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(Not) Talking Politics: Motivations and Strategies for Avoiding the Expression of Political Opinions

Cynthia Peacock Cynthia Peacock (PhD, University of Texas at Austin) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama, and a Faculty Research Associate with the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Dallas, Texas, 2017.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 581-599 | Published online: 05 Apr 2019

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Gina M. Masullo & Marley Duchovnay. (2022) Extending the Spiral of Silence: Theorizing a Typology of Political Self-Silencing. Communication Studies 73:5-6, pages 607-622.
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Matthew Barnidge, Cynthia Peacock, Bumsoo Kim, Yonghwan Kim & Michael A. Xenos. (2022) Networks and Selective Avoidance: How Social Media Networks Influence Unfriending and Other Avoidance Behaviors. Social Science Computer Review 41:3, pages 1017-1038.
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Bryan McLaughlin, Kenton T Wilkinson, Hector Rendon & T J Martinez. (2022) Deliberating alone: deliberative bias and giving up on political talk. Human Communication Research 48:4, pages 579-590.
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Cynthia Peacock & Joshua R Pederson. (2022) Love and politics: The influence of politically (dis)similar romantic relationships on political participation and relationship satisfaction. Human Communication Research 48:4, pages 567-578.
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