Study on the Phenomenon of “Anti- Silence Spiral” in Network Communication

In the network era， “the spiral of silence” obviously displays its limitations. Network communication gives rise to a new situation， namely the phenomenon of “anti-silence spiral”. By observing many cases in reality about this phenomenon， the paper points out that it has one model and two paths， i.e.， the rational and irrational， mainly caused by anonymity， interaction and hard core section of the internet users.