Waarom één dode door terrorisme meer angst oproept dan 100 verkeersdoden
ACHTERGROND - Dat kale feiten niet overtuigen en dat de media de angst voor terrorisme aanwakkeren wisten we al. In dit artikel van Quartz aandacht voor de psychologie hierachter.
According to data compiled from the Centers for Disease Control, over 2005-2014, an average of 11,737 Americans a year were shot dead by another American (21 of them by toddlers), 737 were killed by falling out of bed, and nine were killed by Islamic jihadists—who in most cases were US citizens, not immigrants (Nearly twice as many Americans kill themselves with guns as kill each other).