Twitter and Dunbar’s Number
I wonder: has there been any research done on Dunbar’s number and the number of people that one follows on Twitter? For those who don’t know, Dunbar’s number is, “a suggested cognitive limit to the...
View ArticlePitch Perfect 2: A Sociological Perspective?
A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to see Pitch Perfect 2. In fact, it was the first movie I’ve been able to see in the theatre since becoming a parent and I have to say, I’m glad that it was one...
View ArticleDo Public Sector Employees Volunteer More Than Private Sector Employees?
I have a confession to make right off the bat — I wrote the headline for this post specifically to counter Betteridge’s law of headlines. If you’re familiar with it, then you’ve already realized that...
View ArticleBig Government NOT Linked to Greater Corruption
You hear it all the time: “Big government is the problem.” “We need to reduce the size of the government if we want to eliminate corruption.” As it turns out, just because the government grows in size...
View ArticleWant Better Group Performance? Try a Standing Meeting
In keeping with the theme of “standing” being better for us from earlier this week, I thought I’d tackle another journal article discussing the merits of standing. This time, the research included...
View ArticleThe Partisan Gap Amongst Female Politicians is Likely to Get Worse
If I’m being honest, when I first read the title of this journal article “A partisan gap in the supply of female potential candidates in the United States,” I didn’t think twice. Pew often publishes...
View ArticleWomen and Words: Women Who Read Objectifying Words More Likely to Seek...
I’ve tried to write about this article on a few occasions and had to stop because I simply felt terrible with the implications of the research. In short, as the headline of this post suggests, when...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts: Planning Fallacy, Sci-Fi, Gendered Language, and Scarcity/Excess
As I look to breathe some life back into writing, I thought I'd take a quick peek at some of the "drafts" I had saved from when I used to write regularly. Fortunately, there aren't too many there. In...
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