Exemplifying a dispositional approach to cross-cultural spiral of silence research: Fear of social isolation and the inclination to self-censor

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-305

  Matthes, Jörg ^a   Hayes, Andrew F ^b   Rojas, Hernando ^c   Shen, Fei ^d   Min, Seong Jae ^e   Dylko, Ivan B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866406824     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/eds015     Document Type: Article

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