Information Cues and Indicators of the Climate of Opinion: The Spiral of Silence Theory in the Intifada

Communication Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 24-53

  Shamir, Jacob ^a  

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EID: 84970462625     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009365095022001002     Document Type: Article

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