Because gun violence is portrayed frequently on television and in movies, people mistakenly assign too high of a probability that they will fall victim to gun violence and too low of a probability to more likely but less publicized events. This phenomenon illustrates which one?     that events are poorly framed by the media.     that people suffer from hindsight bias.     the effect of the availability heuristic.     the self-serving bias at work.

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Because gun violence is portrayed frequently on television and in movies, people mistakenly assign too high of a probability that they will fall victim to gun violence and too low of a probability to more likely but less publicized events. This phenomenon illustrates which one?
   
that events are poorly framed by the media.
   
that people suffer from hindsight bias.
   
the effect of the availability heuristic.
   
the self-serving bias at work.
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