"was it something i said?" "no, it was something you posted!" A study of the spiral of silence theory in social media contexts

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 208-213

  Gearhart, Sherice ^a   Zhang, Weiwu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL THEORY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928042728     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0443     Document Type: Article

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