The Sourcing | Red Rose Horror

I strongly believe that online content should come with transparency if covering topics related to identity, world issues, and history. This page is dedicated to that endeavor for Red Rose Horror articles and videos.

The recent posts are more sourced than earlier ones but most at least include links to the information throughout the article or at the bottom. Below are some frameworks I use when determining which sources to include and where I am finding information. More in depth, recent articles have notes and source files uploaded to the File Share page.

The media being reviewed is always the main source. This includes horror movies, TV and streaming shows, comic book series, books, and stories. This is typically movies streamed from platforms, but can also be books both digital and physical, DVD sets of shows, YouTube videos, etc. I also heavily use Wikipedia as a jumping off point to start outlining research.

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The starting point of every project is utilizing search engines, like DuckDuckGo or Bing, to find the media being reviewed and start researching topics related to it. This is the best way to find images and articles including announcements, reviews, and interviews. I tend not to use Google search anymore because top results don't match my quieries as often.

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Social media like Bluesky and Reddit can provide insight into an audiences feelings at a given point in time toward a piece of media, production, actor, the genre, announcements, etc. This helps to support or refute insights and conclusions being drawn from the research about cultural norms and opinions. It also can help support claims made in interviews.

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I search for and use relevant databases and peer-reviewed research for historical and societal contexts, validating claims, and confirming background information. I try to root review projects in real-world circumstances and issues beyond the horror media itself. Not every review is as researched but I turn to databases and peer-reviewed sources when in need of solid information.

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EVALUATING SOURCE INFORMATION

SMELL TEST FRAMEWORK

Source

Where does the info come from? How connected, or disconnected, is the source to the info? Are all claims able to be accessed and verified? What reputation, if any, does the source have in its respective industry? On social media does the engagement seem authentic or bot generated?

Motives

What motives could be behind the info being available? Does any entity stand to gain or lose from the info spreading? Is the info in response to something that provides necessary context? Is anyone trying to discredit other info?

Evidence

Are there sources from both sides available in the same place? Are there multiple sources cited? Are the claims reasonable and in congruence with popular science and law? Are there signs of manipulated info or supporting evidence? Is data being obscured or cherry picked to support or refute things?

Logic

What arguments, if any, are being made and why are reasons they might be? Are there any errors in reasoning? Is it "too good to be true" or seems off? Are things being framed with critical thinking and checking of bias?

Left Out

Is anything being misrepresented, downplayed, or exaggerated? Are relevant details or context missing? Does anyone gain from it being misinformation?

LOGICAL FALLACIES

Slippery Slope Usually a negative argument that one thing will directly lead to another thing without evidence. Making a claim about a series of events that will lead to one major event.	Hasty Generalization Preconceived notions and an unwillingness to question or challenge those notions. Applying an unsubstantiated fact to an entire group, topic, or thing without evidence.	Post hoc ergo propter hoc The argument that if one event happens then another event happens the first event caused the second event. Often used in politics to blame a previous administration or office over another.
Bandwagon Appeal Identifying something a group believes and using that to persuade someone to agree with an argument. Generally implying that acceptance from a group will be gained with agreement. Used to insight feelings of insecurity and isolation about their beliefs.	Straw Man As opposed to addressing the argument someone describes an often hypothetical scenario for the other person to address instead. Usually in bad faith and as an attempt to make a reasonable position seem outlandish or impossible.	Moral Equivalence Taking one thing that is benign or rather harmless and comparing it to something egregious or motivated by ill intent. An unfair and inaccurate comparison. Saying someone you disagree with is "as bad as Hitler" is a fallacy of moral equivalence.
Ad hominem Rather than arguing against the positions, claims, beliefs, and statements of the other party an attack is levied against that party's character. Oftentimes these attacks claims aren't based in evidence.	Red Herring Deployed in a conversation to switch the subject away from the other party's argument. Wanting to focus on an issue one can argue well rather than the current topic.	Genetic Fallacy Arguing that because something is related to another thing it is inherently the same as the original thing.
Either/Or Ending up at a conclusion because an argument is oversimplified into 2 sides rather than a plethora of sides.	Begging the Claim The argument appeals to a claim that is not sound. If something is already assumed to be included in the claim then no argument is actually being presented. Saying wool sweaters are better than sweatshirts because of wool does not inform why wool is better.	Circular Argument An argument is used to support itself with no other arguments, thus being circular.

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EVALUATING SOURCE INFORMATION

SMELL TEST FRAMEWORK

LOGICAL FALLACIES

Slippery Slope

Usually a negative argument that one thing will directly lead to another thing without evidence. Making a claim about a series of events that will lead to one major event.

Hasty Generalization

Preconceived notions and an unwillingness to question or challenge those notions. Applying an unsubstantiated fact to an entire group, topic, or thing without evidence.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

The argument that if one event happens then another event happens the first event caused the second event. Often used in politics to blame a previous administration or office over another.

Bandwagon Appeal

Identifying something a group believes and using that to persuade someone to agree with an argument. Generally implying that acceptance from a group will be gained with agreement. Used to insight feelings of insecurity and isolation about their beliefs.

Straw Man

As opposed to addressing the argument someone describes an often hypothetical scenario for the other person to address instead. Usually in bad faith and as an attempt to make a reasonable position seem outlandish or impossible.

Moral Equivalence

Taking one thing that is benign or rather harmless and comparing it to something egregious or motivated by ill intent. An unfair and inaccurate comparison. Saying someone you disagree with is "as bad as Hitler" is a fallacy of moral equivalence.

Ad hominem

Rather than arguing against the positions, claims, beliefs, and statements of the other party an attack is levied against that party's character. Oftentimes these attacks claims aren't based in evidence.

Red Herring

Deployed in a conversation to switch the subject away from the other party's argument. Wanting to focus on an issue one can argue well rather than the current topic.

Genetic Fallacy

Arguing that because something is related to another thing it is inherently the same as the original thing.

Either/Or

Ending up at a conclusion because an argument is oversimplified into 2 sides rather than a plethora of sides.

Begging the Claim

The argument appeals to a claim that is not sound. If something is already assumed to be included in the claim then no argument is actually being presented. Saying wool sweaters are better than sweatshirts because of wool does not inform why wool is better.

Circular Argument

An argument is used to support itself with no other arguments, thus being circular.

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