{"id":77179,"date":"2025-06-09T00:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T04:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=77179"},"modified":"2025-06-09T00:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T04:07:48","slug":"f-you-want-to-be-well-informed-dont-fall-for-the-headline-traps-and-this-isnt-one-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/f-you-want-to-be-well-informed-dont-fall-for-the-headline-traps-and-this-isnt-one-of-them\/","title":{"rendered":"f you want to be well informed, don&#8217;t fall for the headline traps (and this isn&#8217;t one of them)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77180\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/clickbait.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/clickbait.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/clickbait-250x149.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twenty years ago, it was still common to go buy bread and a newspaper. Paper required slow reading, turning the pages with your fingers, and having a pencil handy to fill out a crossword puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>But the economic crisis erupted in the mid-2000s. As the internet grew in homes and social media reached mobile devices, print media faced a crossroads: go digital or risk dying.<\/p>\n<p>By 2024, when digital communication has turned thirty,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tendencias.substack.com\/p\/tendencis-la-caida-del-numero-de\">consumption of print media has fallen<\/a>\u00a0to historic lows: only 14% of the Spanish population reads the print press, compared to 42% in 2008. Spaniards prefer to use the internet, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/internet.aimc.es\/index.html#\/main\/serviciosutilizados\">news isn&#8217;t our priority either<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we send messages and browse social media. Networks that, paradoxically, saturate us with rapid and constant information. And so, this &#8220;go digital or die&#8221; media challenge becomes a constant challenge. Either they manage to stand out from the maze of\u00a0<em>online<\/em>\u00a0content and capture our attention, or their chances of staying afloat are in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The information gap between media and audiences<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The media act as intermediaries between current events and public opinion. Journalists are &#8220;messengers&#8221; who inform us about things we don&#8217;t know firsthand: events, wars, or even the results of a soccer match.<\/p>\n<p>Things have changed. Some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk\/es\/digital-news-report\/2023\">studies<\/a>\u00a0show that most users don&#8217;t access the media. Social media and instant messaging\u00a0<em>apps<\/em>\u00a0are our new &#8220;messengers.&#8221; Only occasionally, if they manage to grab our attention enough, do we click on the news.<\/p>\n<p>This creates an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/revistas.unav.edu\/index.php\/communication-and-society\/article\/view\/40130\">information gap that has already been detected in Spain<\/a>\u00a0. While media headlines highlight economic, political, or social news, the public reads and shares news about sports, events, or celebrities. But is it all our fault?<\/p>\n<p>In a saturated and competitive digital environment, economically dependent on views, media outlets try to stand out by achieving what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com\/index.php\/EPI\/article\/view\/epi.2015.jul.12\">some experts<\/a>\u00a0call &#8220;consumable journalism.&#8221; They use shortcuts and tactics to sell information as compelling, urgent, or unusual, thereby capturing the audience.<\/p>\n<p>These techniques displace journalistic criteria and prioritize\u00a0<em>marketing<\/em>\u00a0and audience preferences so that they can access the news and, therefore, monetize it.<\/p>\n<p>That is to say, while the media used to offer us political, economic, and social topics on their pages, they now also publish interesting facts, shocking videos, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/el-clickbait-un-cebo-eficaz-para-pescar-su-atencion-142584\">&#8220;The Five Things You Do Wrong While Driving<\/a>\u00a0.&#8221; Because, due to the information gap, they know we&#8217;ll find and click on those stories, even if they don&#8217;t appear on their front pages.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The headline that sells, but does not inform<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Among the techniques most commonly used by the media to grab our attention is\u00a0<em>clickbait<\/em>\u00a0\u2014a luring headline.\u00a0<em>Clickbait<\/em>\u00a0is based on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nuevaepoca.revistalatinacs.org\/index.php\/revista\/article\/view\/264\/242\">two strategies<\/a>\u00a0: the presentation of incomplete, misleading, confusing, or eye-catching information, and the inclusion of sensationalist content.<\/p>\n<p>Incomplete information uses headlines like: \u201cThe best products you can&#8217;t miss,\u201d \u201cDid you know\u2026?\u201d or \u201cSeven incredible exotic destinations.\u201d They appeal to our rational side and our curiosity to solve the mystery.<\/p>\n<p>Sensationalism appeals to our emotional side: anecdotes, disasters, discoveries, curiosities, advice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Clickbait is a deliberate strategy that attempts to attract readers and keep them on the page for as long as possible. Initially,\u00a0<em>it<\/em>\u00a0was used by tabloids and pseudo-media outlets, i.e., websites that mimic the appearance of traditional media but are dedicated to misinformation and promoting an ideological agenda through polarization and populism.<\/p>\n<p>However, its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/el-clickbait-un-cebo-eficaz-para-pescar-su-atencion-142584\">expansion into traditional media<\/a>\u00a0has called into question both the quality of journalistic content and the trust audiences place in it.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>How prestigious media capture our attention<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In our study\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-0760\/13\/8\/430\"><em>Clickbait contagion in international quality media<\/em><\/a>\u00a0, promoted by the University of Valladolid and the University of Valencia, we compared the\u00a0<em>clickbait<\/em>\u00a0promoted on the front page of several leading international media outlets, the one that gets the audience&#8217;s click and the one that is shared on social network X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>The result? The catchy headline isn&#8217;t harmless; it&#8217;s toxic because it misinforms and blurs the most important information in the news.<\/p>\n<p>The media omits key facts through information gaps or unanswered questions, but it also tries to impress us and create an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Clickbait not only affects irrelevant or anecdotal topics that make it onto the news agenda, but also creeps into political and international news on the front pages. But it&#8217;s among the most widely read content, more specifically sports or celebrity-related, that\u00a0<em>it<\/em>\u00a0thrives. Social media, however, doesn&#8217;t spread it to the same extent.<\/p>\n<p>This difference between what&#8217;s read and what&#8217;s shared may be due to the fact that, once we click on these headlines, we realize the deception and don&#8217;t spread it.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/jcom.12232\">Other authors<\/a>\u00a0, however, suggest it could be due to our need to &#8220;save face&#8221;: we read interesting facts or topics about celebrities (more prone to\u00a0<em>clickbait<\/em>\u00a0), but we don&#8217;t want those around us to know. For this very reason, we share content about politics or social movements, even if we haven&#8217;t read it ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of\u00a0<em>clickbait<\/em>\u00a0in the prestigious press indicates a &#8220;contagion effect&#8221; in serious media outlets, both in terms of its themes and the way they present them to us. Although it doesn&#8217;t dominate these outlets&#8217; offerings or feature heavily on their front pages, it&#8217;s on their agendas and it works. A reality in which the media are willing to sacrifice part of their agenda in exchange for retaining us.<\/p>\n<p>This choice has consequences, with a growing trend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctxt.es\/es\/20240601\/Firmas\/46746\/Observatorio-Fundacion-la-Caixa-medios-desconfianza-noticias-Reuters.htm\">toward the public distrusting and avoiding the news<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The media are thus moving from an economic crisis to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/revistascientificas.uspceu.com\/doxacomunicacion\/article\/view\/1627\">crisis of relevance<\/a>\u00a0. This situation cannot be resolved by forcibly increasing clicks; rather, they must find alternative models to be sustainable and reliable for readers.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the audience, misinformed and manipulated by the false expectations of\u00a0<em>clickbait<\/em>\u00a0, deserves greater attention and media literacy resources to avoid taking the bait.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Alba Diez-Gracia is a Research Support Technician at the University of Valladolid, Dolors Palau-Sampio is Professor of Journalism at the University of Valencia, Iris S\u00e1nchez-Sobradillo is a Predoctoral Researcher in Communication and Pilar S\u00e1nchez-Garc\u00eda is Professor of Journalism both at the University of Valladolid<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years ago, it was still common to go buy bread and a newspaper. Paper required slow reading, turning the pages with your fingers, and having a pencil handy to fill out a crossword puzzle. 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