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Articles tagged headlines (20)

David Markowitz, Hillary Shulman and Todd RogersAugust 26, 2024

Readers prefer to click on a clear, simple headline — like this one

“Headlines with more common words — simple words like ‘job’ instead of ‘occupation’ — shorter headlines, and those communicated in a narrative style, with more pronouns compared with prepositions, received more clicks.”

A new game parodies The New York Times’ Gaza coverage

Clark Merrefield, The Journalist's ResourceFebruary 1, 2024

Research: 3 in 4 U.S. adults can discern real political news headlines from fake ones

New research suggests people in the U.S. are, overall, good at identifying true political news headlines from fake ones — but there are some stark socioeconomic differences.

Joshua BentonOctober 10, 2023

Elon Musk took the headlines away from Twitter — but you can bring them back with this one weird trick

This browser extension can help you undo one piece of the misinformation-related damage Musk has done to the newsiest of social platforms.

Sophie CulpepperOctober 5, 2023

News story or meme? After Elon Musk aXes headlines, it’s hard to tell

If you had to come up with a single move designed to deal a blow to whatever traffic is left and make sharing news more of a hassle, you couldn’t do much better than eliminating headlines from posts.

Joshua BentonSeptember 26, 2023

What is news, anyway? Readers’ answers depend on how much they see people like themselves in the story

“The disconnect many young people feel may come from a lack of representation, which we show violates a fundamental aspect of how audiences — teens and adults — define what is news.”

Esther Brito Ruiz and Jeff BachmanAugust 3, 2023

In news headlines, some civilian casualties are more valuable than others

A study of New York Times headlines about wars in Yemen and Ukraine reveals a bias in recording civilian harm.

Michael J. SocolowMarch 15, 2022

Is “headline stress disorder” real? Yes, but those who thrive on the news often lose sight of it

“[T]he question is not whether the problem is real, but how research might quantify and describe its true prevalence, and how to address the problem.”

Denise-Marie OrdwayOctober 21, 2021

More mice, fewer breakthroughs: How to avoid bad headlines on stories about health and medical research

“‘Breakthrough’ is the one that leaps out to me because there so rarely is a breakthrough.”

Nick Hagar and Nicholas DiakopoulosOctober 18, 2021

How A/B testing can (and can’t) improve your headline writing

“We found, surprisingly, that no single feature of a headline’s writing style makes much of a difference in forecasting success.”

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