The spiral of silence theory suggests that those who hold a contrary opinion to the majority
tend to remain silent; however, social media may be flip** this upside down. The majority …

Bureaucratic discretion continues to be one of a public administrator's primary powers while
at the same time being one of their most controversial. Used in a positive way, bureaucratic …

This study examines the effects of online anonymity and different sources of social influence
on the Spiral of Silence phenomenon in online news discussions about abortion. The results …

While social media provide opportunities for political expression, many people may be
reluctant to share their opinions if they fear personal or professional repercussions for …

The present study applies the communication mediation model (CMM) to the increasingly
prevalent patterns of partisan communication in contemporary polarized politics and …

A growing number of hyper-partisan alternative media outlets have sprung up online to
challenge mainstream journalism. However, research on news sharing in this particular …

One reason why people avoid using social media to express their opinions is to avert social
sanctions as proposed by the spiral of silence theory. We here elaborate on individual-level …

Focusing on a polarized issue—US gun violence—this study examines agenda setting as
an antecedent of political expression on social media. A state-of-the-art machine-learning …

Extending the focus on the potential for context collapse in news diffusion to diverse
audiences, we investigated whether and how news sharers took account of audience …

This study investigates user willingness to use various types of click speech—commenting,
giving a thumbs-up and/or thumbs-down, and sharing—for online opinion expression …