To avoid or to engage : testing the spiral of silence theory using hypothetical and experimental settings

• Main Authors: Cha, Ee Ling, Kwok, Kristle Zhen Hui, Lee, Jamie Jing Ting, Sim, Madeleine Kai Lin
• 其他作者: Shirley Ho Soo Yee
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2011
• 主題: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44378
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Using the spiral of silence as a theoretical framework, we conducted a two-part study to examine Singaporeans’ opinion expression in a traditional hypothetical setting (i.e., a survey), and in a real setting (i.e., an experiment). To provide a critical examination of opinion expression, we conceptua...