TY  - BOOK
AU  - Noelle-Neumann,Elisabeth
TI  - The spiral of silence: public opinion, our social skin 
SN  - 9780226589367
U1  - 303.38 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Chicago, London
PB  - University of Chicago Press, 
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Germany (West)
N1  - Includes bibliography (p. 245-261) and index; 1. The hypothesis of silence -- 
2. Testing with survey research -- 
3. Fear of isolation as a motive -- 
4. Public opinion: what is it? -- 
5. The law of opinion: John Locke -- 
6. Government rests on opinion: David Hume, James Madison -- 
7. Launching the term "public opinion": Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- 
8. Public opinion as tiranny: Alexis de Tocqueville -- 
9. The concept of "social control" is formed and the concept of "public opinion" is shattered -- 
10. The howling chorus of wolves -- 
11. Public opinion among African and Pacific tribes -- 
12. Storming the Bastille: public opinion and mass psychology. -- 13. Fashion is public opinion -- 
14. The pillory -- 
15. The law and public opinion -- 
16. Public opinion creates integration -- 
17. Avant-garde, heretics and outsiders: challenging public opinion -- 
18. The stereotype as a vehicle for spreading public opinion: Walter Lippman -- 
19. Public opinion selects the issues: Niklas Luhmann -- 
20. The journalist's privilege: conferring public attention -- 
21. Public opinion has two sources: one, the mass media -- 
22. The dual climate of public opinion -- 
23. The articulation function: those whose point of view is not represented by the media are effectively mute -- 
24. Vox populi-vox dei -- 
25. New discoveries -- 
26. Toward a theory of public opinion -- 
27. The manifest and latent functions of public opinion: a summary
N2  - 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
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