Gastil
Washington University in St. Louis and Pennsylvania State University
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jury orientations, jury service, deliberative democracy, the magic of Raymond

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Exploring the Psychological Foundations of Democratic Group Deliberation: Personality Factors, Confirming Interaction, and Democratic Decision Making

Communication Research Reports, Vol. 19, Num. 1, Pp. 56
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
John Gastil and Kevin Sager
Pennsylvania State University and SUNY College at Brockport
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Democratic decision making, group decision making, deliberative decision making

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Public Scholarship, Graduate Education, and the Research University

Higher Education Exchange 2007, pp. 4-11. Dayton, OH: Kettering Foundation Press
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 31 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University
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public scholarship, graduate education, research university, course impacts

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The Lessons and Limitations of Experiments in Democratic Deliberation

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 14, pp. 271-291, 2018
Posted: 29 Oct 2018
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University

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Is Face-to-Face Citizen Deliberation a Luxury or a Necessity?

Political Communication, vol. 17, pp. 357-361
Posted: 31 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University

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face-to-face deliberation, deliberative outcomes, deliberative democracy, democratic interaction, democratic foundations

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The Political Beliefs and Orientations of People with Disabilities

Posted: 23 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University

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political beliefs, public opinion, political beliefs of people with disabilities, minority opinion

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The Australian Citizens’ Parliament: Forging Shared Identity Through Public Deliberation

Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 10, Pp. 353-371
Posted: 23 Mar 2016
John Gastil, Janette Hartz-Karp, Patrick Anderson and Andrea Felicetti
Pennsylvania State University, Curtin University, Independent and Australian National University (ANU)

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public deliberation, Australian citizens parliament, shared identity, deliberative democracy

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At the Convergence of Input and Process Models of Group Discussion: A Comparison of Participation Rates Across Time, Persons, and Groups

Communications Monographs, Vol. 81, No. 2, June 2014, Pp. 179-207
Posted: 22 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 30 May 2016
Joseph Bonito, John Gastil, Jennifer Ervin and Renee Myers
University of Arizona, Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh and Independent

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participation, deliberation, group interaction, multi-level modeling, decision making

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What Does it Mean to Deliberate? An Interpretative Account of Jurors’ Expressed Deliberative Rules and Premises

Communication Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 2, Pp. 151-171
Posted: 21 Mar 2016
John Gastil and Leah Sprain
Pennsylvania State University and University of Colorado at Boulder

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deliberation, jury theory, jury deliberation, deliberation theory

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A Definition and Illustration of Democratic Leadership

Human Relations, Vol 47, No. 8, 1994
Posted: 17 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University

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Democratic leadership

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Reaching Consensus on Consensus: A Study of the Relationships between Individual Decision-Making Styles and Use of the Consensus Decision-Rule

Communication Quarterly; Winter 1999; Vol. 47, Iss. 1
Posted: 17 Mar 2016
Kevin Sager and John Gastil
SUNY College at Brockport and Pennsylvania State University

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consensus, group decision-making, deliberative decision making, decision making styles

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Increasing Political Sophistication Through Public Deliberation

Political Communication, Vol.16 pp.3–23
Posted: 17 Mar 2016
John Gastil and James Dillard
Pennsylvania State University and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Communication Arts & Sciences

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public deliberation, political sophistication, democratic deliberation, deliberative democracy, political efficacy, political education

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Civic Awakening in the Jury Room: A Test of the Connection between Jury Deliberation and Political Participation

The Journal of Politics, (2002), Vol. 64, No. 2, Pp. 585-595
Posted: 15 Mar 2016
John Gastil, E. Pierre Deess and Phil Weiser
Pennsylvania State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of Colorado Law School

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jury deliberation, political participation, jury theory, deliberation theory

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A Conceptual Definition and Theoretical Model of Public Deliberation in Small Face-to-Face Groups

Communication Theory: Vol. 12, Iss. 4; p. 398-422
Posted: 15 Mar 2016
Stephanie Burkhalter, John Gastil and Todd Kelshaw
Humboldt State University, Pennsylvania State University and Montclair State University

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face-to-face groups, public deliberation, theoretical model, deliberative theory

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Adult Civic Education Through the National Issues Forums: Developing Democratic Habits and Dispositions Through Public Deliberation

Adult Education Quarterly, Vol 54, No. 4, 308-328 (2004)
Posted: 15 Mar 2016
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University

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civic education, democracy, National Issues Forums, self-efficacy, political participation, public deliberation

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Endorsements as Voting Cues: Heuristic and Systematic Processing in Initiative Elections.

Journal of Applied Social Psychology: Vol. 34, Iss. 11, pp. 2215–2231. (2004)
Posted: 07 Mar 2016
Mark R. Forehand, John Gastil and Mark Smith
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Pennsylvania State University and University of Washington

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organizational endorsements, voter attitudes, public opinion, cues, initiative election

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The Origins and Consequences of Consensus Decision Making: A Test of the Social Consensus Model

Southern Communication Journal: Vol. 71, Iss. 1, 2006
Posted: 04 Mar 2016
Kevin Sager and John Gastil
SUNY College at Brockport and Pennsylvania State University

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decision making, group, interaction, Social Consensus Model, deliberation

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Predicting Deliberative Conversation: The Impact of Discussion Networks, Media Use, and Political Cognitions

Political Communication: Vol. 23; Iss. 4; 443-460, 2006
Posted: 27 Feb 2016
John Gastil and Patricia Moy
Pennsylvania State University and Washington University in St. Louis

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deliberation, political conversation, political participation, media effects

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Ideology, Attitude Change, and Deliberation in Small Face-to-Face Groups

Political Communication: Vol. 25, Iss. 1
Posted: 17 Feb 2016
John Gastil, Laura Black and Kara Moscovitz
Pennsylvania State University, Ohio University and Independent

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attitude change, Big Five personality factors, decision making, deliberation, democracy, ideology, polarization, public opinion, small group communication