Everything About Something

For our group work, it’s very similar and seems about right when he talks about knowing “everything about something”. We as a group are doing something similar to what Jay Rosen is talking about. We took something about Arcadia made it in our way a “niche” about ghost stories on campus. Sure Arcadia is somewhat known for it because “we have a castle on our campus guys!” but, we made it our own because we decided to talk about it more in-depth. We are all researching different topics, the history of ghost stories, anthropology in ghost stories (cultural differences from ghosts), and the science behind ghosts. We’re all doing things differently, researching different things and coming together collectively to expand people’s perspective of ghosts and their long tales. And to answer the question of “Why aren’t interviews enough?” is that it just isn’t really enough information to get something from. Like it’s not enough to give more information to others. For our particular situation, the question would probably be “What’s your experience with ghosts?” or something very similar and that’s authentic to the person’s experience not really based on anything else other than that. To have more information from different perspectives gives you a pool of data that is credible. And even though you may have one thing assigned for you to research, having more information wouldn’t hurt to learn about. Having a plethora of things to talk about and write about will have other people trust you and the sources that you read. You don’t go into a court case with evidence that isn’t credible right? It would make no sense, for anyone to believe in that. Just like in the article, Jay mentions about being a reliable source to your readers. He mentions that if you don’t really update often on whatever it is that you talk or write about, people are going to stop relying on you as a source, keeping up with new things that are happening in your expertise. But, in my opinion, the same goes for your own intellect in the field. If you don’t know what you’re talking about people will not go to you for information. He mentions that people who like whatever it is you’re talking about are smart. They are going to know more things than you might think and it’s important to keep up with things and update your knowledge in the field.