The phenomenon of “ragebaiting” has become increasingly
widespread throughout mainstream media. A cousin of clickbait, ragebaiting is
the trend of publishing misleading headlines and articles, in order to provoke
controversy and increase traffic and engagement. It is purely profit-driven,
and often plays up to the 5-second culture that social media has perpetuated –
that is, the culture of taking in snippets of information as quickly as
possible, regardless of how accurate this is.
Brace yourself, reader, this is a long one…
Continue reading Ragebaiting: Inflammatory, Divisive, DistractingLike this:
Like Loading...