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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| author | Ho, Shirley S. Sim, Clarice C. Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua |
| author2 | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information |
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| description | 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 express their opinion on the issue, whereas news attention and issue salience were positively associated. Also, fear of isolation was negatively associated with individuals' willingness to offer a rationale for their opinion, whereas news attention and issue salience were positively associated. Power distance had no effects on outspokenness. Notably, news attention moderated the influence of fear of isolation and saving face on public outspokenness. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/987022020-03-07T12:15:51Z The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression Ho, Shirley S. Sim, Clarice C. Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication 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 express their opinion on the issue, whereas news attention and issue salience were positively associated. Also, fear of isolation was negatively associated with individuals' willingness to offer a rationale for their opinion, whereas news attention and issue salience were positively associated. Power distance had no effects on outspokenness. Notably, news attention moderated the influence of fear of isolation and saving face on public outspokenness. 2013-11-07T08:51:37Z 2019-12-06T19:58:40Z 2013-11-07T08:51:37Z 2019-12-06T19:58:40Z 2013 2013 Journal Article Ho, S. S., Chen, V. H. H., & Sim, C. C. (2013). The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression. Asian journal of communication, 23(2), 113-134. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98702 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17416 10.1080/01292986.2012.725178 en Asian journal of communication |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication Ho, Shirley S. Sim, Clarice C. Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression |
| title | The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression |
| title_full | The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression |
| title_fullStr | The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression |
| title_full_unstemmed | The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression |
| title_short | The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression |
| title_sort | spiral of silence examining how cultural predispositions news attention and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98702 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17416 |
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