Annenberg Research Seminar - Michael X. Delli Carpini

Feb. 1, 2010: Annenberg Research Seminar: Michael X. Delli Carpini

Join students and faculty for a presentation by Michael X. Delli Carpini, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and Annenberg Fellow, The Annenberg Center at the University of Southern California. His topic: "Talking together? Discursive participation and political deliberation in the U.S." From Dr. Delli Carpini: "Interest in 'deliberation' has increased in recent years among political and communication theorists, researchers and practitioners. The result of which has been a debate regarding the meaning, possibilities and potential consequences of deliberation for democratic governance, and conflicting findings regarding the conditions necessary for deliberation to be effective. Missing in this scholarship are efforts to document the extent to which deliberation and other forms of 'discursive politics' actually takes place among citizens. Drawing on a national sample of U.S. adults and an oversample of citizens who have participated in some type of public forum, I will provide a portrait of Americans' engagement in various forms of 'political talk', including who does so, why, and with what consequences."

For more information about Michael X. Delli Carpini:
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/ascfaculty/FacultyBio.aspx?id=149

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Education

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• USC
• USC Annenberg
• Communication
• Michael X. Delli Carpini
• discursive
• participation
• political
• deliberation

[galindes]

Great talk. Awful sound and video.