Policy debate on the Internet: panelists evaluate the process

IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293) Pub Date : 2002-08-07 DOI:10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013819

Kathleen Prosseda

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The 2001 North Carolina Citizens' Technology Forum provided a unique opportunity to study policy deliberation by average citizens using the Internet. Loosely based on the Danish-style consensus conference, all group work was conducted entirely online. Nine of the 13 citizen members responded to an open-ended questionnaire about their experiences. Four members of the content expert panel also offered their impressions. Despite some of the drawbacks of online communication, overall, citizens had favorable reactions. The average rating was 7.9 on a ten-point scale. Ratings provided by the experts were lower; the average score was 6.5. This may be related to the difficulty of presenting scientific information online. Both agreed that Internet forums have the potential to open up the policy debate by increasing opportunities for citizens to participate in the process. Findings of this evaluation will assist in the design of future online citizen panels.

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互联网上的政策辩论:小组成员评估过程

2001年北卡罗莱纳公民技术论坛提供了一个独特的机会来研究使用互联网的普通公民的政策审议。松散地基于丹麦风格的共识会议，所有的小组工作都是完全在线进行的。13名公民成员中有9人回答了一份关于他们经历的开放式问卷。内容专家小组的四名成员也发表了他们的看法。尽管在线交流存在一些缺点，但总体而言，公民的反应是积极的。平均评分为7.9分(满分10分)。专家给出的评分较低;平均得分为6.5分。这可能与在线呈现科学信息的困难有关。双方一致认为，通过增加公民参与决策过程的机会，互联网论坛有可能打开政策辩论的大门。这项评估的结果将有助于设计未来的在线公民小组。

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