Advertising Ethics (e.g. advertising to children on television) | Age Appropriate Content |
Agenda Setting (control of what makes the news) | Algorithmic Bias (e.g. banning content in a biased way) |
Argument Culture | Astroturfing |
Attention Seeking Behaviors | Attention Span (e.g. the effect of social media based on short content that is consumed quickly) |
Bots / Social Bots | Bullying / Cyberbullying |
Celebrity Culture / Celebrity Worship Syndrome | Cherrypicking (out of context data to support a position) |
Clickbait | Concentration of Media Ownership / Media Consolidation |
Correlation Equals Causation (assuming one thing causes another based on correlated data) | Deepfakes |
Defamation | Deplatforming (e.g. banning entire ideologies or political viewpoints) |
Digital Footprint (data left behind by online activities) | Digital Narcissism |
Disinformation | Dogpiling (social media users suddenly ganging up on someone) |
Doxing | Dumbing Down (oversimplifying complex issues) |
Escapism | Fake News |
False Balance | False Dichotomy (e.g. us vs them) |
Filter Bubbles | Free Speech |
Gossip | Government Influence Over Media |
Government Ownership of Media | Groupthink |
Image / Video Manipulation | Information Security (e.g. data leaks) |
Internet Crime / Online Safety | Internet Vigilantism |
Labeling (labeling people or issues with charged language to stigmatize them) | Low Productivity / Excessive Media Consumption |
Low Quality Journalism | Mandatory Fees for Media (e.g. television licence fee) |
Media / Social Media Addiction | Media Biases |
Media Cronyism (e.g. inappropriate influence of politicians or corporations) | Media Literacy |
Media Monopolies | Media Transparency |
Misinformation | Moral Panics |
News Deserts (areas that lack local news / content) | Online Shaming |
Out of Context Information | Oversharing (posting private information to the public) |
Partisan Bias | Paywalls / Democratic Access to News, Research and Information |
Permanent Record (the persistence of information posted to internet such as a post you regret) | Privacy / Surveillance |
Proof by Example (statistically insignificant example used as proof) | Public Confidence in Media (e.g. declining confidence in large media outlets) |
Rumors | Sensationalism |
Slacktivism | Trolling / Flaming |
Whataboutism |
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