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Media studies, Vol. 7 No. 14, 2016.

Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.20901/ms.7.14.7

Because Political Knowledge Matters: The Impact of Deliberation on Young Citizens’ Opinions

Anastasia Deligiaouri ; Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences (TEI), Department of Digital Media and Communication, Kastoria, Greece
Amalia Triantafillidou ; Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences (TEI), Department of Digital Media and Communication, Kastoria, Greece
Georgios Lappas ; Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences (TEI), Department of Digital Media and Communication, Kastoria, Greece
Raymondos Alvanos ; Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences (TEI), Department of Digital Media and Communication, Kastoria, Greece
Theodora Papadopoulou ; Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences (TEI), Department of Digital Media and Communication, Kastoria, Greece
Alexandros Kleftodimos ; Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences (TEI), Department of Digital Media and Communication, Kastoria, Greece
Prodromos Yannas orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9286-7135 ; Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Aigaleo, Greece

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Abstract

This paper addresses the importance of “knowledge” and “access to information” in the formation of young citizens’ opinion through deliberative procedures. The research presented in this paper is grounded in the theoretical framework of deliberative democracy as a democratic model and procedure that allows participants to be engaged in a rational and open dialogue before deciding on a particular issue. Our research draws empirically upon a deliberative event that took place in October 2014 at the Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences in Greece. The topic of deliberation was “Political Public Opinion Polls.” The results of this study are commensurate with the dominant thesis in the relevant literature, which underlines that the deliberative procedure enriches the knowledge of citizens and thus enables them to participate effectively in the decision making process.

Keywords

deliberation; public opinion polls; deliberative democracy; knowledge; political participation

Hrčak ID:

171178

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/171178

Publication date:

15.12.2016.

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