Many communication theories, as well as various social science disciplines, have investigated the multifaceted relationship between various communication engagements and political or civic participation in light of deliberative democracies. As Delli Carpini and his colleagues note (Delli Carpini, Cook, & Jacobs, 2004, p. 316), “At least one tradition within democratic theory has long designated public deliberation as a cornerstone of participatory democracy and representative government ”. Here, public deliberation largely means various forms of everyday political conversation⎯"By 'political conversation' we mean all kinds of political speeches, discussions, or arguments as long as they are conducted voluntarily by free citizens without any specific purpose or predetermined agenda" ( Kim, Wyatt and Katz, 1999, p. 362). Numerous studies highlight the fact that everyday political debate has a significant impact on public life. Political conversation improves political knowledge (Cappella, Price, & Nir, 2002; Eveland & Hively, 2009; Eveland et al., 2005; Kim et al., 1999), opinion quality (Kim & Kim, 2008; Kim et al., 1999) and elaboration or reflection on the problem (Mcleod, Scheufele, & Moy, 1999; Cho et al., 2009). Furthermore, political conversation also contributes to individuals' political tolerance and social trust (Huckfeldt, Johnson, & Sprague, 2004), community involvement (Kim & Ball-Rokeach, 2006), and ultimately political participation (Cho at al., 2009; Delli Carpini et al., 2004; Rojas, Shah and Friedland, 2011; essentially, “political conversation is truly the heart of deliberative democracy” (Kim et al., 1999, p. 380). Political conversations and civic participations... half of the document... Shah, DV, Cho, J., Eveland, W. P. & Kwak, N. (2005). Information and expression in the digital age: Modeling the effects of the Internet on civic participation. Communication Research, 32, 531-565. 2001).Communication, context and community: an exploration of the influences of print, broadcast and the Internet. Communication Research, 28, 464-506. Slater, M. D., Snyder, L., & Hayes, A. F. (2006). Thinking and modeling at multiple levels: The potential contribution of multilevel modeling to communication theory and research. Human Communication Research, 32, 375-384. Wyatt, R., Katz, E., & Kim, J. (2000). Bridging spheres: Political and personal conversation in public and private spaces. Communication journal, 50, 71-92.