Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
	Noelle-Neumann and Otto Schlecht at the Ludwig Erhard Foundation in 1991
Born	19 December 1916; Dahlem, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	25 March 2010 (aged 93); Allensbach, Germany
Alma mater	Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, ; University of Missouri
Known for	spiral of silence, Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach
Awards	Great Cross of Merit (1976), ; Alexander Rüstow Medal (1978), ; Baden-Württemberg's Medal of Merit (1990), ; Helen Dinerman Award (issued by WAPOR; 1990), ; Gerhard Löwenthal Honor Award (issued by Junge Freiheit; 2006)
	Scientific career
Fields	Political science
Doctoral advisor	Emil Dovifat

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (19 December 1916 – 25 March 2010) was a German political scientist. Her most famous contribution is the model of the spiral of silence, detailed in The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion – Our Social Skin. The model is an explanation of how perceived public opinion can influence individual opinions or actions.

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