Katherine R. Knobloch
Colorado State University
Network
Latest external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Publication
Featured researches published by Katherine R. Knobloch.
Communication and the Public | 2016
John Gastil; Elizabeth Rosenzweig; Katherine R. Knobloch; David L. Brinker
Deliberative democratic theory has proposed the use of mini-publics to discern a more reflective public opinion, which can then be conveyed to policymakers or back to the wider public. In 2009, the legislature in the State of Oregon (USA) created one such process in the Citizens’ Initiative Review to help the public make informed choices on statewide ballot measures. This study investigated how the public conceptualizes and assesses the Citizens’ Statements that Citizens’ Initiative Review panels place in the statewide Voters’ Pamphlet. We pose a series of research questions concerning how the public perceives the role of the Citizens’ Initiative Review in initiative elections. We investigate those questions with usability testing sessions held in the final weeks before the 2014 election. Forty interviews were conducted in Portland, Oregon, and 20 were held in Denver, CO, where a pilot version of the Citizens’ Initiative Review was held. Online survey data collected in Oregon and Colorado followed up on the themes that emerged from the usability tests to obtain more general findings about these electorates’ views of elections and the Citizens’ Initiative Review. Key results showed that voters found the Citizens’ Initiative Review Statements to be a useful alternative source of information, although they required more information about the Citizens’ Initiative Review to make robust trust judgments about the process. Voters were uncertain of the value of the vote tally provided by Citizens’ Initiative Review panelists, but reading the Citizens’ Initiative Review Statement inspired some to vote on ballot measures they might have skipped.
American Politics Research | 2017
John Gastil; Katherine R. Knobloch; Justin Reedy; Mark Henkels; Katherine J. Cramer
The Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) distinguishes itself by linking a small deliberative body to the larger electoral process. Since 2010, CIR citizen panels have been a legislatively authorized part of Oregon general elections to promote a more informed electorate. The CIR gathers a representative cross-section of two dozen voters for 5 days of deliberation on a single ballot measure. The process culminates in the citizen panelists writing a Citizens’ Statement that the secretary of state inserts into the official Voters’ Pamphlet sent to each registered voter. This study analyzes the effect of one such Citizens’ Statement from the 2010 general election. In Study 1, an online survey experiment found that reading this Statement influenced Oregon voters’ values trade-offs, issue knowledge, and vote intentions. In Study 2, regression analysis of a cross-sectional phone survey found a parallel association between the Statement’s use and voting choices but yielded some mixed findings.
Journal of Applied Communication Research | 2013
Katherine R. Knobloch; John Gastil; Justin Reedy; Katherine Cramer Walsh
International Journal of Communication | 2014
John Gastil; Robert C. Richards; Katherine R. Knobloch
Archive | 2011
John Gastil; Katherine R. Knobloch
Politics | 2015
Katherine R. Knobloch; John Gastil
Public Administration | 2016
John Gastil; Katherine R. Knobloch; Dan M. Kahan; Don Braman
Archive | 2016
Eike Mark Rinke; Katherine R. Knobloch; John Gastil; Lyn Carson
Field Actions Science Reports. The journal of field actions | 2014
Katherine R. Knobloch; John Gastil; Traci Feller; Robert C. Richards; Robert C. Jr
Archive | 2016
John Gastil; Katherine R. Knobloch; A. Lee Hannah; Cheryl Maiorca; Ernest Paicopolos; Jennifer Watters