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1. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogThe Shocking Truth About Clickbait - Psychology Today

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   Jun 26, 2024 · Clickbait exploits cognitive and emotional traits, triggering impulsive clicks. Situational factors, like mood and setting, can amplify a person's susceptibility. Have you ever found...

2. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blog6 Reasons Why You Should Never Click on Clickbait

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   • Clickbaits work on the general principle of any behavioral addiction. Some recent research found that giving variable rewards to the same action is an essential ingredient of all behavioral addiction.
   • The whole metaphor of clickbaits is seriously misleading. It suggests a happy fish frolicking around in the nice lukewarm Caribbean Sea, when it happens to encounter a bait and bites.
   • Clickbaits almost always disappoint. They are not worth it. In fact, very often we click on them because we want to prove that annoying ‘number 5 will leave you speechless’ or ‘number 5 will amaze you’ line wrong.
   • Clickbaits are destroying journalism. Even the most prestigious and elite news outlets use it now. And even the most boring news items now have clickbaity titles.

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4. platformmagazine.org › 2018/11/20 › clickbait-theClickbait: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Platform Magazine

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   Nov 20, 2018 · At its best, clickbait is simply a headline meant to generate interest for readers. At its worst, clickbait is a headline meant to cause harm by spreading false or misleading information for the purpose of increasing page views.

5. www.epidemicsound.com › blog › what-is-clickbaitWhat is clickbait and should you avoid it? | Epidemic Sound

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   Oct 31, 2023 · Why is clickbait so bad? Clickbait causes distrust. If audiences keep getting burnt by these articles, they’ll stop relying on the sites and channels creating them.

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6. www.wired.com › 2015 › 12You'll Be Outraged at How Easy It Was to Get You to Click on ...

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   Dec 18, 2015 · As a number of new studies confirm, you can blame your clickbait habit on two things: the outsized role emotion plays in your intuitive judgements and daily choices, and your lazy brain....

7. mmehlberg.medium.com › the-psychology-of-clickbaitThe Psychology of Clickbait Headlines (and How to Avoid Them)

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   Feb 24, 2021 · Clickbait could be a news story that promises doom and destruction only to share an idiotic quote from some idiotic politician. It could be a health and fitness article promising “immediate fat...

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   Are clickbaits bad for Your Eyes?

   • Clickbaits are bad for your eyes. Don’t tell me that this didn’t leave you speechless. Finally, when you click on a clickbait, this is a good indication that you have some kind of unmet emotional need that you should probably address head-on and offline. Maybe your job’s a joke, you’re broke or your love life’s D.O.A.

   6 Reasons Why You Should Never Click on Clickbait

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   Is clickbait good or bad?

   • In fact, some recognized that there is “good” and “bad” clickbait. The bad version refers to the spammy and misleading titles mentioned above. On the contrary, the good version, more unknown by users, suggests that clickbait if used correctly becomes an efficient practice to generate traffic on the sites. Consider the following two examples.

   The good and bad sides of clickbait – Media Matters - IESE, a Way to

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   What happens if you click on a clickbait article?

   • When you click on a clickbait article, it’s usually full of spammy-looking ads, which will often outweigh the 'real' information presented on the page. Clickbait is common in search engine results and YouTube, but you’ll also find it spread across ads, social media, email, and more. What’s the point of clickbait?

   What is clickbait and should you avoid it? | Epidemic Sound

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   Does clickbait cause distrust?

   • Clickbait causes distrust. If audiences keep getting burnt by these articles, they’ll stop relying on the sites and channels creating them. From a numbers standpoint, clickbait will increase a website’s bounce rate.

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   Why do people clickbait?

   • Clickbait headlines combine our curiosity and desire to learn with our fear of missing out to create a strong desire — a desire to satisfy our curiosity and avoid missing out on secrets, gossip, or outlandish results (Keleher, 2020). What’s more, according to Psychology Today, we see new information much like we see food: necessary for survival.

   The Psychology of Clickbait Headlines (and How to Avoid Them)

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   How does clickbait affect communication?

   • Clickbait comes in many different forms, and it is important to distinguish these when discussing the effects of this practice on communication. At its best, clickbait is simply a headline meant to generate interest for readers.

   Clickbait: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Platform Magazine

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9. blog.iese.edu › the-media-industry › 2023/03/01The good and bad sides of clickbait – Media Matters

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   Mar 1, 2023 · If you fell for a clickbait scheme due to a misleading title or fabricated thumbnail, you’re in good company; millions of people have fallen for the same thing. But, why has it become so ubiquitous and what does it have to say about our media habits?