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Still, if you’re looking for the summary version of digital
literacy, you can wrap it up in three concepts.

Clickbait

Clickbait refers to any text, headline, video title, etc.
that’s deliberately written to pique someone’s interest
and get them to click.

Generally speaking, clickbait is written by organizations
that want to get people to their website so they can show
ads and earn revenue. It’s also used by malicious website
owners who want to infect individuals’ computers with
malware.

In short, the rule of thumb is not to click a link or a video
with a title that makes someone feel outrage. This is a
hard urge to fight, but it can make the difference between
good digital citizenship for students or having their
computers infected with viruses!

Even worse, your students could click an article that
delivers fake news to them.