The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion - Our Social Skin

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ISBN: 9780226589367 | 0226589366
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Copyright: 11/15/1993

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Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann is founder and director of the Public Opinion Research Center in Allensbach, Germany, and professor of communications research at the University of Mainz.

Introduction to the Second American Edition

vii

Introduction to the First American Edition

viii

The Hypothesis of Silence

(7)

Testing with Survey Research Instruments

(29)

Fear of Isolation as a Motive

(21)

Public Opinion: What Is It?

(11)

The Law of Opinion:

(5)

John Locke

Government Rests on Opinion:

(6)

David Hume

James Madison

Launching the Term ``Public Opinion'':

(8)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Public Opinion as Tyranny:

(5)

Alexis de Tocqueville

The Concept of ``Social Control'' Is Formed and the Concept of ``Public Opinion'' Is Shattered

(3)

The Howling Chorus of Wolves

(5)

Public Opinion among African and Pacific Tribes

101

(6)

Storming the Bastille: Public Opinion and Mass Psychology

107

(7)

Fashion Is Public Opinion

114

(5)

The Pillory

119

(4)

The Law and Public Opinion

123

(11)

Public Opinion Creates Integration

134

(5)

Avant-garde, Heretics, and Outsiders: Challenging Public Opinion

139

(4)

The Stereotype as a Vehicle for Spreading Public Opinion

143

(8)

Walter Lippman

Public Opinion Selects the Issues:

151

(3)

Niklas Luhmann

The Journalist's Privilege: Conferring Public Attention

154

(3)

Public Opinion Has Two Sources---One, the Mass Media

157

(10)

The Dual Climate of Opinion

167

(3)

The Articulation Function: Those Whose Point of View Is Not Represented by the Media Are Effectively Mute

170

(4)

Vox Populi---Vox Dei

174

(9)

New Discoveries

183

(15)

Toward a Theory of Public Opinion

198

(22)

The Manifest and Latent Functions of Public Opinion: A Summary

220

(15)

Afterword, to Express Thanks

235

(2)

Afterword to the Second Edition

237

(4)

Appendix

241

(4)

Bibliography

245

(18)

Index

263

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