I researched why the subgenre of romance appears in nearly every
movie, specifically in the action genre. I wanted to research this for two main
reasons, curiosity and annoyance of every movie virtually ending the same way.
So far, all that I have gotten from my research it so girls will watch these
movies and to create connections with the audience.
I had to word my question many different ways to get any
information to start with. Each time I reworded it; I would get a piece of new
information to use. Yes, many differences. The topics I usually research, the
answer comes up on the first try. With this prompt, there is no “actual”
answer, and the reasoning can be very unclear. It seemed that every time I
reworded or changed my question, I would get a completely different answer. I
had to eventually just go with what I felt was the strongest reasoning. All of
my research was done on the Internet, so I would get a wide variety of possible
answers and reasons.
To me, academic research is the process of finding credible
sources and information to put into a academic piece of work. I have learned
that it is way more difficult than I imagined. This is completely opposite from
my self-directed research. When I do research on my own, I do not care where it
is from or who has said it; as long as more than one person has said it then I believe
it to be true in most cases.
Chris,
ReplyDeleteI think that I love the last part the best here! You mention the truth in numbers perspective of authority. Does this always hold? If nine twelve year olds believe that doomsday is next Friday, would this be reliable? I must admit that I am fascinated with the idea of group sourcing, but I still find it problematic in the internet environment. I just wonder if you were thinking of several face to face people you knew or internet people that you knew to find reliability in the answers of the group. Do you ever take everyday research a step further when you feel conflicted about source reliability?
Cheers,
Ms. W