A Threshold Model of Public Opinion Process

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  • 世論過程の閾値モデル
  • ―沈黙の螺旋状過程のフォーマライゼーション―

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     Noelle-Neumann proposed the ‘Spiral of Silence’ hypothesis of public opinion process. This hypothesis assumes that each individual make decision whether he expresses his opinion taking consideration in distribution of public opinion. In this paper, the spiral of silence hypothesis is formalized by threshold model proposed by Granovetter. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the equilibrium condition of public opinion process. It is reported that continuous change of latent public opinion distribution cause a catastrophe of expressed public opinion distribution. By the same model, the effects of the degree of conformity and hardcore of two groups are analyzed.

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  • CRID
    1390282680143293184
  • NII Article ID
    110000511904
  • NII Book ID
    AN10096921
  • DOI
    10.11218/ojjams.2.15
  • ISSN
    18816495
    09131442
  • Text Lang
    ja
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    • JaLC
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