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news media

Entries tagged with news media - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.

6 concepts

Cognitive Bias

Availability Heuristic 

We judge how likely something is based on how easily we can think of an example - not on how often it actually happens.

Cognitive Bias

Confirmation Bias 

We seek out information that supports what we already believe, and ignore what doesn't.

Logical Fallacy

False Equivalence 

Treating two things as equally valid or important when they clearly aren't.

Rhetorical Device

Framing Effect 

The way information is presented changes how we respond to it - even when the underlying facts are identical.

Political Theory

Manufactured Consent 

When media systems produce public agreement with elite interests - not through censorship, but through structure.

Political Theory

Moral Panic 

Intense public fear about a perceived threat, amplified by media, disproportionate to the actual danger.