Posts about: polarizing language

7 ways to spot polarizing language — how to choose responsibly what to amplify online or in-person

7 ways to spot polarizing language — how to choose responsibly what to amplify online or in-person

Words have consequences. They can make us feel love, anger, fear, hope. Those emotions, depending on how strongly they’re felt, can incite actions. Communication scholars, ancient rhetoricians, legal scholars and psychologists have all studied some of the most basic pathways along which words do their work — how love is sustained in lasting relationships, how political leaders rally troops to war, […]…