Social media analytics platforms created a simple ratio to speak to the relationship between followers & those who are followed. Many look to the number of people that are following a given Twitter user as an indicator of that … [Read more...]
Status deprivation and political dysfunctionality
Fess up. The title got you. About a gazillion years ago, in Sociology 101, I was introduced to the intriguing concept of status deprivation. Goes like this: A does not have X / A knows of other persons that have X / A wants to have X … [Read more...]
The obstacles to single-payer health care.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Many people reading this are no doubt familiar with the web site fivethirtyeight.com ("538 dot com" -- 538 was the number of electoral … [Read more...]