scholarly journals Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election

Etkileşim ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 12-34
Author(s):  
Greg Simons
Keyword(s):  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
National Myth ◽  
Global Democracy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Election Coverage ◽  
Swedish Society ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Fundamental Values

Sweden is usually ranking very highly in terms of global democracy and transparency indexes. The 2018 elections in Sweden were very divisive and bitterly fought, where there was an open conflict between the mainstream political establishment parties and the anti-political establishment Swedish Democrats. Mainstream Swedish media were not neutral bystanders in the election coverage, in the months before and after the September 2018 elections. The election coverage framing featured an idealised national myth that uses the notion of various acceptable fundamental values to define it, and an idealised Swedish society. Those actors whose values and norms that do not fit these ideals were subjected to attack and derision within a concept of consensus enforcement known as the opinion corridor, which is akin to the spiral of silence.

scholarly journals “Feminazis,” “libtards,” “snowflakes,” and “racists”: Trolling and the Spiral of Silence effect in women, LGBTQIA communities, and disability populations before and after the 2016 election

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candi S. Carter Olson* ◽  
Victoria LaPoe*
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Election Cycle ◽  
Before And After ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Silence Effect ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence

Using a Qualtrics survey of 338 Twitter and Facebook users, the authors explore the effect that the 2016 U.S. presidential election had on people’s political posts both before and after the election and whether or not people actually experienced harassment and threats during the election cycle. If trolling causes people—particularly women, LGBTQIA community members, and people who identify with a disability—to censor themselves because they feel their opinion is in the minority or that they will be attacked for speaking, then it would follow that trolling is changing our digital public sphere, which is affecting our political conversations. 

The Spiral of Silence Revisited

2015 ◽  
pp. 88-102
Author(s):  
Christiane Eilders ◽  
Pablo Porten-Cheé
Keyword(s):  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence

Students’ Spiraling Silence and Willingness to Communicate about Religion in the United States: An Exploration of the Media’s Role in Stigmatizing Religion

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Mariam F. Alkazemi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Majority Opinion ◽  
Silence Effect ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence

The spiral of silence effect describes individuals’ tendency to silence minority opinions, whilst using the media to gauge majority opinion. While the spiral of silence effect has been explored in controversial political contexts, the phenomenon has not been scrutinized in its relation to religious communication. The current study applies this concept to further the current understanding of communication as it applies to religion. A questionnaire was distributed electronically to 94 students at a large university in the southeastern United States. Using survey methods, this paper finds that religiosity is positively correlated to willingness to communicate about religion. This paper also finds that media exposure is not related to either willingness to communicate about religion or religiosity.

A Cross-cultural Test of the Spiral of Silence Theory in Singapore and the United States1

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waipeng Lee ◽  
Benjamin H. Detenber ◽  
Lars Willnat ◽  
Sean Aday ◽  
Joseph Graf
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence

Why Do Partisan Audiences Participate? Perceived Public Opinion as the Mediating Mechanism

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shira Dvir-Gvirsman ◽  
R. Kelly Garrett ◽  
Yariv Tsfati
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Selective Exposure ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Partisan Media ◽  
The One

The bulk of current literature on partisan media explores its various detrimental influences on the democratic sphere. This study highlights a possible positive outcome of partisan media consumption: enhanced political participation. It is hypothesized that consumption of congruent partisan media will tilt perceptions of opinion climate so that it is viewed as more supportive of one’s views, while consumption of incongruent partisan media is viewed as less supportive. Consequently, consumers of congruent partisan media will participate more, and vice versa. The hypotheses are tested using two panel studies: the first conducted during the 2012 U.S. presidential elections ( N = 377) whereas the second, during the 2013 Israeli election ( N = 340). In the Israeli case, survey data are supplemented with behavioral measures. All hypotheses are supported except the one regarding the effects of incongruent partisan media exposure. The results are discussed in light of the spiral of silence theory and the selective exposure hypothesis.

Does online incivility cancel out the spiral of silence? A moderated mediation model of willingness to speak out

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482095419
Author(s):  
Gina M Masullo ◽  
Shuning Lu ◽  
Deepa Fadnis
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence

This study tested whether different negatively valenced emotional reactions—feeling angry or depressed—to incivility produce varying intentions to speak out. A related goal was to assess whether these emotional responses led to intentions to speak out regardless of whether one holds a minority or majority viewpoint. Results of an online experiment ( N = 1126) showed that intentions to speak out varied based on the intensity of the emotional responses people had after being exposed to incivility. Specifically, when uncivil messages produced lower levels of either emotion—anger or depression—people were less likely to speak out, regardless of opinion climate. However, if emotional responses were more intense for either emotion, people were more likely to speak out, regardless of opinion climate.

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