The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion--Our Social Skin

by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking work, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann examines public opinion as a form of social control in which individuals, almost instinctively sensing the opinions of those around them, shape their behavior to prevailing attitudes about what is acceptable. For this second edition, Noelle-Neumann has added three new chapters: the first discusses new discoveries in the history of public opinion; the second continues the author's efforts to construct...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226589366
• ISBN13: 9780226589367
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"