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My Response to Karlie Brockman's: Are Vague Titles Necessary?

My Response to Karlie Brockman's: Are Vague Titles Necessary?


Karlie Brockman covered a specific topic that is rarely addressed by journalists. The 'clickbait" title trend. She explained her thoughts on how journalists use vague titles that are too unspecific to blow up their article to be more entertaining than it actually is. I believe she made great points, because I often see titles in the news, (even from official trustworthy cites) that often make me question the reality of the problem. I found that many people think this to be true, but have a harder time admitting to it. 

Journalists often use this form of 'clickbait' to gain attention for their article, and I personally agree with Karlie when she says, "In my opinion, if the title tells readers the important details and the story is newsworthy, the reader is more inclined to click as they want to know the smaller details too. The bottom line is, most people only have time to glance at a story headline. The titles need to be informative so their time is not wasted." She mentioned this in the last half of her paragraph and I think I found this very true. Clickbait is a popular online term to explain what you tubers and social media users use as their thumbnail/title to make viewers click faster. 

For example, a person could have a thumbnail of them eating makeup, and since it's such a strange thing to see, viewers might click thinking that the person will actually proceed to do as the title said. But their misleaded, it's a regular makeup video. This is quite often used in the news, so I'm glad that Karlie took the time to speak her mind about the topic.

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