The spiral of silence : public opinion, our social skin / Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann.
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1993.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "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."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226589358 9780226589350 0226589366 9780226589367 |