9103 Study Guide—Part One



SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 19103 Final Study GuideAristotle, Madison, Lippmann and DeweyUnderstand views of deliberation and key concepts (such as Aristotle’s topics of deliberation, checks and balances, “pictures in our heads,” and “faith in the common man.”)Cass Sunstein, 2.0Be familiar with the significance of the following: echo chamber, information cocoon, public forum doctrine, “Daily Me,” filtering, consumer sovereignty vs. political sovereignty, Holmes’ vs. Brandeis’ rationale for free speech, polarization, and enclaves. Also be able to refer to the policy recommendations of chapter 9. ArgumentationUnderstand the following: induction, analogy, deduction (categorical, conditional, disjunctive)Know the following terms associated with deductive argument: premise, syllogism, enthymeme.Propositions–define, exemplify and discuss topics associated with each of the following:Fact–existence, occurrence, causeValuePolicyDefinitionInterpretationPropositions of PolicyList 6 stock issues (need, inherency, solvency, feasibility, greater evils, comparative advantages) and be able to exemplify them.Propositions of CauseName the 3 things, taken together, that form the best proof of causalityName 3 models of causality–exemplifyTversky & Kahnemann, “Judgment Under Uncertainty”Understand the following heuristics: Representativeness, Availability, and Adjustment and AnchoringSteffensmeir and Schenck-Hamlin, “Argument Quality in Public Deliberation”What did this study reveal about argument quality and civility in different deliberative forums?Simons, “Cognitive Shorthands”Be able to define and exemplify Cialdini’s principles of persuasion.Be familiar with material presented in the lectures on persuasion, including the Elaboration Likelihood Model, Consistency Theory, and confirmation bias.Roberts Rules of OrderBe able to answer specific questions about motions and meeting procedures (including quorum and agenda) by referring to Zimmerman’s Roberts Rules in Plain English.Gastil, Political Communication and DeliberationBe able to discuss Gastil’s 3 criteria for the democratic process, and the analytic and social deliberative processes described by him.Know about the following terms in context: public sphere and spiral of silence.According to Gastil, what problem are typical of conventional public meetings, and how do new processes like citizen juries, deliberative polling and AmericaSpeaks events address those problems?Graber, “Foundations of Sound Decisions”Be able to list and describe the 4 phases of the decision making process outlined by Graber.Be able to list and explain some of the common problems in decision making, according to Graber.Be able to identify Graber’s models of decision structures.Strategic Planning (Spee and Jarzabkowski)What is strategic planning and how is it related to deliberation?Deliberation in Organizations—GeneralUnderstand the following and their relationship to deliberation: Theory X and Theory Y, forming-storming-norming-performing, and small group roles (task and relational)Media and DeliberationUnderstand the following: FCC Media ownership rules, limited effects media theories, agenda setting theoryFraming and DeliberationBe able to define and exemplify framing, and explain the implications of the chapters from Carpini (“News from Somewhere”) and Kinder and Nelson (“Democratic Debate and Real Opinions”) for the relationship between framing and deliberation.Deliberation and the InternetAccording to Iyengar & Hahn and Gentzkow & Shapiro, how ideologically segregated is our use of the media? How do their findings relate to the main claims of ?GeneralBe able to cite material correctly in either APA or MLA format (using a reference book). ................
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