Realising Democracy Amid Communicative Plenty: A Deliberative Approach

不断增长的政治交流(尤其是在线交流)对民主和有效的政策制定提出了挑战。这个项目的目的是考察在新的交际性丰富的政治中，话语是否、如何、为什么以及在不同的地点之间流动，以及产生什么影响。这项研究运用了协商民主的理念，将公民和政策制定者之间有意义的沟通置于有效治理的核心。它使用定性和大数据技术收集信息，对澳大利亚围绕煤层气的争议进行了慎重的分析。预计所产生的知识将有助于将协商民主付诸实践的努力，以及更有效的环境治理。

The ever-increasing volume of political communication (especially online) challenges democracy and effective policy making. The aim of this project is to examine whether, how, why, and to what effect discourse flows within and between different sites in the new politics of communicative plenty. This research applies the idea of deliberative democracy, which puts meaningful communication between citizens and policy makers at the heart of effective governance. It develops a deliberative analysis of controversy surrounding coal seam gas in Australia, using qualitative and 'big data' techniques to collect information. The knowledge generated is expected to inform efforts to put deliberative democracy into practice, as well as more effective environmental governance.