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Deliberative Public Engagement with Science : An Empirical Investigation.

Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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