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April 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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April 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Analysis finds news coverage is 357% higher when acts of terrorism are committed by Muslims than by other groups.

Might go along well w your #AvailabilityHeuristic lectures.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why Do Some Terrorist Attacks Receive More Media Attention Than Others?
Terrorist attacks often dominate news coverage as reporters seek to provide the public with information. Yet, not all incidents receive equal attention. Why do some terrorist attacks receive more m...
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June 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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🧵 7. The Availability Heuristic: When What You Remember Feels Like What’s True
We think we’re judging facts — but we’re really judging what comes to mind first.
That’s the availability heuristic.
And disinfo thrives on it.
Let’s unpack why:
#AvailabilityHeuristic #Disinformation
April 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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#AvailabilityHeuristic
hleehurley.com Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Mar 11
Belfast Telegraph going after DEI today
Double page spread from today's Belfast Telegrpah - Stormont spend on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion tops £300k since 2019 - with Department of Finance having shelled out £235k of the total outlay The Department of Finance has spent almost a quarter of a million pounds on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) training and related initiatives since 2019, with a further £70,000 shelled out by other Stormont departments. The Belfast Telegraph can reveal that the bulk of the bill relates to the development of learning interventions delivered across the entire Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) by the department responsible for people policies. A total of £117,716 has been spent on diversity related training which is separate from further and even higher costs connected with other internal DEI initiatives which cost £118,175, bringing the combined amount to almost £236,000. Annual diversity training costs soared by 336% in 2020/21 jumping to £19,083 compared to £4,380 in the previous year. The bill ballooned by a further 70% over the next 12 months reaching £32,517 in 2021/22 before surging to £40,645 a year later. It then plummeted by 48% in 2023/24.
March 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
williamlmiller.bsky.social
4️⃣ Availability Heuristic
We judge likelihood by what’s easiest to recall.
If an event is vivid or recent, it feels more common than it is.
News cycles exploit this, making rare dangers seem constant and steady gains invisible.
#CognitiveBias #AvailabilityHeuristic #MediaLiteracy
August 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
sarahviktoria.bsky.social
#Rhetoric #AvailabilityHeuristic
blubbator.bsky.social Blubbator @blubbator.bsky.social · Aug 19
I'm honestly confused a bit.

People say this shows how the media lied about this. But the original story was that she asked "do you need help" and nothing more.

So they didn't even need to lie about it. Just infer that her presence is a problem in itself.

Which is kinda worse?
sophiemolly.co.uk Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · Aug 18
"She had to make sure I did not give any bra fit advice which I did not (and the articles also say I did not too which is one of the only things that they got right). I got very upset because the customers complaint had systematically attacked every part of my being "

Big solidarity to her! ✊🏻💖🏳️‍⚧️
August 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
to picture, or the earnings season quietly unfolding—markets will choose to price. #BehavioralFinance #NegativityBias #AvailabilityHeuristic
July 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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#medsky We need to speak up about the
#availabilityheuristic cognitive bias when it comes to
#vaccineinjury, it is not antivax but extremely important to regain trust of the public:
Consequences of the Availability Heuristic For Patients: Patients experiencing vaccine injuries may feel dismissed or invalidated if doctors or institutions under-recognise their symptoms. Delayed diagnosis and treatment may worsen outcomes for affected individuals. For Public Trust: If vaccine injuries are consistently under-recognised or poorly addressed, public trust in vaccination programs and health institutions may erode, ironically increasing vaccine hesitancy. For Research and Policy: Rare vaccine injuries may not receive adequate attention in research or policy development, leading to insufficient monitoring, treatment protocols, or compensation frameworks. Mitigating the Availability Heuristic in Vaccine Injury Recognition Education and Training: Provide healthcare professionals with updated information on the signs, symptoms, and reporting protocols for rare vaccine injuries. Incorporate vaccine injury scenarios into continuing medical education to keep these cases "available" in clinical memory. Improved Surveillance: Strengthen systems for reporting and monitoring adverse events, ensuring better data collection and analysis to make rare cases more visible. Balanced Communication: Public institutions should acknowledge vaccine injuries transparently while continuing to emphasise the overwhelming safety and benefits of vaccines. Frame discussions with evidence-based comparisons, highlighting the rarity of severe adverse events in relation to the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Patient-Centred Care: Encourage healthcare providers to listen empathetically to patients' concerns and investigate potential vaccine injuries thoroughly, even if the probability is low.
November 25, 2024 at 10:10 AM
perlins.bsky.social
If you ain’t living in Los Angeles CA right now, please study the term “availability heuristic” that term again is #availabilityheuristic
June 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Wisdom-booster below.

But the #AvailabilityHeuristic is a powerful force and not easily overcome in the best of times.

Thank you, @mcbridetd.bsky.social, and keep pushing!
mcbridetd.bsky.social Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Dec 13
Since media continues obsession with CEO killer, I'll renew suggestion..focus instead on
HEALTH POLICY

Some additional suggested topics (others below):
-potential cuts to Medicaid in next Congress
-science on vaccines
-health costs
-consolidation,effects on prices
-declining life expectancy
December 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
williamlmiller.bsky.social
Your inclusion of information about #cognitivebias is helpful here and the reference to the #availabilityheuristic in response to an OP about social media is spot on.

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williamlmiller.bsky.social williamlmiller.bsky.social @williamlmiller.bsky.social · Aug 15
4️⃣ Availability Heuristic
We judge likelihood by what’s easiest to recall.
If an event is vivid or recent, it feels more common than it is.
News cycles exploit this, making rare dangers seem constant and steady gains invisible.
#CognitiveBias #AvailabilityHeuristic #MediaLiteracy
August 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
pro-accessio.bsky.social
#CognitiveBias #AvailabilityHeuristic

Deine Urteile werden von dem beeinflusst, was dir am leichtesten in den Sinn kommt.
Wie aktuell, gefühlsbetont oder ungewöhnlich deine Erinnerungen sind, kann sie als relevanter erscheinen lassen. Das wiederum kann dazu führen, dass du sie zu schnell anwendest.
KI-generiertes Symbol der kognitiven Verzerrung "availability heuristic". Ein stilisierter Kopf ist zu sehen, in dessem Inneren Muster und Symbole zu erkennen sind.
April 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Combat Cognitive Biases: Study Smarter & Decide Better #confirmationbias #biasinlearning #studysmarter #overcomingmentalshortcuts #availabilityheuristic #betterdecisionmaking #anchoringbias #rationalthinkingtechniques #survivorshipbias #howtothinkcritically
Combat Cognitive Biases: Study Smarter & Decide Better
Let's be honest. You think you're a rational person. When you sit down to study for that big exam or make a life-altering decision like choosing a major, you believe…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Reality also includes everything too quiet to become memorable.

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#AvailabilityHeuristic #Politics #CriticalThinking
August 31, 2026 at 11:26 AM
market-ocean-fr.bsky.social
souvenir correspondra à ce qui importait vraiment.

#SalienceBias #AvailabilityHeuristic #BehavioralFinance
July 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
month—and whether that memory will track what actually mattered.

#SalienceBias #AvailabilityHeuristic #BehavioralFinance
July 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM
trndgtr.bsky.social
Don't Trust Headlines - Mike Israetel on Steven Pinker

#availabilityheuristic #mediabias #serialkillers
July 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
writtenself.bsky.social
How likely are you to be killed by a shark? We often misjudge risks completely. Explore how our minds get it wrong—and how to recalibrate our perceptions:
daily.onsubtext.com/p/shark-vs-l...
#Psychology #AvailabilityHeuristic #Risk #Bias #MindScience #Insights
Shark vs. Lightning: Why our minds misjudge risk
Discover the psychology of risk perception, exploring why our minds dramatically misinterpret danger and cling to emotional narratives over statistical reality.
daily.onsubtext.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
#SalienceBias #AvailabilityHeuristic #JGBYields
July 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
The question now is whether memory of 2008 makes this cohort more resilient to the next shock, or more prepared only for a war that has already been fought. #Sintra2026 #AvailabilityHeuristic #BehavioralFinance
June 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
The question now is whether attention catches up to the data before the data forces the issue.

#SalienceBias #AvailabilityHeuristic #FedInflation
June 26, 2026 at 9:10 AM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
which of today's risks are genuinely large, and which merely feel that way because they were the easiest to picture?

#AvailabilityHeuristic #BehavioralFinance #FiscalRisk
June 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
processing the feeling of risk—and the two rarely move at the same speed. #AvailabilityHeuristic #BehavioralFinance #RiskPremia
May 25, 2026 at 10:10 PM
market-ocean-en.bsky.social
#AvailabilityHeuristic #BehavioralFinance #GeopoliticalRisk
April 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM