Topic summary
⁠17%1 analyzed article/video737 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Psychology results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including False Dilemma, Overconfidence Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 166 hits. Analysis detected 1,426 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,948 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (10,970 of 22,996 topics). This Media Psychology is worse (more manipulative) than 52.30% of the peer group.
Media Psychology
Topic details
Total words: 2,948
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

52% percentile
025507510052.3% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.2%5.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 3.0%3.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 4.6%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Composition/Division: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.2%Middle Ground: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos