A
1) Share a case of cognitive dissonance from your personal experience.
2) How does the Spiral of Silence theory come into play in the decision-making process? Relate to instances from your life or examples in the media (news, social media, film, etc.)
3) Can you think of a time when you or someone close to you experienced the effects of the Spiral of Silence? Explain.
B
List two things that you have cognitive disonamce about-that is. things you don’t wish to know
anything about-and explain why. These things could be anything at all-horror movies, toothpaste
commercials, a type of music, a political candidate, someone else’s problems, the state of the ozone
layer etc
Things 1:
Thing 2:
1) Whatis. the most common technique you use to avoid information about these things?
2) if you were trying to reach someone like yourself with information on these-things. what approach would you try?