Televoting
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Televoting (also telephone voting, phone voting, and call-in voting) is a method of
Broadcast contest televoting
Televoting involves broadcasters providing an audience with different telephone numbers associated with contestants participating; the outcome is decided by the number of calls to each line. Televotes are most commonly used to determine weekly results in
In
Deliberative democracy televoting
A televote is initiated by random sampling of a population by means of random digit dialling.[citation needed] Those contacted are requested to volunteer to receive written background briefing materials regarding a particular issue, that have been prepared by a panel of representatives of different stakeholder groups affected by that issue, and incorporating various views or perspectives.[citation needed] Volunteers are requested to discuss the issue amongst their families and friends until they have reached a decision.[citation needed] At the conclusion of this period they are polled again by telephone in order to determine their views.[citation needed]
Advantages of televoting
Televoting is a more cost-effective method of democratic deliberation than many alternatives such as deliberative polling, as it does not require the participants to meet in person.[citation needed]
Common to other deliberative democratic techniques, it also tends to produce more reasoned decisions than "raw" opinion polling, because participants are exposed to various perspectives other than their own in the briefing materials that they receive.[citation needed]
Disadvantages of televoting
Televoting may be less effective than other methods of democratic deliberation in which a trained moderator or facilitator is available in person to ensure that groups seriously deliberate on the issue before them.[citation needed]
See also
References
- Carson, L: "Innovative consultation processes and the changing role of activism", Third Sector Review, 7(1):7, 2001.
- Slaton, C D. (1992), Televote: Expanding Citizen Participation in the Quantum Age, Oxford: Praeger.