A community bias is a cognitive tendency to think in a certain way that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment by giving disproportionate weight and importance to your own community and related extremely specific issues not looking at the big picture, other communities, people or other issues that are not related to your own community.
Communities can be territorial or social or related to an extremely specific issue: i.e. parochial communities, same industry workers communities, trade unions communities, generational communities (young and old people), et cetera
A community bias is a powerful form of group-think.
Communities can be territorial or social or related to an extremely specific issue: i.e. parochial communities, same industry workers communities, trade unions communities, generational communities (young and old people), et cetera
A community bias is a powerful form of group-think.
"It's incredible! The steel industry workers' trade union obtained significant wage increases in recent years, while we have not achieved anything, no wage increases, no more benefits!"
"Give up this useless community bias! Our bank salary is three times that of the workers of steel industry!"
"Give up this useless community bias! Our bank salary is three times that of the workers of steel industry!"
by MdB29071988 November 18, 2016
Get the Community bias mug.A community bias is a cognitive tendency to think in a certain way that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment by giving disproportionate weight and importance to your own community and related extremely specific issues not looking at the big picture, other communities, people or other issues that are not related to your own community.
Communities can be territorial or social or related to an extremely specific issue: i.e. parochial communities, same industry workers communities, trade unions communities, generational communities (young and old people), et cetera
Community bias can lead to very serious conflicts of interest between not-aligned communities.
Communities can be territorial or social or related to an extremely specific issue: i.e. parochial communities, same industry workers communities, trade unions communities, generational communities (young and old people), et cetera
Community bias can lead to very serious conflicts of interest between not-aligned communities.
"It's incredible! The steel industry workers' trade union obtained significant wage increases in recent years, while we have not achieved anything, no wage increases, no more benefits!"
"Give up this useless community bias! Our bank salary is three times that of the workers of steel industry!"
"Give up this useless community bias! Our bank salary is three times that of the workers of steel industry!"
by MdB29071988 November 18, 2016
Get the Community bias mug.A bias where individuals, including professional science communicators, present and interpret science through the lens of their own views, paradigms, values, and assumptions. Science Communication Bias recognizes that there is no neutral, objective way to communicate science—every choice about what to emphasize, what to omit, how to frame, and what language to use reflects the communicator's perspective. A science communicator who believes in technological solutions will emphasize different findings than one who emphasizes systemic change; one who trusts industry will frame risk differently than one who is skeptical. Science Communication Bias doesn't mean science communication is worthless; it means we must be aware that it's always coming from somewhere, always shaped by someone's perspective. The bias is especially problematic when communicators present themselves as neutral conduits of "the science" while actually selecting, framing, and interpreting through their own paradigms.
Example: "The YouTube science channel presented itself as just reporting the facts. But Science Communication Bias was at work: they emphasized studies that fit their worldview, downplayed those that didn't, framed uncertainty as certainty when it served their narrative. They weren't lying; they were just communicating from a perspective—and pretending they weren't."
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