Word: popkin
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...stuff circulating on the Internet, was scurrilous trash. But there is an immutable pedestrian reality to American politics: you have to get the social body language right if you want voters to consider the nobler reaches of your message. In his 1991 book, The Reasoning Voter, political scientist Samuel Popkin argued that most people make their choice on the basis of "low-information signaling" - that is, stupid things like whether you know how to roll a bowling ball or wear an American-flag pin. In the era of Republican dominance, the low-information signals were really low - how Michael Dukakis...
According to Daniel D. Moriarty, the chief information officer (CIO) for the University, the idea was first introduced by Rachel K. Popkin ’08 and Sameer Lakha ’09 at last year’s annual Academic Computing Workshop...
...Popkin said that she had not expected to see anything tangible come out of the discussions that she had with staff in the provost’s office...
Explaining why the course was appropriate, Popkin said that “Harvard tends to be a nerdy school in general and I’m sure quite a large percentage of students have at least had some sort of interest in science fiction...
...Popkin added that she worked for Computer Services at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and saw some of her co-workers at the class’s first meeting. “They tend to be a nerdy bunch,” she said...