Collaborative Research: A Multi-State Investigation of Small Group and Mass Public Decision Making on Fiscal and Scientific Controversies through the Citizens' Initiative Review

合作研究：通过公民倡议审查对财政和科学争议的小团体和大众公共决策进行多州调查

• 批准号: 1357276
• 负责人: John Gastil
• 金额: $ 30.17万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-15 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1357276&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Multi; State; Investigation

In 2010, the Oregon state government authorized the first Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR), which convened two random samples of twenty-four registered voters for five days of deliberation on a pair of statewide initiatives. At the end of their deliberations, each citizen panel wrote a one-page analysis that went into the official pamphlet sent by the Secretary of State to every registered voter. Starting in 2014, the CIR's organizers are attempting to transform this process into a more cost-effective and scalable means of informing public decision making that extends beyond Oregon. Changes to the CIR's design and issue-focus permit a study on the limits and potential of democratic deliberation, with a focus on scientific controversies. A multi-method investigation of the 2014 CIR will employ direct observation, transcript analysis, and panelist surveys. Case study analysis of four separate CIR panels will assess the democratic and deliberative quality of lay citizen decision making on scientifically complex issues via streamlined, digital discussion procedures. Additional studies will examine how the wider public incorporates the CIR's information and recommendations into its decision making. A multi-state usability study of the voter pamphlet will provide a more refined picture of how voters use and understand the CIR's one-page analysis. An online survey experiment will incorporate findings from the usability study into an online voter guide to test how proposed alterations to the CIR's design shape the public's trust in the CIR's issue analyses. Finally, a mail survey will test the efficacy of distributing CIR findings via conventional media channels. Our research will aid civic reformers designing deliberative processes, as well as legislators considering the adoption of the CIR and similar designs. Our collaborative research model also advances the professional development of the numerous graduate students and junior faculty working on this project.

2010 年，俄勒冈州政府批准了第一次公民倡议审查 (CIR)，该审查随机抽取了 24 名登记选民，对两项全州倡议进行了为期五天的审议。在审议结束时，每个公民小组写了一份一页的分析报告，该分析报告被写入国务卿发给每位登记选民的官方小册子中。从 2014 年开始，CIR 的组织者正试图将这一流程转变为一种更具成本效益和可扩展的方式，为俄勒冈州以外的公共决策提供信息。 CIR 设计和问题焦点的变化允许对民主协商的局限性和潜力进行研究，重点关注科学争议。 2014 年 CIR 的多方法调查将采用直接观察、文字记录分析和小组调查。对四个独立 CIR 小组的案例研究分析将通过简化的数字讨论程序，评估非专业公民就科学复杂问题做出决策的民主和审议质量。其他研究将探讨更广泛的公众如何将 CIR 的信息和建议纳入其决策中。对选民小册子的多州可用性研究将更详细地描述选民如何使用和理解 CIR 的一页分析。在线调查实验将把可用性研究的结果纳入在线选民指南中，以测试对 CIR 设计的拟议修改如何塑造公众对 CIR 问题分析的信任。最后，邮件调查将测试通过传统媒体渠道分发 CIR 调查结果的有效性。 我们的研究将帮助公民改革者设计审议程序，以及立法者考虑采用 CIR 和类似的设计。我们的合作研究模式还促进了参与该项目的众多研究生和初级教师的专业发展。

项目成果

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

除了支持和党派暗示之外：为选民提供可行的替代方案来替代不可靠的认知捷径

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: The good society - PEGS (Organization
• 作者: Gastil, John

PARTICIPATORY POLICYMAKING ACROSS CULTURAL COGNITIVE DIVIDES: TWO TESTS OF CULTURAL BIASING IN PUBLIC FORUM DESIGN AND DELIBERATION: CULTURAL COGNTIVE DIVIDES

跨文化认知鸿沟的参与式政策制定：公共论坛设计和审议中文化偏见的两项测试：文化认知鸿沟

• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12255
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: Public Administration
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: GASTIL, JOHN;KNOBLOCH, KATHERINE R.;KAHAN, DAN;BRAMAN, DON
• 通讯作者: BRAMAN, DON

Can Deliberative Minipublics Address the Cognitive Challenges of Democratic Citizenship?

• DOI: 10.1086/680078
• 发表时间: 2015-04-01
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF POLITICS
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Warren, Mark E.;Gastil, John
• 通讯作者: Gastil, John

Citizens’ Initiative Review process: mediating emotions, promoting productive deliberation

公民倡议审查流程：调解情绪，促进富有成效的审议

• DOI: 10.1332/030557316x14595273846060
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: Policy and politics
• 影响因子: 4.7
• 作者: Fuji Johnson, Genevieve;Black, Laura;Knobloch, Katherine
• 通讯作者: Knobloch, Katherine