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Clickbait refers to a certain kind of web content advertisement that is designed to entice its readers into clicking an accompanying link, they are usually found in social media sites in the form of short teaser messages <ref>Potthast, Martin; Köpsel, Sebatian; Stein, Benno; Hagen, Matthias (2016). ClickBait Detection Bauhaus-Universität Weimer</ref> that are designed to attract the attention users. They encourage people to click on them without giving much information about what the reader is going to find next and are often filled with fake, opinion-based, with little-to-no research done to back up the author’s points.<ref name="TWP">The Washington Post website: "What is ‘click bait’ and why Facebook wants to display less of it" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/technology/wp/2014/08/26/what-is-click-bait-and-why-facebook-wants-to-display-less-of-it/?utm_term=.eccfff2e28b8</ref><ref >Tech Crunch: "*** is a clickbait "https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/25/wtf-is-clickbait/"</ref><ref >Click Bait Websites and the Age of Misinformation "https://jordandetmers.com/2014/09/11/click-bait-websites-and-the-age-of-misinformation/"</ref>. They are often
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Clickbait refers to a certain kind of web content advertisement that is designed to entice its readers into clicking an accompanying link, they are usually found in social media sites in the form of short teaser messages <ref>Potthast, Martin; Köpsel, Sebatian; Stein, Benno; Hagen, Matthias (2016). ClickBait Detection Bauhaus-Universität Weimer</ref> that are designed to attract the attention of people. They encourage people to click on them without giving much information about what the reader is going to find next and are often filled with stories that are fake, opinion-based, with little-to-no research done to back up the author’s points.<ref name="TWP">The Washington Post website: "What is ‘click bait’ and why Facebook wants to display less of it" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/technology/wp/2014/08/26/what-is-click-bait-and-why-facebook-wants-to-display-less-of-it/?utm_term=.eccfff2e28b8</ref><ref >Tech Crunch: "*** is a clickbait "https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/25/wtf-is-clickbait/"</ref><ref >Click Bait Websites and the Age of Misinformation "https://jordandetmers.com/2014/09/11/click-bait-websites-and-the-age-of-misinformation/"</ref>. Online news media outlets rely heavily on page views to generate ad revenue and use clickbaits to increase the amount of people that visit their page <ref> Chakraborty, Abhijnan; Paranjape, Bhargavi; Kakarla, Sourya;  Ganguly, Niloy (2016). Stop Clickbait: Detecting and Preventing Clickbaits in Online News Media Cornell University Library</ref><ref >The dirty secrets of clickbait. This post will blow your mind! "https://econsultancy.com/blog/64399-the-dirty-secrets-of-clickbait-this-post-will-blow-your-mind/"</ref>
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Revision as of 22:21, 18 February 2017

Clickbait refers to a certain kind of web content advertisement that is designed to entice its readers into clicking an accompanying link, they are usually found in social media sites in the form of short teaser messages [1] that are designed to attract the attention of people. They encourage people to click on them without giving much information about what the reader is going to find next and are often filled with stories that are fake, opinion-based, with little-to-no research done to back up the author’s points.[2][3][4]. Online news media outlets rely heavily on page views to generate ad revenue and use clickbaits to increase the amount of people that visit their page [5][6]


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References

  1. Potthast, Martin; Köpsel, Sebatian; Stein, Benno; Hagen, Matthias (2016). ClickBait Detection Bauhaus-Universität Weimer
  2. The Washington Post website: "What is ‘click bait’ and why Facebook wants to display less of it" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/technology/wp/2014/08/26/what-is-click-bait-and-why-facebook-wants-to-display-less-of-it/?utm_term=.eccfff2e28b8
  3. Tech Crunch: "*** is a clickbait "https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/25/wtf-is-clickbait/"
  4. Click Bait Websites and the Age of Misinformation "https://jordandetmers.com/2014/09/11/click-bait-websites-and-the-age-of-misinformation/"
  5. Chakraborty, Abhijnan; Paranjape, Bhargavi; Kakarla, Sourya; Ganguly, Niloy (2016). Stop Clickbait: Detecting and Preventing Clickbaits in Online News Media Cornell University Library
  6. The dirty secrets of clickbait. This post will blow your mind! "https://econsultancy.com/blog/64399-the-dirty-secrets-of-clickbait-this-post-will-blow-your-mind/"