"Spiral of silence" in election campaigns in post-communist society: (A case of Belarus)
Oleg Manaev, Natalie Manayeva and Dzmitry Yuran
This article analyses the ‘spiral of silence’ as a mechanism of political communication in post-Communist Belarus in the cases of the presidential elections in 2001 and the general election in 2008, using methods of public opinion polls and content analysis of Belarusian state-run press.
"Spiral of silence" in election campaigns in post-communist society: The case of Belarus
Oleg Manaev
Belarusian State University
Natalie Manayeva and Dzmitry Yuran
University of Tennessee (Knoxville)
Theoretical framework
Individuals are pressured by others to...
