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What prevents a person from becoming an immigration activist?: Understanding the impact fear of isolation and the level of privacy has on individuals


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dc.contributor.advisorYoungblood, Ed
dc.contributor.authorSon, Rachel
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T15:26:46Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T15:26:46Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-30
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10415/7159
dc.description.abstractThe current study aims at gaining a deeper understanding of the impact of spiral of silence on social media regarding a specific immigration issue; refugees or asylum-seekers in the United States. There is a focus on how partisanship, issue importance, privacy, and fear of isolation can predict people’s willingness to express an opinion (WTEO) or their willingness to self-censor (WTSC). A hierarchical multiple regression (controlling for demographics) finds that partisanship does not have a significant influence on people’s WTEO or WTSC, however, there are relationships between WTEO or WTSC and the other predictor variables. The study supports the findings of previous research, which suggests the framework spiral of silence theory is applicable to social media.en_US
dc.rightsEMBARGO_NOT_AUBURNen_US
dc.subjectCommunication and Journalismen_US
dc.titleWhat prevents a person from becoming an immigration activist?: Understanding the impact fear of isolation and the level of privacy has on individualsen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US
dc.embargo.lengthMONTHS_WITHHELD:6en_US
dc.embargo.statusEMBARGOEDen_US
dc.embargo.enddate2020-10-29en_US
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-3369-9279en_US

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