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  • Empathy traditionally focuses on in-group relations, limiting its effectiveness in polarized societal contexts.
  • Bridging social divides is crucial for effective participatory deliberations on contentious issues.
  • Social empathy offers a framework to extend empathy beyond immediate social circles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the incorporation, measurement, and understanding of social empathy in public deliberations.
  • To investigate how social empathy can enhance participatory technology assessment forums.
  • To address the challenge of fostering cross-group understanding in diverse public discussions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized participatory technology assessment forums focused on human genome editing.
  • Applied the construct of social empathy within the deliberation framework.
  • Analyzed forum design elements, including "persona" character cards, for their impact on social empathy.

Main Results:

  • Social empathy can be effectively incorporated and measured within public deliberation forums.
  • "Persona" character cards and specific forum designs facilitate social empathy across diverse groups.
  • Increased social empathy leads to more effective deliberations among individuals with varied interests and values.

Conclusions:

  • Social empathy is a vital mechanism for improving cross-group understanding and deliberation effectiveness.
  • Forum designers can leverage social empathy through thoughtful infrastructure design.
  • Integrating social empathy is key for cultivating social learning in future public deliberations.