The spiral of silence suggests:
A) communications that work well depend on silence and nonparticipation of a huge, silent majority
B) people seek out messages that are consonant to their own attitudes and avoid messages that are dissonant to their own attitudes
C) public relations comes into play in the encoding and decoding stage of the communications process
D) ideas evolve gradually to the public at large by moving in concentric circles from great thinkers to great disciples to great disseminators to lesser disseminators to politically active to politically inert.

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The spiral of silence theory posits that people are less likely to express their opinions if they believe they are in the minority, leading to a silent majority that does not participate in public discourse.

The Spiral of Silence Suggests