spiral of silence

political science theory about the expression of opinion
Event cognitive_bias Q540742
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spiral of silence

Summary

spiral of silence is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 243 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #19 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • spiral of silence is credited with the discovery of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann[3].
  • spiral of silence's image is recorded as Diagram of the spiral of silence.jpg[4].
  • spiral of silence's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[5].
  • spiral of silence's instance of is recorded as theory[6].
  • spiral of silence's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[7].
  • spiral of silence's part of is recorded as crowd psychology terminology[8].
  • +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of spiral of silence[9].
  • spiral of silence's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • spiral of silence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ds3k[11].
  • spiral of silence's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Communication[12].
  • spiral of silence's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19653926[13].
  • spiral of silence's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779628349[14].
  • spiral of silence's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 153838[15].
  • spiral of silence's Journalistikon.de ID is recorded as schweigespirale[16].

Body

Works and Contributions

spiral of silence is credited with the discovery of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann[3].

Why It Matters

spiral of silence draws 243 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #19 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). spiral of silence. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spiral-of-silence
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spiral-of-silence_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spiral of silence}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spiral-of-silence}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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