The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression

This study examines new explanatory predictors behind the spiral of silence theory, using the issue of legalization of same-sex marriage in Singapore as the context of study. Our results show that fear of isolation and saving face were negatively associated with individuals' willingness to expr...

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Main Authors: Ho, Shirley S., Sim, Clarice C., Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98702
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17416