Predicting the spiral of silence on a controversial public issue

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-141

  Lin, Carolyn A ^a   Salwen, Michael B ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Controversial public issue; Official English; Spiral of silence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009588139     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646179709361747     Document Type: Article

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