Active is as active does: deliberative and non-deliberative political communication in context

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• who: Robert C. Richards from the Political-communication theorists highlight citizens` agency (Cho et_al, ), yet disagree about that agency`s natureSome argue citizens` everyday political discussion is non-deliberative (e_g, Eveland et_al, ), whereas others cast deliberation as central to such discussion (e_g, Neblo, ). We reconcile this conflict with a new account of citizens` political communication, the goals-sensemaking-justification (GSJ) model. Under this model, different contexts cause different goals to shape citizens` political discussion, goals which activate in citizens` minds different communicative plans, which encourage different communicative behaviors. These relationships among contexts, goals, plans, and behaviors help . . .
  

   

  

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