BiasChecker.ai

Understanding Bias: A Comprehensive Guide

What is Bias?

Bias refers to the perceived prejudice or favoritism. It can manifest in various forms, influencing how information is selected, presented, and interpreted. Understanding these biases is crucial for developing media literacy and critical thinking skills.

Select a category to learn more about specific types of media bias.

Impact: Refers to the potential influence or effect a bias can have on decision-making, perception, or behavior. Higher impact biases tend to have more significant consequences.

Detection: Indicates how easily a bias can be recognized or identified. Biases that are harder to detect may require more careful analysis or awareness to recognize.

Impact:
Impact: High
High
Impact: Moderate
Moderate
Impact: Low
Low
Detection:
Detection: Hard
Hard
Detection: Moderate
Moderate
Detection: Easy
Easy

Rosy Retrospection

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Halo Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Status Quo Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Confirmation Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Implicit Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Availability Cascade

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Bandwagon Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Belief Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Sunk Cost Fallacy

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Anchoring Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

False Consensus Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Negativity Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Optimism/Pessimism Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Outcome Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Overconfidence Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Recency Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Hindsight Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Nostalgic Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Declinism

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Continued Influence Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Primacy/Recency Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Illusion of Transparency

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Heuristic Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Availability Heuristic

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Attentional Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Mere-Exposure Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Context Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Frequency Illusion

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Bizarreness Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Picture Superiority Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Distinction Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Congruence Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Observer-Expectancy Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Ostrich Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Naïve Realism

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Clustering Illusion

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Illusion of Validity

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Recency Illusion

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Pareidolia

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Automation Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Cheerleader Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Not Invented Here

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Reactive Devaluation

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Semmelweis Reflex

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Peltzman Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

IKEA Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Illusion of Asymmetric Insight

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Pro-Innovation Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Illusory Truth Effect

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Causal Oversimplification

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Conspiracy Theory Thinking

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Defensive Avoidance

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Fundamental Attribution Error

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Gambler's Fallacy

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Hot Hand Fallacy

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Minimization

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Perfectionism Bias

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Representativeness Heuristic

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Technological Determinism

(Cognitive Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Ideological Bias

(Ideological Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Ethnocentrism

(Ideological Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Religious Bias

(Ideological Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Nationalism

(Ideological Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Euphemism/Dysphemism Bias

(Linguistic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Presupposition

(Linguistic Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Loaded Language

(Linguistic Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Linguistic Intergroup Bias

(Linguistic Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Coded Language Bias

(Linguistic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Vagueness Bias

(Linguistic Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

False Causality

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Appeal to Popularity

(Logical Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Hasty Generalization

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Ad Hominem Attacks

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Straw Man Arguments

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Slippery Slope Fallacy

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

False Dichotomy

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Circular Reasoning

(Logical Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Appeal to Probability

(Logical Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Masked-Man Fallacy

(Logical Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Correlation-Causation Fallacy

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Fallacy of the Single Cause

(Logical Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Non Sequitur

(Logical Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Western Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Urban/Rural Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Decontextualization

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Sensationalism Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Framing Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Selection Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Omission Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Cherry-picking

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

False Balance

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Narrative Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Historical Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Geographical Bias

(Presentation Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Tokenism

(Social Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Stereotyping

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Gender Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Racial Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Intersectional Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Age Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Socioeconomic Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Cultural Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Ability/Disability Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Bias

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

In-group Favoritism

(Social Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Out-group Derogation

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Cultural Imperialism

(Social Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Credibility Bias

(Source Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Source Bias

(Source Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Authority Bias

(Source Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Citation Bias

(Source Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Media Ownership Bias

(Source Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Funding Bias

(Source Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Expert Bias

(Source Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard

Algorithmic Bias

(Systemic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Systemic Bias

(Systemic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Echo Chamber Effect

(Systemic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Data Bias

(Systemic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

False Equivalence

(Systemic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Cumulative Advantage Bias

(Systemic Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Hard

Visual Stereotyping

(Visual Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Representation Bias in Image Descriptions

(Visual Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Visual Stereotyping in Captions

(Visual Bias)
Impact: High
Detection: Moderate

Prominence Bias

(Visual Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Moderate

Juxtaposition Bias

(Visual Bias)
Impact: Moderate
Detection: Hard