JOUR 4551 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Risk Management, Noam Chomsky, Transmedia Storytelling
11 Oct 2015
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Causing less willingness to express that opinion : and eventually silencing it altogether, spiral of silence also means that a very vocal minority can cause the majority to remain silent. People are less likely to express opinions and to be exposed to the other side, and that"s exposure we"d like to see in a democracy. [what the found: people were less willing to discuss the nsa-snowden story on social media than in person, social media did not provide an alternate discussion platform for those unwilling to discuss the story. In both personal and online settings, people were more willing to share their views if other people agreed with them: facebook and twitter users were also less likely to share opinions in face-to-face settings. It connects how media and communication systems and content are shaped by ownership, labor practices, and government policies: look at how media and capitalism work together.
