Deliberative Play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3755941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert T Craig (0000-0001-7223-8286, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 951-962 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642221093589 |
| OpenAlex | W4280625269 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article introduces a special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist in which scholars of public deliberation address the theme of "Deliberative Play" from different conceptual and empirical approaches. Here I introduce the concept of deliberative play against a background of philosophical accounts of deliberative action, the theory of metacommunication, and trends in the study of public deliberation that are endeavoring to reduce the gap between normative theories and the empirical realities of deliberative democratic practice. Articles in the special issue address several aspects of deliberative play: how storytelling activities accomplish deliberative play in online forums (Black, Wolfe, and Han); how facilitators can cue and maintain the deliberative play frame during facilitated deliberative discussions (Sprain); how playful exchanges are enabled by the structure of New England town meetings and what they accomplish (Townsend and Milburn); how alternative scenarios for action presented with pros and cons by expert consultants influence deliberative play in online discussions in Poland (Przybylska, Bucholc, and Mazur); and how online discussion interfaces would benefit from applying principles of game design (Gastil). The concluding section reflects on the results of these studies and their implications for further investigations of deliberative play
Action (physics) · Deliberation · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Epistemology · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Social Media and Politics
Narrative and Deliberation in Small Group Forums
Frame analysis
A Conceptual Definition and Theoretical Model of Public Deliberation in Small Face?to?Face Groups
Deliberation, Storytelling, and Dialogic Moments
Communicating openness in deliberation
The Interpretation of Cultures
Homo ludens
The Sociology of Sociability
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |