Exploring the forms of self-censorship: On the spiral of silence and the use of opinion expression avoidance strategies

Journal of Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 785-802

  Hayes, Andrew F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

EID: 37349030849     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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