Seminar Announcement: August 1st, 14:00-
Airo Hino Lab will be inviting Prof. Anne Rasmussen (King’s College London, University of Copenhagen) to give a seminar “Exploring Political Dialogue Dynamics: Insights from Experimental Evidence” on August 1st, 2025. Pre-registration is not required. We look forward to your participation.
Date and Time: Friday, August 1st, 2025, 14:00 pm – 15:30 pm
Venue：Room 908, Building 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University
Language：English
Abstract：
Online political discourse is frequently lamented for being toxic, partisan, and counter-productive. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how core elements of political discourse—justification, tone, willingness to compromise, and partisanship—affect the quality of online political exchange. Using text-based treatments experimentally manipulated with a Large Language Model, we test how these elements causally affect the quality of open-text responses about issues important to members of the US and UK publics. We find substantial evidence that differences in justification, tone, and willingness to compromise, but not partisanship, affect the quality of subsequent discourse. Combined, these elements increase the probability of high-quality responses by roughly 1.5 to 2 times and substantially increase openness to alternative viewpoints. Yet despite the ability to bring about substantial changes in discourse quality, we find no evidence that doing so affects political attitudes themselves. Our findings demonstrate how adapting approaches to online exchange can foster healthy democratic interactions, but have less influence on changing minds.
Co-organized by: WINPEC, Survey and Media Data Research Group
Contact:
Airo Hino (Waseda University) [email protected]
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セミナーのご案内（Seminar Announcement: August 1st, 14:00-）
早稲田大学政治経済学術院・日野愛郎研究室では、ロンドン・キングスカレッジ、コペンハーゲン大学のAnne Rasmussen教授をお迎えし、“Exploring Political Dialogue Dynamics: Insights from Experimental Evidence”と題してセミナーを開催します。
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日時：2025年8月1日（金）14:00 pm – 15:30 pm
場所：早稲田大学3号館 908教室
言語：英語
要旨Abstract：
Online political discourse is frequently lamented for being toxic, partisan, and counter-productive. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how core elements of political discourse—justification, tone, willingness to compromise, and partisanship—affect the quality of online political exchange. Using text-based treatments experimentally manipulated with a Large Language Model, we test how these elements causally affect the quality of open-text responses about issues important to members of the US and UK publics. We find substantial evidence that differences in justification, tone, and willingness to compromise, but not partisanship, affect the quality of subsequent discourse. Combined, these elements increase the probability of high-quality responses by roughly 1.5 to 2 times and substantially increase openness to alternative viewpoints. Yet despite the ability to bring about substantial changes in discourse quality, we find no evidence that doing so affects political attitudes themselves. Our findings demonstrate how adapting approaches to online exchange can foster healthy democratic interactions, but have less influence on changing minds.
共催：現代政治経済研究所・世論・メディアデータ研究部会
Contact: 日野愛郎（早稲田大学） [email protected]
