Fear and Loathing
- Stephen Collier
- Jan 17, 2018
- 2 min read
Ben first started his research process by Googling what the refugee situation was like in Europe. He started watching interviews that immigrants did about their life story and their struggles. Eventually he started finding primary sources such as Cornell Law School's website to find more about immigration laws. He started with the google question and all that appeared was the various terror attacks in Europe that were caused by immigrants. That made him a little anxious so he went on to the interviews. The problem with the interviews was that Ben wasn't sure if they were real, or if they were staged.
In order to make sure the sources I use in my research are credible, I mainly use .gov or .edu websites. I try to find the most moderate newspaper I can, one not too liberal or not too conservative. I believe that .gov or .edu websites are credible because they aren't owned by a company that is trying to push their ideology on you. They are owned by the government or an educational institute where they often remain unbiased. Newspapers are a great source if they aren't biased since they focus on current events and you can easily access past articles about what you are trying to research. I don't believe that people are capable of discussing controversial issues without being biased. People watch different news channels and if you watch a certain one you can be biased towards that ideology.
The community I decided to research about is the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, there is one on campus and there's one at pretty much every major university throughout Florida. I decided to research about it because I want to learn more about what their mission here on campus is. It was mainly excitement because the fact that the organization is spread throughout the state of Florida must mean that it works in spreading the gospel around the campuses.
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