Topic summary
⁠91%4 analyzed articles/videos2,331 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Media Addiction results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 2,188 hits. Analysis detected 18,928 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,748 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (11,172 of 24,126 topics). This Social Media Addiction is worse (more manipulative) than 53.70% of the peer group.
Social Media Addiction

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510053.7% percentile
2.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles16.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.2%7.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.1%13.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.0%10.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos