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I believe that falling for clickbait, especially in today’s society is easier now more than ever, and I can openly admit that I have fallen for my fair share of clickbait myself. I am a big movie fanatic and enjoy keeping updated on some of my favourite actors and musicians. I find that most of the clickbait I fall for tends to be related to the entertainment industry. For example, I see lots of spoilers of popular shows and movies when scrolling through my social medias. I typically fall for these types of clickbait because I actually enjoy spoilers as I sometimes use them to help me decide if something is worth watching. Other types of clickbait I fall that are related to the entertainment industry are headlines that say, “What These Actors from ‘so and so’ Show Look Like Now!”.

One of the most recent clickbait examples I can think of, is one similar to the picture I attached below. However, instead of it headlining “21 Actors Who Opened Up About Their Transgender Transitions….” It said something along the lines of “These Popular Actors Recently Came Out As LGBTQ+”. When I saw this headline, I immediately clicked on it as learning about the LGBT community has become a recent passion of mine. I was also enticed to click on it as I thought I might I recognize some of the actors and wanted to hear their stories. However, when I clicked on the link, it did not bring me to a page I was expecting. It ended up being a link to someone’s posted blog on a website I hadn’t heard of prior. It was just a series of attachments that were not visible and headlines under each one that didn’t make any sense.

In conclusion, to say the least, I was fairly disappointed with the outcome of this clickbait as I was hoping to possibly learn a thing or two, but instead was left pondering what those attachments were of for the rest of that night.

Enlow, C. (2016).

The Ultimate 'What This Famous Person Looks Like Now Is JAW-DROPPING' Click-Bait Post. Retrieved December 13th, 2020 from https://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/the-ultimate-what-this-famous-person-looks-like-now-is-jawdropping-clickbait-post.php

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The statistic of people falling victim to clickbait is very concerning, and I regret to admit that I am part of that statistic. When you think about it, everything that is published on social media, news platforms, blogs, etc. should be taken with a grain of salt. This is because everything in these forms of media is biased and opinionated, it is not factual, and we should all partake in critical thinking and analyzing what is being fed to us is actually correct or not. However, there are times when we think one thing is going to provide us what we were looking for based on its title but quite the opposite happens. Clickbait is so prevalent on YouYube especially. We are drawn to titles that are relatable to us or we find entertaining. But in the picture I’ve attached, was the perfect example of luring in a target audience that is very invested in the day to day life of this couple. They specifically do this to increase their views and work the algorithm in their favor. When I further studied the nature of clickbait, I came across some interesting facts. 81% of older users of the internet fall victim to clickbait because they seem to be drawn to the emotional content in the title of the media. So it is only making more sense to me as to why the friends in my parent’s group chats on Facebook and Whatsapp seem to share and believe fake media. To reiterate, to prevent from being a victim of clickbait moving forward, I think we should all partake in critical thinking and analyzing every word we read before getting influenced to take action.

References:
Kevin Munger, Mario Luca, Jonathan Nagler, Joshua Tucker September 7, 2018. The Effect of Clickbait∗

https://rubenson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/munger-tpbw18.pdf

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There has been many times I have fallen for click bate. I am a huge admirer and advocate for politics and news. I love the world of informative content that can be at your finger tips. An example of click bate that has certainly got my attention and made me fall under the category of a being click bate user is through fake news websites such as CBC and CNN (the fake ones) that advertise and allocate fake stories about the news and what exactly is going on in the world.  There have been many times I have been click bated, when circulating and navigating through content directed go news and political stories. An example is attached below:

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Clickbait is designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink especially when the link leads to content of value or interest. Clickbait is a very common issue on several social media platforms. Many platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat have shown clickbait. I choose to pick this picture with the caption because it is a good example of clickbait. The caption states “Man Tries to Hug a Wild Lion, You Won’t Believe What Happens Next!”. The caption is clickbait because it turns out that the man is an expert trainer otherwise it would’ve ended badly. However, the clickbait ad doesn’t allow you to think that way and makes you want to know the outcome. When I initially saw this picture, I thought it was intriguing because I wanted to know what would happen.
Steiner, E. (n.d.). What is Clickbait & Why it Work so Well? [5 Tactics]. Retrieved December 13, 2020, from https://www.coforge.com/blog/why-clickbait-works

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Fake news is everywhere and is something that cannot really be avoided due to the fact that it was here before social media and now that we have social media it is more accessible to many more people and easier to get away with. Donald Trump is someone who has made fake news really prevalent in the last few years

clickbait is something that has been around for many years and has gotten multiple people. I have been someone that has been caught with clickbait from time to time. I am a person that is very big on shoes so when I was sent this link to complete a survey from foot locker to get a gift card to buy some shoes I took the opportunity, luckily though I checked in with my mom and older brother first and they told me it was a scam. with this experience I thought I would have the chance to get a gift card and buy myself a nice pair of shoes but it turned out to be clickbait for the scammer to access money from others.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F705235622871458029%2F&psig=AOvVaw3Utm-8d5hoJYIVt0TlA1V7&ust=1608001143260000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCPjh56flzO0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAX

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clickbait has been so getting used by so many people for as long as I can remember. I think the most that I have encountered clickbait throughout my childhood is youtube. I remember being on youtube for hours on end looking at videos of different clothes and shoes that I would want to buy in the future since my family never had the means of getting them. I remember getting pulled into a scam about getting free clothing. back then, it seemed like it was true and my 10-year-old self did not know any better. So, I ended putting all of my information on there and also caught a virus on my computer. in the end, my parents got really mad at me and took it away. What do I understand now? I was reading an article and learned that clickbait can be tailored to the person's search history and most viewed things.

https://www.blumshapiro.com/insights/clickbait-cybersecurity-ransomware-ct-ma-ri/

in the end, I believe anyone can be vulnerable to clickbait. at that time when I was a kid, I think that the driving factor for me was the fact that I could not get what I wanted. so that lead me to falsely putting faith in something that was not true.

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Clickbait is a headline or title that is designed to entice people to follow a link, usually the content is nothing related to the headline. Yes, I have been click baited before it was to get Virtual Currency for the game NBA 2K, that I play. The Virtual Currency is pretty expensive where creating your own player and level him up to 85 overall cost about $60. This guy was supposed to show a trick to earn like 100,000 VC within minutes. But when I clicked on the video and watched it his “glitch” was to play an exhibition game over and over again which earned you 250 VC every 4-5 minutes. Usually for NBA 2K there is always some sort of glitch that available to earn 1000’s in VC within minutes that they do not fixed until it is quite popular within the 2K community. I thought the person would be showing one the glitches that has not been fixed by the developer. I think people have been click baiting on the internet long enough as to where I think us user can identify just by the headlines that it is most likely not true and the creator is just trying to generate traffic.

Reference List:
Escher, A., & Ha, A. (2016, September 26). WTF is clickbait? Retrieved from https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/25/wtf-is-clickbait/

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Fake news content something, (for example, a feature) intended to make users need to tap on a hyperlink particularly when the connection prompts substance of questionable worth or interest.

It is hard to recollect when you could look through your preferred online media source and not be barraged with: You'll never accept what happened when, this is the cutest thing ever, this the greatest mix-up you can make, and take this test to see which character you are on. They are generally exemplary clickbait content models.

I have attached an image of Indian shopping website Flipkart. This picture got viral on the social media when Flipkart put discount on their items during festival season. We can see the image is of Ladies Sandals named Canvera Wedges. In the price section, they mentioned the original price was 799INR and the discounted price was 399INR. But if we look onto the price tag print on items that was 399INR, that means the original price was 399INR, however they made that deal in a way where customer think that they are getting discount.

When a customer noticed this thing and made a complaint then the Flipkart was removed the item from the listing.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech-news/Flipkart-caught-offering-fake-discount/articleshow/47555048.cms

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clickbait

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Fake news is prevalent today in society. Fake News has been prevalent for a long time, however Donald Trump has made the term fake news even more prevalent now a days. However Fake news is not the enemy of the people but rather a weakness of society in where fake news can and does exist because people fall for it. Clickbait is definitely a form of fake news that people fall for frequently as it deceptive and sounds interesting but actually has nothing to do with what one is led to believe. I have definitely fallen for clickbait in the past and I wasn't appreciative of being tricked, however as a result I have learned to not believe all headlines and thumbnails that I see on the internet. The reason why clickbait exists is people fall for it and its not regulated. With society using the internet and social media evermore these days more and more content creators want views on their content and how they make their content more appealing to get more views is through clickbait. Clickbait can be an is found all over the web weather on social media, video streamlining platforms, etc and it is their for the purpose of making you click on content that you otherwise wouldn't click on. clickbait can be and is also used online scams or viruses that want you to click on their so called content with the intent of giving you a virus or having you partake in their scam. I find it ironic how Donald Trump calls some news organizations fake news when he likes to tweet out conspiracy theories and promote news that is favourable to him, and news that is not always the most factually accurate. Personally I feel that their are different interpretations of what is fake news for different people. For example Donald Trump likes to refer to some mainstream media as fake news and others would likely disagree. I believe when it comes to deciding what is fake news and what is real news their is some discretion based on ones views. For example a person who watches a more right leaning news may believe that left leaning news is fake or vice versa. Fake news is defined by the New York Times as  "fake news" on the Internet as false articles deliberately fabricated to deceive readers, generally with the goal of profiting through clickbait. Clickbait is content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page." How to Spot Fake News. (n.d.). Retrieved December 14, 2020, from https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/spotfakenews/
I believe fake News will continue as a result of free speech rights  and lack of regulation surrounding media. However I believe it will be up to each of us individuals to filter the news and determine what is fake and what is real.

APA Citation:
How to Spot Fake News. (n.d.). Retrieved December 14, 2020, from https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/spotfakenews/

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Fake news is evident in society all the time. Part of fake news is clickbait, which surrounds us all the time. In today’s day and age, technology is very prevalent in our lives and we spend majority of our time on electronics. We are click baited by ads that we may see or even YouTube video thumbnails. I chose an ad that I had seen a few months ago on Facebook. The ad reads “It Takes An Expert To Spot The Crime Happening In This Photo. Can You Figure It Out?”. Furthermore, the ad shows a woman posing with two young girls. What intrigued me to click on this ad was the title, saying that experts could spot the crime in the ad, and I was curious to see if I could spot it. Furthermore, the photo displayed in the ad seemed very innocent and did not look like there was a crime happening within the photo, which made me want to check it out even more. The ad lured me in because of its interesting choice of words and photo. However, when I clicked on the ad, I was redirected to a movie website that requested I put my personal information in, in order to view the photo. It was evident to me that the ad was fake because there was no correlation between the ad and the website that I was directed to. In addition, based off my previous experiences, I know that the purpose of the ad is for online hackers to take advantage of my information and control my online activity. In the lecture it stated that young people are the most vulnerable of misinformation, which correlates with me being gullible and clicking on the ad. Furthermore, the lecture read that fake sites often try to mimic real or credible sites. In the bottom left corner of the image it reads “AWM.com” and it says the post is from AWM America. As a Canadian who is not familiar with many American news sources, when I see a post that has a profile picture that looks like something that would be from a credible source with a website, it can be very convincing to the viewer. In other words, looks can be deceiving. After I was directed to the movie website, I decided to type the actual website in on google, and I was directed to a website that had multiple clickbait ads. It was clear that the name of the website, had nothing to do with the content displayed on the site. A funny way to look at clickbait according to www.techcrunch.com is that, viewers who see clickbait ads should “remember that your favorite sites should treat you like you’re in a long-term relationship. They should invest in you, with accurate and engaging headlines that lead to quality journalism, good use of media and a friendly UX, rather than trying to trick you into giving a single, grudging click (the Internet’s equivalent of a one-night stand). As with any relationship, you shouldn’t settle.” ("TechCrunch is now a part of Verizon Media", 2020) Overtime viewers who see clickbait ads will start to become hesitant when they see the ads and will be able to tell by looking at the ad, which is real and fake.

APA Citation:

TechCrunch is now a part of Verizon Media. (2020). Retrieved 13 December 2020, from https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/25/wtf-is-clickbait/

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Clickbait is a headline or title intended to attract viewers to follow a connection, typically the content is not linked to the headline .Fake news is visible all the time in society. Half of the bogus news is clickbait that surrounds us all the time. I've been tricked by clickbait a few times in my life that I can recall, but the most recent clickbait I remember clicking on was the recent whatsapp  adidas clickbait that provide adidas T- shirt free of cost. I have to send that link to my 15 contacts and 4 groups and when I did nothing happened.
Clickbait can be and is seen all over the internet on social media, video streaming sites, etc., and is there to make you click on content that you would otherwise not click on. Clickbait will and will also be used web spam or viruses that want you to click on their so-called material in order to send you a virus or make you engage in their scams. I saw many videos on youtube in which title does not match with there content that was only for views and nothing else. Due to these clickbait the talented and  knowledge full videos are not on trending.

This is the link of that Clickbait-

https://svip008.top/j/?c=ad

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Fake news has always been around before Donald Trump opened our eyes even more to it. As I stated in my lesson summary this week, I remember as a young girl going grocery shopping with my mother and her pointing out all the "fake news" in certain magazines at check out. I believe fake news has become such a more significant thing because of the internet and social media platforms. As stated in the article, The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online, "The rise of fake news are spread by humans and bots online is challenging publishers and platforms" (Anderson & Ranie, 2020). It is much easier for fake news to filter around now. Clickbait is something that is all over social media these days, especially on Facebook and Instagram. One that I have seen very often is "Click on this link so you can get a gift $1000 card for Walmart". You think that you'll click on the picture shown and you will receive a gift card when typically it is a link that wants to sell you things. I have learned by now to keep scrolling past these types of clickbait because they are not real.

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Fake news has always been around before Donald Trump opened our eyes even more to it. As I stated in my lesson summary this week, I remember as a young girl going grocery shopping with my mother and her pointing out all the "fake news" in certain magazines at check out. I believe fake news has become such a more significant thing because of the internet and social media platforms. As stated in the article, The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online, "The rise of fake news are spread by humans and bots online is challenging publishers and platforms" (Anderson & Ranie, 2020). It is much easier for fake news to filter around now. Clickbait is something that is all over social media these days, especially on Facebook and Instagram. One that I have seen very often is "Click on this link so you can get a gift $1000 card for Walmart". You think that you'll click on the picture shown and you will receive a gift card when typically it is a link that wants to sell you things. I have learned by now to keep scrolling past these types of clickbait because they are not real.

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References
Anderson, J., & Rainie, L. (2020, August 17). The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online. Retrieved December 14, 2020, from https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2017/10/19/the-future-of-truth-and-misinformation-online/

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Clickbait is something that exist all over and on every social media platform. For example, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp, YouTube, Facebook, etc... I have been fooled by clickbait a few times in my life that I can remember but the most recent of the clickbaits that I remember clicking on was the recent whatsapp and adidas clickbait. I was getting messages from my mom, (who had also fallen for the clickbait) friends and family members about this. The whole thing was that Adidas was giving away 3000 pairs of shoes to their customers and all everyone had to do was share to 15 people and go through a few other steps and that was it. Without knowing, I had shared it to the amount of people it required me to share to. After that, I had to download a certain app that would grant me to the next step. When I got to that point, that is when I thought it was very suspicious. Eventually, I had unsent the shared message to everyone and decided to never share anything to anyone unless I know that is true. If that has taught me anything it is never believe everything you see.

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i got used to clickbait because i watch a lot of youtube sometime it get me and other time it's just too obvious to see. The time i fall for it are mostly for video game, game gliches, and the best skills on the game. That where clickbait gets me most of the time. another clickbait strategy people tend to fall into are the instagram ads.On instagram what you like is on your feed and they tend to bait you into buying what you see on your feed and it leads you into something sketch. This has happened to a few people i know when they were trying to by clothes and got false infomation they would give about 3 ads and ask for bank details . https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/276267758379388734/

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I have fallen for clickbait a few times, here and there, on my travels through the internet. Something that always tends to get me, are things that I am "passionate" about, or follow. Many of the times that I fall for clickbait, is usually on facebook, when ad's pop up after four or so posts from friends. Obviously, this is all built in the algorithm facebook uses to find what you are interested in , and having adds and these "fake news" stories pop up, to gain your interest.

For example, I have an interest in following the Toronto Blue Jays off season, as far as trades and additions to the team from the Free Agent list, as well as Star Wars news, and news about the future of Marvel movies. So, that being said, I always get "fake news" articles on my feed about things like "Have the Blue Jays signed this player?" or "will this character show up in the next movie?". A majority of the time, the news that is contained the the click bait article, is either news people already know about, or the news doesn't even relate to what the title of the article stated. Unfortunately, by that time, they've already got your interest.

Another fake news post I see people fall into often, are the articles that ask you to answer a few questions, to see what the next 5 years of your life will look like. It's complete clickbait, and give people this false hope and understanding of what their lives will look like in the next 5 years. As soon as you enter the quiz, they ask for an email to subscribe, then the page is just littered in ads.

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Which Dr. Seuss character are you? Who will be your Valentine's Day date? Only a true genius will score 100 per cent on this quiz.

Popular social media quizzes, like the ones that pop up in Facebook feeds, may look harmless and fun - but taking them can leave you vulnerable to identity theft or fraud, according to CBC Information Morning tech columnist Nur Zincir-Heywood.

The Better Business Bureau, media literacy groups and police departments warn that hackers and scammers are behind many of these social media quizzes, so they can collect, use and profit from the personal information you share.

"Never do these," said Zincir-Heywood, a cybersecurity expert who teaches in the computer science department at Dalhousie University.

She said social media quizzes can ask the same questions your financial organizations use for security purposes to verify your identity when you need to change your password or access your account without a password. Some examples include the name of your hometown or the name of your first pet.

The different questions may not all be asked on the same quiz, she said. But multiple quizzes can elicit enough information that a cybercriminal might be able to access a bank or credit card account.

Zincir-Heywood said this can leave you vulnerable.

"Maybe they are watching [your] social media in general, they know your location, they know other things about you," Zincir-Heywood said.

"All of these then put together is a way to collect your information and, in your name, maybe open another account or use your account to buy their own things. It can go really bad."

Zincir-Heywood offers the following tech tips to protect yourself from their more nefarious side of social media quizzes:

Be careful. Free quizzes offered on social media actually aren't free - you're paying with your personal data that big data companies collect for targeted advertising, or cybercriminals collect to sell on the dark web.

If you can't resist filling out these quizzes, provide fake information, especially to questions similar to security questions used by your financial institutions. For example, if you are asked, 'What is your favourite pet,' make up an answer.

Once you take these quizzes, you can't take back the information you provide. So keep a close eye on your online transactions for any unusual banking or credit card activity, for example a transaction you did not authorize or an account you did not create.

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Which Dr. Seuss character are you? Who will be your Valentine's Day date? Only a true genius will score 100 per cent on this quiz. Popular social media quizzes, like the ones that pop up in Facebook feeds, may look harmless and fun - but taking them can leave you vulnerable to identity theft or fraud, according to CBC Information Morning tech columnist Nur Zincir-Heywood.

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When I hear "Fake News"  the first person I think of is Donald Trump. I feel like during the beginning of COVID, it was one of his favourite sayings.

Fake news is everywhere and social media makes is so easy to be spread across mass amounts of people across different age groups, demographics, and interests. Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to name a few are full of clickbait.

I chose the photo with the caption "Leading Doctor Reveals the No.1 Worst Carb You Are Eating". When seeing this, I think that it would prey on people that are insecure about their weight or have thought about starting a diet. When I clicked on the link, there was a run around of information and tons of ads surrounding the "information". After clicking, there is a survey where you can fill out information to get a personalized diet and find out what else is not good for you. This draws people for fun as well as potentially unhealthy reasons.
Internet users need to be able to decipher what they are looking a t if fake even if the lead in looks real.
This website offers helpful information to determine what clickbait is and ways to identify it: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/clickbait-what-is/382545/

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Fake news is all over the place and so are adds that create clickbait.  The add I chose has the Caption "The North Pole has Just released the Naughty and Nice List for 2020". When seeing this I thought I would be clicking into the link to see a list of names that made either the naughty or nice list.  That is not in fact what I got. I was directed to a page where I could type my name in and give other information in order to see where I landed.  This is a great way to bait ppl in but is also a well known tactic for Cyber hackers to gain control over your information. In relation to this weeks lecture you are able to see right away that this story is clickbait, fake news as we all know there is no naughty and nice list put out by the North Pole.  This still draws people in as they want to see for fun where their name will end up.  It is a form of entertainment for some. As with fake news there is always a catch phrase or line that draws us in.  You need to be able to recognize the reality of the headline and also be able to spot fake URL's in the media you are looking at.  This will help you to decipher if what you are looking at is fake even if the headline seems real. If you look closely at this story you will see that the web page is totallythebomb.com.  it does not even come from the North Pole or Santa (if he was real) That there is the first red flag along with many others. Before you share or text information be sure to do further research and make sure you are not spreading more fake news and misinformation.  In doing more research about click bait, you are able to get a good idea of things to look for and how you should analyze what you are seeing.  Some great information comes from,

The Now: What is Clickbait?. Retrieved 9 December 2020, from https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/thenow/what-is-clickbait/1/

this page offers some valuable information on how to spot and analyze if what you are seeing is click bait.