The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion--Our Social SkinUniversity of Chicago Press, 1993 M11 15 - 269 pages In this groundbreaking work, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann examines public opinion as a form of social control in which individuals, almost instinctively sensing the opinions of those around them, shape their behavior to prevailing attitudes about what is acceptable. For this second edition, Noelle-Neumann has added three new chapters: the first discusses new discoveries in the history of public opinion; the second continues the author's efforts to construct a comprehensive theory of public opinion, addressing criticisms and defenses of her "spiral of silence" theory that have appeared since 1980; the third offers a concise and updated summary of the book's arguments. |
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Allensbach Archives bandwagon effect behavior Brandt CDU/CSU century Christian Democratic Union climate of opinion Communist Party concept of public consensus conversation cratic David Hume definition of public Demo described disapproval effect embarrassing environment Erasmus example experience express fashion favor fear of isolation Federal Republic feel Free Democratic Party function German human Hume individual influence integration interview issue John Locke journalists judges judgment law of opinion Lippmann Luhmann Machiavelli majority manifest function mass media Montaigne moral observations opinion as social percent person political population presence of nonsmokers present process of public public opin public opinion question rational reality respondents Rousseau sense situation smoking social control Social Democratic Party social isolation social nature society someone spiral of silence survey research talk television term theory threat of isolation tion Tocqueville topic train test University of Mainz voting intentions
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Support for the American Welfare State: The Views of Congress and the Public Fay Lomax Cook,Edith J. Barrett No preview available - 1992 |