Spirals of Silence: Expressing Opinions When the Climate of Opinion Is Unambiguous

Political Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-131

  Jeffres, Leo W ^a   Neuendorf, Kimberly A ^a   Atkin, David ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Of Opinion; Political Communication; Public Opinion; Racial Opinions; Spiral Of Silence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033243477     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846099198686     Document Type: Article

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