審議式新聞報導；公民認知與審議初探

An Exploratory Study on Deliberative Reporting, Civic Cognitions and Deliberation

本研究汲取審議式民主與公共新聞理念內涵，提出一適用於爭議性公共議題之審議式新聞報導模式，並透過實驗法，比較此模式與媒體常用之衝突框架報導，對公民認知與審議之影響。研究發現，閱讀審議式新聞者，對議題的瞭解程度與對媒體的信任度，均較閱讀衝突框架新聞者高；前者也較贊成不同意見者於公開場合表達個人主張。這指出，審議式新聞報導可提升公民的議題知識及對歧見的包容度，亦能增加媒體信用，為新聞媒體協助社會開拓對話空間、建立審議文化可採用之報導模式。

Inspired by the reflexive ideas of deliberative democracy and public journalism, this study proposed a deliberative reporting model for controversial public issues, and conducted an experiment to compare the effects of this model and the dominant conflict frame on civic cognitions and deliberation. Results show that those subjects who read deliberative news had greater issue knowledge and trust in the news media, and they also showed more support for the public expression of dissenting views. This indicates that deliberative news can help citizens better understand public issues, live with disagreement as well as increase their trust in the news media. Using this model to report public issues, the news media could help create opportunities for dialogues and establish deliberative culture in the society.