Sharing without clicking on news in social media

SS Sundar, EC Snyder, M Liao, J Yin, J Wang… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Social media have enabled laypersons to disseminate, at scale, links to news and public
affairs information. Many individuals share such links without first reading the linked …

Superlatives, clickbaits, appeals to authority, poor grammar, or boldface: Is editorial style related to the credibility of online health messages?

K Greškovičová, R Masaryk, N Synak… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Adolescents, as active online searchers, have easy access to health information. Much
health information they encounter online is of poor quality and even contains potentially …

I cue you liking me: Causal and spillover effects of technological engagement bait

WJ Zhang, J Yi, H Liang - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Baiting user engagement is pervasive on social media platforms, and new strategies and
tools have been developed to facilitate this engagement bait. However, the empirical effects …

Analyzing Sensationalism in News on Twitter (X): Clickbait Journalism by Legacy vs. Online-Native Outlets and the Consequences for User Engagement

S Khawar, M Boukes - Digital Journalism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
News consumption patterns have evolved as people increasingly get news through social
media. A by-product of this change has been the rise of “clickbaits”—a form of journalism …

When curiosity gaps backfire: effects of headline concreteness on information selection decisions

M Aubin Le Quéré, JN Matias - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
The selection of information by individuals is a basic process in democratic institutions,
including journalism. Publishers attempt to attract readers with “curiosity gap” headlines that …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of monetary incentives on health care social media content: study based on topic modeling and sentiment analysis

N Maleki, B Padmanabhan, K Dutta - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 - jmir.org
Background While there is high-quality online health information, a lot of recent work has
unfortunately highlighted significant issues with the health content on social media platforms …

Attention grabbing through forward reference: An erp study on clickbait and top news stories

X Li, J Zhou, H **ang, J Cao - International Journal of Human …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Social media tends to use “catchy” headlines to intentionally get people to click news.
However, clickbait headlines can erode readers' trust and devalue news. To combat …

[PDF][PDF] A Review of the Effects of Clickbait on Online Platform among Society

AAA Azam, NFF Hasbullah… - e-Journal of Media …, 2024 - myjms.mohe.gov.my
Clickbait is a problem that exists throughout society. Due to the rising advancement, this
clickbait problem has harmed numerous societies. This clickbait is used on multiple online …

I Like Their Autonomy and Closeness to Me: Uncovering the Perceived Appeal of Social-Media Influencers

YL Chou, HJ Lee, J Tsai, EC Liang… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The proliferation of influencers on social-media platforms has drawn considerable research
attention, particularly in the field of marketing. Nevertheless, there is limited understanding …

The awkward semantics of Facebook reactions

JC Paolillo - First Monday, 2023 - firstmonday.org
Facebook originally had a single reaction feature, like, which was updated in 2016 with five
other options, and again in 2020 with a sixth. The intended meanings of these features …