Duke Online Discourse Conference AgendaMay 6, 2011Sanford School of Public Policy, Rubenstein Hall, Room 2008:30a  - Registration and Coffee, Juice, and muffins9:00-9:40a -- Zhigao Shi, "Shanghai Voices: New space, New civic discourse, New participation"9:40-10:20a -- David Gruber, "Social Media Management: Online Discourse and ‘Networking Power’"10:20-10:40 - coffee break10:40-11:20a -- Scott Dunn, "The New Media Argument Culture: Assessing the Quality of Argumentationin Online and Offline…See More

This is new research from Sarah Sobieraj and Jeffrey M. Berry (Tufts), that I thought folks in this group might find interesting. Here's the abstract: Most research on incivility in American politics focuses on its effects on citizens’ political attitudes and behaviors, in spite of remarkably little data on the extent to which political discourse is actually uncivil. Those studies that do examine content focus on negative campaign advertisements, overlooking more egregious forms of political…See More