Spiral of silence in the social media era: A simulation approach to the interplay between social networks and mass media
- Title
- Spiral of silence in the social media era: A simulation approach to the interplay between social networks and mass media
- Author
- 손동영
- Keywords
- social media; social networks; public opinion formation; mass media
- Issue Date
- 2019-06
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Citation
- Communication Research, Page. 1-28
- Abstract
- Interpersonal networks and traditional mass media are more intertwined than ever as evidenced by the proliferation of social media. However, it remains unclear how the interplay between the two shapes the way individuals monitor opinion climates, which play a critical role in public opinion dynamics. Using an agent-based modeling (ABM) approach, this study aims to explore the conditions under which social networks and mass media interact to facilitate or hinder the emergence of large-scale spirals of silence. The simulation results show that the spiral of silence in a networked environment may be locally observable, but not likely on a global scale—unless the opinion representation of mass media becomes extremely homogeneous, individuals are hyperconnected, or both, the majority-minority opinion gap found locally seldom escalates to the global silence of the minority. © The Author(s) 2019.
- URI
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650219856510https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/151452
- ISSN
- 0093-6502; 1552-3810
- DOI
- 10.1177/0093650219856510
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- COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES[S](사회과학대학) > MEDIA COMMUNICATION(미디어커뮤니케이션학과) > Articles
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