Topic summary
⁠78%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 13.8% saturation with 2,188 hits. Analysis detected 18,928 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,898 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠44% (8,876 of 15,758 topics). This Social Media Addiction is better (less manipulative) than 56.30% of the peer group.
Social Media Addiction
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510043.7% percentile
2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles15.9K 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 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.8%13.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.6%10.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 7.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos