EDV in brief…

EDV investigated how British citizens experienced the televised Prime Ministerial Debates in 2010, with a view to understanding how the 2015 debates can be experienced in new ways to give greater insight and engagement. These requirements inform the use of computational approaches to model and visualise the debates, through novel replay interfaces. The team brings a unique combination of Information Science, Political Communication and Design (University of Leeds) with Computer-Supported Argument Modelling & Visualisation (The Open University). Learn more

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Testing Democratic Reflection during the 2017 UK’s Televised Election Debates

Testing Democratic Reflection during the 2017 UK’s Televised Election Debates

A Real-Time Audience Feedback Tool to Engage with Political Debates  Social media have multiplied the channels of sensory streams available to the public audience of political debates. But is this new “participation experience” truly informative? Do social media voices really capture the richness of citizens’ reactions while they are...