“Politicized” Syntagms in Action

Communicating science in politicized environments.

Many members of the scientific community attempt to convey information to policymakers and the public. Much of this information is ignored or misinterpreted. This article describes why these outcomes occur and how science communicators can achieve better outcomes. The article focuses on two challenges associated with communicating scientific information to such audiences. One challenge is that ...

Electronic Elections in a Politicized Polity

Since the 2000 presidential elections, the evolution of electronic technologies in American elections–from voting machines to computerized voter registries–has occurred within the context of a highly partisan, polarized, and politicized environment. The decision about the type of voting systems to use within a given state has become especially political and these debates have affected the confi...

The frequency Distribution of English Syntagms

People use language principally as a means of communication, each language community determining the scope of the particular language it uses. Within the language, various sets and subsets may exist depending upon regional and social differences. Most studies of such subsets have been concerned with lexical variations. In this paper, a methodology is outlined by which the frequency usage of syn...

Politicized Historiography and the Zionist-Crusader Analogy

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Politicized Psychology

This article provides two arguments for using caution when interpreting the results of a Global Change Game simulation indicating that people high in right-wing authoritarianism are particularly likely to bring the world to ruin. First, we review research that demonstrates that extremists on both the political left and right share characteristics likely to be associated with poor performance in...