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SUMMARY:Gender Dynamics in Online Deliberation: Evidence from the 2023 Met
 a Community Forum on AI Chatbots - Alexandra Cirone (LSE)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260127T123000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260127T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Deliberative mini-publics are currently being employed through
 out the world\, and it has been well documented that women are less likely
  to exercise their voice in deliberation.  Yet the advent of digital platf
 orms that host discussions online could mitigate this gendergap\, and make
  it easier to test theories about the design of deliberative institutions.
  Increasing descriptive representation — the number of women in a discus
 sion group — could potentially improve women's frequency of participatio
 n and quality of experience\; however\, we know less about how these dynam
 ics play out in deliberative settings that take place entirely online. Her
 e\, we leverage unique data from the 2023 Meta Community Forum on AI Chatb
 ots\, which brought together 1\,541 people in a Deliberative Polling exerc
 ise that took place on a digital platform. Thanks to random assignment\, t
 he gendercomposition of each discussion room varies. We exploit the group 
 composition to estimate how the number of female members in each group aff
 ects participation (as measured by speaking frequency and activity during 
 the session)\, as well as self-reported measures of efficacy and satisfact
 ion with deliberative processes. We find some descriptive evidence of a ge
 nder gap\, but little to no effects of room composition on participation o
 r evaluation\; this has surprising implications for the design of digital 
 deliberation.\nSpeakers:\nAlexandra Cirone (LSE)
LOCATION:Nuffield College (Large Lecture Theatre)\, New Road OX1 1NF
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/84a071de-d724-40aa-a9ed-7f7efe5fcb7d/
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