Deliberative Public Engagement with Science : An Empirical Investigation.

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Main Author: PytlikZillig, Lisa M.
Other Authors: Hutchens, Myiah J., Muhlberger, Peter., Gonzalez, Frank J., Tomkins, Alan J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Psychology Series
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505 0 |a Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: The Big Picture -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Motivating Questions and Gaps -- 1.2.1 What Works? Delineating Important Public Engagement Types and Variables -- 1.2.2 For What Purposes? Assessing Engagement Effectiveness and Success -- 1.2.3 In What Contexts and Why? From Comparison to Causation -- 1.3 Advancing the Theoretical and Empirical Bases of a Science of Public Engagement -- 1.3.1 The Current State of Theory -- 1.3.2 Moving Forward -- 1.4 Focus and Overview of the Rest of this Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Specific Methods -- 2.1 Connecting Features, Processes, and Outcomes During Deliberative Discussions -- 2.2 Our Context: Future Scientists Deliberating About Nanotechnology over Time -- 2.2.1 Participants: College Students in the College Science Classroom -- 2.2.2 Discussion Topics: Nano-Biological Technologies and Human Enhancement -- 2.2.3 Repeated Measures Longitudinal Design -- 2.3 What Works? Experimentally Varied Deliberative Engagement Features -- 2.3.1 Importance of Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Topics in Science Education -- 2.3.2 Characteristics of the Background Information -- 2.3.3 Prompts for Cognitive Engagement -- 2.3.4 Peer Discussion -- 2.3.5 Active Facilitation During Discussion -- 2.4 For What Deliberative Engagement Outcomes? -- 2.4.1 Knowledge -- 2.4.2 Attitudes Toward Nanotechnology -- 2.4.3 Perceptions of Actors: Nanoscientists and Policymakers -- 2.4.4 Policy Scenario: Policy Preference, Acceptance, and Support -- 2.4.5 Motivational Variables -- 2.4.6 Evaluation of Public Engagement -- 2.5 How and Why: Mediators and Moderators -- 2.5.1 Cognitive-Affective and Behavioral Engagement -- 2.5.2 Self-Reports of Influences on Attitudes -- 2.5.3 Participant and Facilitator Perceptions of Group-­Relevant Processes. 
505 8 |a 2.5.4 Assignment and Information Evaluations -- 2.5.5 Written Reponses and Comments -- 2.5.6 Data Quality Checks -- 2.5.7 Demographics and Individual Differences -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Knowledge -- 3.1 Why Does Knowledge Matter? -- 3.2 How Can Public Engagements Foster Increases in Knowledge? -- 3.2.1 Informational Presentation -- 3.2.2 Cognitive Engagement -- 3.2.3 Forms of Cognitive Engagement -- 3.2.4 Need for Cognition -- 3.3 What Do We Mean by Knowledge? -- 3.4 What Did They Learn? -- 3.5 What Mediates Knowledge? -- 3.6 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Attitude Change and Polarization -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Effects of Deliberation: Unification or Polarization? -- 4.2.1 The Promises of Public Deliberation: Informed, Enlightened Consensus -- 4.2.2 Deliberation's Downfalls: Motivated Reasoning and Polarization -- 4.3 What Works, for What Purposes, Under What Conditions, and Why? -- 4.3.1 For What Purposes? -- 4.3.2 What Works, Under What Conditions, and Why? -- 4.4 Results -- 4.4.1 Attitude Change over Time -- 4.4.2 Encouraging Critical Thinking -- 4.4.3 Information Format -- 4.4.4 The Effects of Group Discussion -- 4.4.5 The Features of Group Discussion: Homogeneity and Facilitator Activity -- 4.4.6 A Potential Moderator of Homogeneity -- 4.5 Conclusion: What We Have Learned and Where to Go from Here -- References -- Chapter 5: Policy Acceptance -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 A Rough Draft Theory of Policy Preference, Acceptance, and Support -- 5.2.1 For What? Definitions and Relationships Between Some Key Variables -- 5.2.2 What Works and How? Prior Research and Theory Concerning Factors Impacting Policy Acceptance and Support -- 5.3 The Current Study -- 5.3.1 The Policy Scenarios -- 5.3.2 Key Variables -- 5.4 Analyses and Results -- 5.4.1 Simple Correlations. 
505 8 |a 5.4.2 (1) Do Our Experimental Manipulations Impact Policy Acceptance/Support or Moderate the Policy Preference-­Acceptance/Support Relationship? -- 5.4.3 (2) Do Our Experimental Manipulations Impact Potential Mediators? -- 5.4.4 (3) Do Our Mediators Impact Policy Acceptance/Support or Moderate the Preference-Acceptance/Support Relationship? -- 5.5 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion and Future Directions -- References -- Index. 
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590 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.  
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700 1 |a Muhlberger, Peter. 
700 1 |a Gonzalez, Frank J. 
700 1 |a Tomkins, Alan J. 
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