 How Media Influences the Use of Violence in Protests: An Analysis of the Black Lives Matter and #StopTheSteal MovementsClay B. York - Two of the most prevalent protest movements in recent history were the Black Lives Matter and the #StopTheSteal movements. While there are many differences between the two, one of the most prevalent is their use of violence. Whereas the BLM movement remained largely... Keep Reading »
 Change Blindness: The Influence of Positive Mood on Change Detection in Visual ScenesEmily Wang - Change blindness is the finding that people often fail to notice substantial changes between different views of a visual scene. The current study investigated the effect of mood states on people’s ability to detect changes, by comparing participants’ performance... Keep Reading »
 Look Me in the Eyes: Witkacy's 'Portrait Gaze' as a Critique and Anticipation of Culture IndustryNatalia Stanusch - This paper analyzes the construction of ‘portrait gaze’ as a visual device that orients, manipulates, and challenges the gaze of the viewer of Witkacy’s portraits. Witkacy (1885-1939), often compared to Marcel Duchamp, was one of the most controversial... Keep Reading »
 Guns and Suicidal Thoughts in Adolescence: An Understudied RelationshipMax Gonzalez Saez-Diez - The prevalent school of thought states that suicidal ideation and suicide planning are not associated with living in households with firearms. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) in the years 1994 and 1995, I use... Keep Reading »
 Civil-Military Linkages and Authoritarian Regime Survival During the Arab Spring: Understanding Different Outcomes of the RevolutionsDarya Maliauskaya - Strong linkages between autocrats and the military are often seen as a necessary condition for authoritarian regime survival in the face of uprising. The Arab Spring of 2011 supports this contention: the armed forces in Libya and Syria suppressed the mass protests,... Keep Reading »
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