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clickbait: a standalone construct

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clickbait1 CONSTRUCTClickbaitBLOM · JOURNALISM STUDIES

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Journalism studies

headlines that withhold or tease key information to lure readers into clicking through to the article.

In journalism studies, clickbait refers to headlines that withhold or tease key information to lure readers into clicking through to the article. This meaning comes from Blom (2015) in Journal of Pragmatics.[1]

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References

  1. Blom, J. N., & Hansen, K. R. (2015). Click bait: Forward-reference as lure in online news headlines. Journal of Pragmatics, 76, 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2014.11.010

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