Sociologyspeaking topic
Noelle-Neumann's spiral of silence: why do we go quiet when we think our opinion is in the minority? Could the voice that sounds like the majority not be the majority at all?
— Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, the spiral of silence
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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