The spiral of silence : examining how cultural predispositions, news attention, and opinion congruency relate to opinion expression

• Main Authors: Ho, Shirley S., Sim, Clarice C., Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98702; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17416
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examines new explanatory predictors behind the spiral of silence theory, using the issue of legalization of same-sex marriage in Singapore as the context of study. Our results show that fear of isolation and saving face were negatively associated with individuals' willingness to expr...