Spiral of Silence Theory explains how people may withhold opinions when they perceive little support and anticipate social isolation. Their reduced expression can make another position seem more dominant, creating a reinforcing pattern in which public visibility diverges from the distribution of private opinion.
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- CategoryTheories & Explanatory Models
- DomainVoice, Silence & Power
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.