Democratic Communication Research Articles

Communicative Democracy and Voter Choice: Evidence From a Conjoint Analysis in Taiwan

While prior scholarship has dedicated substantial attention to theoretically discussing communicative democracy, there has been a notable dearth of empirical research examining its political implications. This study endeavors to bridge this gap by exploring the impact of prioritizing communicative democracy in policy-making on electoral support. Through a conjoint experiment conducted in Taiwan, this study finds that candidates who emphasize communicative democracy, characterized by transparent communication, active engagement, and meaningful dialogue, are more likely to be chosen by voters over those who focus on majority rule. This preference highlights a broader desire for inclusivity and policies reflecting diverse viewpoints. As the first empirical investigation, the findings contribute to our understanding of voter values around communication and inclusivity in democracy, indicating a shift toward valuing collaborative policy development.

Стиль общения учителя с неуспешным младшим школьником

The article discusses the problem of choosing a style of pedagogical communication between a teacher and an unsuccessful younger schoolchild. It provides a description of an unsuccessful younger schoolchild. It examines the features of interaction between an unsuccessful child and teachers of an authoritarian, liberal and democratic communication style. It substantiates the optimality of the teacher’s choice of a democratic communication style. It describes a method for overcoming the problem of failure by creating a situation of success.

Teaching Strategies for Enhancing Reading Fluency and Comprehension Among Learners with Mild Hearing Impairment in Mainstream Classrooms

This paper presents the findings of a qualitative case study, which adopted the concept of communicative democracy to investigate the teaching strategies teachers use to enhance reading fluency and comprehension among learners with mild hearing impairment who were in mainstream classrooms. The purposively selected sample comprised two female teachers and 15 Grade 8 learners, aged between 14 and 15, from a public school in Gauteng province, South Africa. The data-collection methods included classroom observations and unstructured interviews with the teaching staff. Systematic sampling was used for the selection of suitable participants. Employing this technique meant acquiring a sample by selecting a random starting point close to the beginning of the target population list, and subsequently selecting every fourth name in a uniformly spaced unit thereafter. The findings revealed that the teachers’ use of strategies that emphasised active participation and learner-centred approaches considerably contributed to improving reading fluency and comprehension among learners with mild hearing impairment. These strategies included interactive reading activities, visual aids for vocabulary building, phonological awareness and rhyming techniques using visual aids, text immersion through peer collaboration, the adaptation of materials to suit individual learning needs, and word identification. The researcher concluded that learner-centred activities can be effective in enhancing reading fluency and comprehension amongst learners with mild hearing impairment. The recommendation is that future research should explore the long-term impact these teaching strategies have on the academic achievement and social inclusion of learners with mild hearing impairment in mainstream classrooms.

Desenvolvendo capacidades para a comunicação democrática: uma abordagem integrada de ensino baseada na deliberação

This study describes an innovative educational proposal to develop deliberative skills – motivation and ability to explain points of view based on reflected considerations, reciprocal involvement, and more inclusive and respectful communication. Based on theories of deliberative democracy – and expanding citizen participatory initiatives and experiences in the area of education, we propose an approach with (i) peer learning, (ii) playful and performative activities, and (iii) authentic discussions about controversial political issues. Our experiment illustrates how to develop a conceptual understanding of deliberative principles, promote selfreflection, and practise democratic discussions on contentious issues. This study has theoretical and practical implications for programs that seek to promote democratic communication.

Abusive Comments (Hate Speech) on Indonesian Social Media: A Forensic Linguistics Approach

Online hate speech has significantly increased, particularly on social media, as a result of the internet's democratization of communication. This is an excellent illustration of how technology has both benefits and drawbacks. The investigation seeks to discover abusive comments on Indonesian social media. The goal of this study is to use a forensic linguistics approach to look at abusive comments on Indonesian social media (Instagram) that could lead to legal offenses. This study employs descriptive qualitative research methods. The study used the speech act theory of Austin (1962) and Searle (1969). The utterances are examined and evaluated within the context of Indonesian legal regulations. The data was obtained from @lambe_turah account (2022). The analysis's findings show that hate speech expresses negative attitudes. This can be seen in acts of insults (expressive speech). Based on the research's findings, it can be concluded that abusive comments are implicit in nature and contain implied meanings. Furthermore, there was a criminal act committed in the comments shared on Indonesian social media platforms, which involved the intentional expression of animosity towards a specific individual or group. This statement has the potential to spark communal anger and frustration because it is presented publicly and can be viewed by a large number of people. The exhaustive analysis contributes to a deeper comprehension of the potential legal implications of hate speech on social media. Additionally, the significance of courteous language is emphasized through adherence to established norms and laws.

Recovering the Democratic Value of Public Discourse

The decline of democracy in the US entails the surge of authoritarianism, ascendency of demagoguery, dispersal of the democratic majority, and weakening of public reason. Dissent, envisioned as a rhetorical practice of democratic deliberation, resists authoritarianism by advancing democratic values. Accordingly, this paper examines democracy as a minority voice, explores the deliberative capacity of dissent, and identifies the rhetorical properties of deliberation. The paper argues that dissent, in its fugitive aspect, is dispersed across an array of modest sites, guided by a deliberative ideal partially realised, and framed by democratic values. Dissent functions in this capacity as an itinerant, recurring source of democratic renewal on occasions of political crisis. It is an adaptation to structural constraints that provides a nurturing aspiration to prompt political agency, establish realistic expectations, and sustain vigilance. While the immediacy of the authoritarian threat and corresponding questions about the role of democratic communication are addressed in terms of the 2024 general election in the US, the democratic challenge in the US is indicative of the abiding immediacy of the authoritarian threat to other democracies and suggestive of deliberative adaptations for restoring the vitality of democratic communication and culture. Complacency in democratic theory and practice is counter-indicated.

Pola Komunikasi Jarak Jauh antara Anak dan Orang Tua dalam Menjaga Hubungan Keluarga: Studi pada Mahasiswa FISIP UNSIKA Angkatan 2019 yang Berasal dari Luar Karawang

Communication patterns in the family are the key to maintaining good relationships between parents and children. Lack of communication intensity during long distance relationships makes communication less effective. Therefore, researchers want to research how long-distance communication patterns between children and parents maintain family relationships. This research aims to find out how long-distance communication patterns between children and parents maintain family relationships (Study of 2019 FISIP UNSIKA Students from Outside Karawang). The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The results of this research can be concluded that the communication patterns used by the six informants between children and parents when having long distance relationships are liberating, authoritarian and democratic communication patterns. Researchers also link the interaction approach theory, which in this theory has 4 assumptions used in maintaining long distance relationships. When communicating long distance, these six informants apply primary and secondary communication patterns. This can be seen from the results of research with the six informants that they communicate using verbal symbols, namely in the form of language, to express words, and chat via telephone and using the WhatsApp chat feature and media. video calls. The obstacles experienced in the process of communicating long distances include time, physical and economic barriers

Family Communication Patterns in Javanese Culture and Their Influence on Children's Emotional Development: A Qualitative Study

This research examines the application of communication patterns in Javanese cultural families and their impact on children's emotional development. Qualitative descriptive methods were used with in-depth analysis of field data. Data was obtained from interviews and observations of 18 families with socio-economic variations. The results show that family communication patterns play a central role in shaping children's emotional development. Authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative/democratic communication patterns were identified as the main patterns. Implementing democratic communication patterns has a positive impact on children's emotional development. Family understanding regarding the relationship between family communication and children's emotional development needs to be improved. The combination of Javanese and modern cultural values and religious life plays an important role in supporting children's emotional development. This research provides an in-depth view of communication patterns and their influence on children's emotional development in the context of Javanese culture. It is hoped that the implications of these findings will help families strengthen positive relationships and support children's emotional well-being in a rich and diverse cultural context. By understanding more deeply about communication patterns in Javanese families and their impact on children's emotional development, it is hoped that this research can provide practical guidance for families in strengthening positive relationships and supporting children's emotional well-being in the unique Javanese cultural context.

Showing your ass on Mastodon: Lossy distribution, hashtag activism, and public scrutiny on federated, feral social media

This paper presents an account of technopolitics in Mastodon, noncommercial, decentralized social media. Mastodon’s significance has further risen in light of Twitter/X’s recent decimation of its public sphere functions; a noncommercial and ideally public alternative to commercial social media is (even more) urgently needed. The autoethnographic narrative presented here, hinging on a dispute initiated and sustained by an intemperate donkeykeeper in Europe, is idiosyncratic, to say the least. But it reveals meaningful aspects of the network’s features, which point to both the promise of such an architecture and to how it falls short in hailing other users and facilitating transparent communication, two important and related functions in democratic communication online. If we appraise Mastodon in view of civic commitments, this peculiar episode contains lessons for thinking about distribution, conviviality, and their intersections in social media. I show how Mastodon has been designed for “lossy distribution” and argue that this has implications for optimizing democratic functions of noncommercial social media.

Do We Have a Duty to Mitigate the Deterioration of Democratic Communication?

Do We Have a Duty to Mitigate the Deterioration of Democratic Communication?

Analysis of the motivation of college students’ participation in governance: Endogenous demands and exogenous promotions

The participation of university students in school governance is an inevitable requirement for building a modern higher education community. As participants in this community, students undoubtedly play an important role in governance, whether they are “producers and consumers” in the economic sense, “rights holders and obligation implementers” in the legal sense, or “responsible persons” in organizational behavior. To study the mechanism of student participation in university governance, it is necessary to first explore the motives behind student participation in university governance, delve into its logical starting point, and thus construct a mechanism system. The participation of college students in university governance has both internal and external driving factors. Constructing a motivation mechanism for student participation in university governance, consisting of subjective attitude, participation needs, self-efficacy, participation system, democratic communication, and information feedback, helps to comprehensively understand the internal correlation of the motivation factors for student participation in university governance, and provides useful theoretical support or reference basis for strengthening university governance.

중학생의 민주적 의사소통 수행 수준별 특성 분석

This study aims to investigate how different levels of student performance are distinctively characterized in a scenario-based democratic communication assessment, applying a series of text-mining analyses. Responses written by 543 middle school students were categorized into higher, middle, and lower levels according to their scores, and the performance characteristics of the groups were compared. The main findings are as follows. First, the keyword frequency analyses showed that words describing the problem situation in the scenario were frequent at the lower level, while words describing methods and procedures for solving the problem were frequent at the upper level. Second, as a result of keyword network analysis, words describing the situation were loosely connected at the lower level, while words describing the principles of problem solving showed higher centrality. Third, the topic modeling analysis showed that at the lower level, the presented problem situation emerged as a latent topic, while at the upper level, mutual respect and problem solving methods emerged as latent topics. Finally, we discuss the usefulness and future challenges of using text mining techniques to scrutinize qualitative differences in student performance in constructed response questions.

헌법상 가족 개념의 변화와 동성혼에 관한 논의

When societal conflicts rage over an important issue, such as those surrounding same-sex marriage, it is not easy to find a way to resolve them. In terms of democratic legitimacy, it is preferable for parliament to resolve the issue, but if that process does not work and human rights violations continue, the judicial process could resolve complex political issues rather than leaving them unresolved. Court judgments have emerged as a form of civil discourse linking judicial activism, social movements, and human rights movements. Additionally, civil discourse on law, rights, and justice is no longer the exclusive domain of experts because judicial decisions have become a catalyst of democratic communication between people and the state. Moreover, judicial dialogues play a positive role in overcoming the limitations of democratic institutions. For this reason, the active role of the courts is not incompatible with democratic principles but also enforces the active obligation of the state to address issues such as grave human rights violations caused by delayed political decision-making. The Same-Sex Marriage Act was passed by the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) on July 7, 2017, and was passed by both houses of parliament without constitutional amendments. This would not have been possible without the role of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. It has made a significant contribution by ensuring that the constitutional concept of family is interpreted more dynamically to reflect changing realities and by removing a number of discrimination surrounding marriage. A complete ban on same-sex marriage is hardly a necessary restriction. It is also contrary to the Law of Balancing as it is difficult for a state restricting individual freedoms and rights to justify the serious harm that same-sex couples would suffer as a result of a complete ban.

Communication and democratic erosion: The rise of illiberal public spheres

In recent years, many once stable democracies have experienced various degrees of disruptive communication, along with the erosion of core institutions such as the press, elections, courts, and the rights of citizens. We propose a framework to compare the logics of illiberal and liberal democratic communication and contrast traditionally dominant communication norms of tolerance, civility, responsiveness, and reasoned resolution of differences in liberal democracies with transgressions of those norms by illiberal rightwing movements, parties, leaders, and voters. We suggest that unlike ‘counter publics’ that seek inclusion in liberal democratic systems, engagement with illiberal communication creates “transgressive publics” that attempt to exclude others in the process of promoting ethnic and religious nationalism. This framework offers a corrective to recent scholarship on democratic public spheres that focuses mainly on why the ideals of more inclusive and egalitarian communication are ever more remote. We shift the focus to the systematic disruptions of mainstream public communication and the authority of public institutions. Our analysis develops a broader theoretical context in which interactions between illiberal leaders and publics occur, with the aim of understanding national variations in how communication systems contribute to democratic erosion.

Patterns of Family Communication in Preventing Grieving in Children whose Mothers Become Female Workers in Cibedug Village, Rongga District, West Bandung Regency

The presence of Indonesian female employees overseas yields both advantageous and unfavorable consequences. The potential beneficial effect has the potential to enhance the nation's foreign exchange reserves. Nevertheless, there are adverse consequences that manifest in the shape of diverse challenges, encompassing numerous instances of migrating laborers. The individuals in question have encountered instances of violence, as well as instances where their earnings were not remunerated, among other related matters. The aforementioned issues also manifest in the offspring they leave in their wake. The function of the mother is crucial for the development of children. Consequently, individuals would encounter a substantial detriment that would subsequently impact the trajectory of their attitudes and behaviors throughout their lifetimes. The objective of this study is to examine the role of family communication patterns in mitigating the grief stages experienced by children whose moms engage in migrant employment. The present study employs a qualitative research methodology, namely a case study approach. The focus of this study is on families residing in Cibedug Village, Rongga District, West Bandung Regency, who are responsible for rearing children while the mothers work as migrant workers. The findings of the study indicate that when democratic communication patterns are present within the family, children are able to navigate the stages of grief effectively. In contrast, families that employ authoritarian communication patterns pose challenges for children in effectively navigating the stages of grief, resulting in manifestations of irritability, introversion, mistrust, and limited ability to engage in social interactions with their peers.

Family Interpersonal Communication Patterns in Preventing Early Marriage in Magelang Regency

This research aims to determine the role of communication between parents and teenagers in preventing early marriage with a focus on Magelang Regency. This research uses qualitative research methods with data collection techniques in the form of interviews, observations, and notes to examine the role of communication between parents and teenagers in preventing child marriage in Magelang Regency. The research results show that there are several types of family communication that influence the tendency to marry early. First, is democratic communication, where families can communicate openly with teenagers to provide better guidance. Second, authoritative communication, where parents are more dominant in communicating, makes teenagers feel constrained and less open. This type of authoritarian communication tends to create undisclosed problems in parents, which may contribute to early marriage among teenagers.

문화역사적 활동이론 관점에서 마을교육공동체 활동 분석과 활성화 방안

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of creating, continuously growing, and evolving vil-lage schools in Gyeongnam Innovation City. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the activity system of village schools, based on Engestöm's Cultural Historical Activity Theory, and to study the growth and change of village schools which arose from the process of resolving contradictions.
 Methods We conducted a literature research, in-depth interviews, and participant observation, and analyzed the activity system based onEngestöm's Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Two in-depth interviews were conducted first with all village teachers at S village school and secondly with key managers among village teachers.
 Results The results of analyzing the village school's activity system from the perspective of cultural-historical ac-tivity theory are as follows. The five-year activity period of the village school is largely divided into two periods ac-cording to the contradictions and differences of the subject, tool, and object of the activity system. The main con-tradiction came from the difference in the individual situation and activity of the village teachers, and the differ-ence in perception between the village teachers who watched the identity and activity of the village school. The contradictions that appeared in the tool began with the practical difficulties of recruiting students, leading to two conflicting opinions: one to expand to resident participation activities and one to focus on student-centered activities. The contradictions in the community elements were expressed as the community's lack of under-standing of the village school, the absence of governance, and the uncertainty of financial support for the public offering project. The factor that led to the occurrence of expanded learning by overcoming major contradictions was that through continuous formal and informal meetings such as general meetings and teacher learning centers within the village, emotional intimacy was formed between village teachers and relationships expanded, thereby overcoming contradictions and conflicts. It appears that a new activity system has been creatively created.
 Conclusions In the results of this study, the elements necessary for the sustainability of village schools and vital-ization of village educational communities are as follows. First, it is a democratic communication structure and continuity of learning within the members. Second, the direction and activities of the village school can change, and this must be discussed and agreed upon with the village school members. Third, it is necessary to expand the range of contact with residents in the village and to have a network with the community in the village. Finally, it shows the need for the role and support of the Happy Education District and local governments in the formation of public, government, and academic governance for sustainable activities.

Emotions Online: Exploring Knowledge Workers’ Emotional Labour in a Digital Context in an Agile IT Company

AbstractDigital technologies and new ways of organising transform the way we experience work. This paper seeks to contribute to our understanding of the role of digital emotional labour (EL) among knowledge workers. We investigate the EL involved in digital communication practices among co-located knowledge workers employed in an agile IT-consultancy firm with a relatively flat hierarchy. Based on rich qualitative data, we analyse how the specific socio-material infrastructures of a democratic communication technology called ‘Flowdock’ give rise to EL (Hochschild inAmerican Journal of Sociology, 85(3), 551–575, 1979, University of California Press, 1983). The study contributes theoretically by developing work on EL in a digital context by engaging with Oudshoorn’s (Sociology of Health & Illness, 31(3), 390–405, 2009) term ‘digital proximity’. This implies opening up EL to a more dynamic and situated approach and contributing to the organisational research scrutinising the EL of backstage professionals. The paper concludes that online communication creates new demands of managing emotions in relation to 4 themes key to agile organising: (1) working as whole persons, (2) creating partnerships, (3) unclear decision-making and lastly (4) informal power dynamics. We discuss implications of the overall finding that knowledge workers face increased demands mixing social and technical skills.

Comunicação e democracia na América Latina: emergências cotidianas e midiáticas

Thinking about the multifaceted appropriations and implications of Communication and the media throughout these many moments reveals a significant common understanding: the ever-present importance of public policies and normative frameworks for the formulation and implementation of democratic Communication, as well as the contribution of Communication to the construction of public policies in the most varied contexts. This dossier reinforces this diversity of analyzes around themes that highlight these multiple actions. They address a considerable challenge that is reflected in issues of social participation and its deliberative spaces; socially vulnerable populations, generally made unfeasible and/or stigmatized by the media; the responsible and professional exercise of journalistic activity to strengthen democracy, in addition to seeking a closer dialogue between contexts and networks of countries and regions in Latin America.

ANDRAGOGY: FAMILY COMMUNICATION FOR ADULTS

ANDRAGOGY: FAMILY COMMUNICATION FOR ADULTS