CLARION Project

CLARION Project

On January 6, 2021, the nation watched in horror as rioters entered the United States 国会大厦推迟选举团计票. The cumulative effect of years of misinformation, polarization and elevated rhetoric have resulted in a 严重受损的民主制度. 随着下一代领导人接手 在民主复兴的计划中，他们需要:

  • 打击互联网错误信息的传播，
  • Look beyond online echo-chambers and internet outrage language to build a healthier online public sphere, and
  • Rebuild institutions that have systematically disadvantaged our most vulnerable communities through civic action.

Our Civic Literacy, Actioning, and Reasoning in Online Networks (CLARION) project 的部门之间的合作 Teacher Education and Child and Adolescent Development at the 菠菜网lol正规平台 Lurie College of Education to create new models of civic education that 定位青年参与美国.S. 今天的民主，而不是过去的民主 has existed in the past 435 years.

We work with youth, educators and community partners to design curricula and create learning environments that put youth voices at the center and support them to become informed, empowered and ethical advocates for their communities. We begin with students' lived experiences and ask how they can use social media and digital tools to learn 谈论、讨论并努力解决我们面临的问题. 

公民教育的号角模式

数字时代的公民参与需要什么样的技能? Our conceptual framework for online civic inquiry, discourse, and action consists of 3 primary components with 吸引学生的9个子部分:

CLARION项目概念框架

Civic Inquiry

  • 信息搜索与管理| Using advanced search strategies and manage large volumes of information
  • Critical Analysis | 评估网上信息的可信度. 并在校外实践这些习惯
  • Information Synthesis | Integrating information from formal sources and informal personal testimony/experience to inform personal perspective

Civic Dialogue

  • Collaborative Dialogue | Adopting conversational moves that establish common goals, invite multiple perspectives, and facilitate shared reasoning
  • Deliberative Reasoning | Framing questions, elaborating and critiquing diverse options based on evidence, and synthesizing solutions
  • Decision Making | 就公民行动的决策进行合作

Civic Action

  • Public Engagement | Using the internet to express and advocate for their political views constructively
  • Information Sharing | Sharing online information ethically and strategically to foster public discourse and community
  • Advocacy and Action | Using the internet as a resource to find or organize opportunities to take civic 与有关联盟合作采取行动.

Meet the CLARION Project Team

Core Team

CLARION Project Core Team

Affiliated Student Researchers

Research Partners

Media and Presentations

在世界各地，我们看到了青年行动主义的爆炸式增长. Social media has played 在帮助青年表达意见方面发挥重要作用. We also know that online comments can be brutal and people can feel silenced, especially those who are just 学会表达自己的政治观点. 所以我们问，是什么创造了条件 对于富有成效的在线公民话语? Watch this video to learn more!

Related Research

Ellen Middaugh, PhD

  • Middaugh, E. (Under Review). 公民话语中的网络冲突:偶然的影响 曝光青年公民参与.
  • Middaugh, E. (2019). 不仅仅是事实:促进时代的公民媒体素养 of outrage. Peabody Journal of Education. DOI: 10.1080/0161956X.2019.1553582
  • Middaugh, E. (2018). 跨媒体世界中的公民媒体素养:平衡个人 experience, factual accuracy and emotional appeal as media consumers and circulators. 媒介素养教育，10(2)，33-52. http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/vol10/iss2/3

Mark Felton, PhD

  • Felton, M. & Crowell, A. (in press). 作为合作企业的论证: A study of dialogic purpose and dialectical relevance in novice and experienced arguers. Informal Logic.
  • Hendriks, F., Mayweg-Paus, E., Felton, M., Iordanou, K., Jucks, R., & Zimmermann, M. (2020). Constraints and Affordances of Online Engagement With Scientific Information—A Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3458. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.572744
  • Felton, M., Crowell, A., Garcia-Mila, M. & Villarroel, C. (2019). Capturing collaborative 论证:一种编码协商对话的分析方案. Learning, Cognition and Social Interaction. 预在线出版物DOI: 10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.100350
  • Felton, M., Garcia-Mila, M., Villarroel, C. and Gilabert, S. (2015). Arguing collaboratively: Argumentative discourse types and their potential for knowledge building. British 教育心理学报，28 (5):372-386.

Mariah Kornbluh, PhD

  • Kornbluh. M., Bell, S., Vierra, K., Herrnstadt, Z. (2021). Spaces of resistance: Examining the relationship between cross-cultural leadership programming and school engagement. Journal of Adolescent Research. DOI: 10.1177/07435584211006920
  • Kornbluh, M., Johnson, L., Hart, M. (2021). 玻璃天花板的碎片:探索 批判意识的多层次建构. 美国社区心理学杂志. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12512
  • Bell, S., & Kornbluh, M. (2019). 数字时代的网络:识别因素 that influence adolescents’ online communication and relationship building. Applied Developmental Sciences. http://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2019.1702042
  • Kornbluh, M., Neal, J. W., & Ozer, E. J. (2016). 扩大青年主导的社会正义 努力通过在线学校为基础的社会网络. American Journal of Community Psychology, 57(3-4), 266-279. DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12042

Select Presentations

  • Felton, M., Middaugh, E. and Fan, H. (2021). 事实不能为自己说话:讨论 三个Reddit社区中关于Covid-19的证据. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the European Association for Research in Teaching and Learning.
  • Middaugh, E. & Felton, M. (2021). 在社交媒体上捕捉细微差别:关注 role of platform, topic and dialogic aims in online political discourse. Paper presented at Pragmasophia 3.
  • Middaugh, E., Felton, M., & Fan, H. (2021). “人们有时会变得非常苛刻。 青年通过社交媒体参与当代问题. Symposium paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
  • Middaugh, E., Felton, M., & Fan, H. (2020). 建立富有成效的在线公民话语: Examining the intersection of platform, issue and individual aims. Panel paper presented 在2020年互联网研究人员协会会议上. Dublin, Ireland.

Relevant Courses

  • ChAD 76: Child Development among Media and Emerging Technologies. This course fulfills D区GE要求，并将于2022年春季提供. View the ChAD 76 syllabus (Google Doc)

Funding

The CLARION Project is supported by several generous funding sources: