1.Spiral of silence theory describe as a dynamic process,the predication about public opinion in mass media which gives more coverage for the majorities in the society and gives very less coverage for minorities
I've been met by placards and students protesting against my speaking. When I was scheduled to lecture at a university in Jerusalem, a demonstration called for my removal. When I talked about freedom of speech at a UNESCO conference in Doha last spring, local media branded me the "the Dan...
The framework of the spiral of silence theory based on few assumptions: First, it describes as a dynamic process, the predication about public opinion in mass media which gives more coverage for the majorities in the society and gives very less coverage for minorities. Second, in this social e...
The same quantities disaggregated for cases when absolute or simple majorities are reached, are also reported in the middle and bottom panels, respectively. With a few exceptions, the effects of abstention on minority seems always positive in terms of preference representation (average GPS reduction)...
Figure 4. Strategic abstention—Average gps as a function of political fragmentation and degree of abstention, for majority (top left panel) and minority (top right panel). The same quantities disaggregated for cases when absolute or simple majorities are reached, are also reported in the middle ...
Future research needs to pay more attention to the way that relationships and encounters between Muslim immigrants and street-level bureaucrats are haunted by asymmetrical phantasms and culturalist assumptions of “us” and “them”, majorities and minorities in Danish society. This kind of research ...
Future research needs to pay more attention to the way that relationships and encoun- ters between Muslim immigrants and street-level bureaucrats are haunted by asymmetrical phantasms and culturalist assumptions of "us" and "them", majorities and minorities in Danish society. This kind of research...