Communication Studies
Spiral of Silence and the Fear of Isolation
An Academic Viewpoint
21 min readOct 4, 2019
Communication Studies scholars such as Moy, Domke, & Stamm (2001) and Hayes (2007) have contributed to the conversation pertaining to the spiral of silence (SOS) and the fear of isolation (FOI) just as much if not more than scholars from any other discipline. The discussion revolving around…