Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

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Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
Noelle-Neumann and Otto Schlecht at the Ludwig Erhard Foundation in 1991
Born	(1916-12-19)19 December 1916 Dahlem, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	25 March 2010(2010-03-25) (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.