Saturday, November 22, 2008
Chapter 11 Interesting Facts
I really found Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's theory on spiral silence to be particularly interesting. What Elisabeth says this idea is, is when people who don't agree with the messages being broadcast they don't speak out. They fear being isolated from the social norm so they do not share their concerns,but rather stay silent. It takes people like Martin Luther King Jr. brave souls who are willing to stand up against what society says is normal and right and be willing to fight for the silent voice. I think that if more people were willing to fight for what they think is right and not just what is socially normal then our world would be a much different place.
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I definitely agree that we need more people that are willing to speak out even if goes against what most people think is "normal". I am just as guilty, though, as many others in that many times when I do not agree with something I do not speak out and voice my opinion. I think that if more people were willing to stand up for what they actually believe in that the world as a whole would be able to broaden its horizons and see that there really is more than just one opinion that may be right.
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