milestone 9
There were five participants in my experiment. Rather than scanning all the questionnaires I will provide a summary of the information.
First Questionnaire
1. Participants were all 23-26 years old.
2. Three participants voted in the last Presidential election.
3. Topics of interest (which were used as fuel for the deliberations): abortion, foreign and domestic policies, fair law making, human rights, public policy, and as one person wrote "whatever topics effect me directly".
4. All participants stated they did not regularly discuss politics or government.
5. So I guess that's not very often.
6. Three participants stated discussions usually happen while watching the news, and two stated they usually happen just in social gatherings with friends.
7. All participants stated these discussions are had among people their own age, roommates, and friends.
8. Only two participants were aware of any online/digital/computer based forums for political involvement.
9. All participants stated that the level of citizen involvement in the government is minimal and should be increased. One person went so far as to say they didn't believe citizens had any part in government decisions.
Second Questionnaire
1. Three of the participants favored the online chat based forum over the face-to-face forum.
2. The reasons for favoring the online forum were the level of anonymity and their lack of inhibitions. The reasons for favoring the face-to-face forum were getting more subcommunication from the other people involved, and being able to get a better feel for the other participants.
3. Four of the participants were more comfortable with the online forum.
4. Here are a few answers for how the participants level of comfort was different between formats: "I like being able to look at people when they talk, but when I speak I prefer the online chat." "The online was more comfortable because I could do it from my own home, but you lose the feeling behind why other people feel the way they do." "I am more comfortable online when I am discussing the straight facts."
5. Three participants said they would probably be more involved if more things could be done online, and two said their involvement would probably remain the same.
6. Only one participant said they were intimidated by the face-to-face deliberation.
7. The participant said their speech was not really altered, but they felt the need to be less argumentative.
8. Only one person had a suggestion for future deliberation. The person suggested having a moderator for the online chat because it was hard to get comments out before others commented.
First Questionnaire
1. Participants were all 23-26 years old.
2. Three participants voted in the last Presidential election.
3. Topics of interest (which were used as fuel for the deliberations): abortion, foreign and domestic policies, fair law making, human rights, public policy, and as one person wrote "whatever topics effect me directly".
4. All participants stated they did not regularly discuss politics or government.
5. So I guess that's not very often.
6. Three participants stated discussions usually happen while watching the news, and two stated they usually happen just in social gatherings with friends.
7. All participants stated these discussions are had among people their own age, roommates, and friends.
8. Only two participants were aware of any online/digital/computer based forums for political involvement.
9. All participants stated that the level of citizen involvement in the government is minimal and should be increased. One person went so far as to say they didn't believe citizens had any part in government decisions.
Second Questionnaire
1. Three of the participants favored the online chat based forum over the face-to-face forum.
2. The reasons for favoring the online forum were the level of anonymity and their lack of inhibitions. The reasons for favoring the face-to-face forum were getting more subcommunication from the other people involved, and being able to get a better feel for the other participants.
3. Four of the participants were more comfortable with the online forum.
4. Here are a few answers for how the participants level of comfort was different between formats: "I like being able to look at people when they talk, but when I speak I prefer the online chat." "The online was more comfortable because I could do it from my own home, but you lose the feeling behind why other people feel the way they do." "I am more comfortable online when I am discussing the straight facts."
5. Three participants said they would probably be more involved if more things could be done online, and two said their involvement would probably remain the same.
6. Only one participant said they were intimidated by the face-to-face deliberation.
7. The participant said their speech was not really altered, but they felt the need to be less argumentative.
8. Only one person had a suggestion for future deliberation. The person suggested having a moderator for the online chat because it was hard to get comments out before others commented.
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