Ryan ShawAug 27, 202115 min readHail Satan!Throughout the 1980s, fear of Satanic ritual activity gripped America. Was there any reason for concern?
Ryan ShawAug 23, 20217 min readPigs (Two Different Ones)What makes a president an effective speaker? Who is better at getting their points across: Joe Biden or Donald Trump?
Ryan ShawMay 24, 20216 min readPsychology and the Law: Jury DeliberationsWhat really goes on during jury deliberations? What sort of social psychological factors are at play?
Ryan ShawMay 9, 20217 min readA 10-Year-Old's Insight into the Criminal Justice SystemHow do children view the police?
Ryan ShawMar 17, 20217 min readWhoever Controls the Media Controls the MindWhat is the greatest ethical failure of the media?
Ryan ShawFeb 28, 202120 min readOf Course Momma's Gonna Help Build the WallA retelling of one of the most important communicative events of my life alongside an analysis of the event through a communication lens.
Ryan ShawFeb 15, 20218 min readTell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little LiesWhat should be mass media's biggest ethical obligation?
Ryan ShawDec 11, 202012 min readWho Murdered Carol Heath?A woman in DeQueen, Arkansas is murdered in truly cold blood on the night of April 1, 1993. Who is responsible?
Ryan ShawMar 11, 20207 min readFall Mountains, Just Don't Fall On MeA short story adaptation of Pieter Bruegel's Landscape With the Fall of Icarus (1555) along with a short analysis of the work.
Ryan ShawMar 7, 201916 min readMore Ghosts Than PeopleA research paper about the ways that cowboys are remembered compared to how they really existed.
Ryan ShawMar 1, 201813 min readHe Shouts Retired and DisgustedA research paper about what sorts of things contributed to the American counterculture of the 1960s.