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  2. Muckraker - Wikipedia

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    Julius Chambers Nellie Bly. The muckrakers would become known for their investigative journalism, evolving from the eras of "personal journalism"—a term historians Emery and Emery used in The Press and America (6th ed.) to describe the 19th century newspapers that were steered by strong leaders with an editorial voice (p. 173)—and yellow journalism.

  3. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    Several of the website's fake stories have successfully spread on social media. Has the same IP address as Action News 3. [30] [326] [327] [322] [318] [319] TheRacketReport.com TheRacketReport.com Per PolitiFact. Has the same IP address as Action News 3. Repurposed an Associated Press article with a false headline. [28] [322] [323] [319 ...

  4. Group attribution error - Wikipedia

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    For example, the conception of children believing that "all boys are abusive" illustrates the influence of categorization and generalization to members of this group (boys). Connections to different attribution errors

  5. Overconfidence effect - Wikipedia

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    Social psychologist Scott Plous wrote, "No problem in judgment and decision making is more prevalent and more potentially catastrophic than overconfidence." [29] It has been blamed for lawsuits, strikes, wars, poor corporate acquisitions, [30] [31] and stock market bubbles and crashes. Strikes, lawsuits, and wars could arise from overplacement.

  6. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    familiarity principle (in social psychology) The tendency to express undue liking for things merely because of familiarity with them. [107] Omission bias: The tendency to judge harmful actions (commissions) as worse, or less moral, than equally harmful inactions (omissions). [108] Optimism bias

  7. Spontaneous trait inference - Wikipedia

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    For example, Fundamental attribution error, which is the instinctive tendency to ascribe a certain behaviour to the individual's personality whilst neglecting the influence of situational factors, is a central concept to social psychology and is heavily founded on the spontaneous trait inference.

  8. McClure's - Wikipedia

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    McClure's or McClure's Magazine (1893–1929) was an American illustrated monthly periodical popular at the turn of the 20th century. [1] The magazine is credited with having started the tradition of muckraking journalism (investigative, watchdog, or reform journalism), and helped direct the moral compass of the day.

  9. Social tuning - Wikipedia

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    Social tuning, the process whereby people adopt other people's attitudes, is cited by social psychologists to demonstrate an important lack of people's conscious control over their actions. The process of social tuning is particularly powerful in situations where one person wants to be liked or accepted by another person or group.