Oxford’s Word of the Year calls out outrage-driven content. UVA’s Bethany Teachman explains why it hooks us and how to avoid ...

Clickbait relied on curiosity. Rage bait relies on us, knowing that if content makes you angry, you spend longer with it, share it more often, and return to the platform quickly.

It shouldn't come as a surprise that the Oxford Dictionary has named "rage bait" its Word of the Year. The quantity of ...

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Rage is an extreme form of anger, with intense aggressive impulses. It’s caused by perceived violation of rights, status, or ...

Previous words of the year include "podcast," "goblin mode" and "brain rot." The Oxford University Press has selected "rage bait" as its word of the year, in a nod to how easily digital indignation ...

"Rage bait" has been named the word of the year by the Oxford University Press. It means social media content that is designed to create a strong and negative reaction.

Polls show rage has been growing since 2016 – a year in which we became more politically divided than ever (Getty) Usually the main arena where we see rage spill out and spill over is the online world ...

Mothers aren't supposed to get angry. At least that's what writer and mom of two Minna Dubin thought. Dubin had no idea that she was tapping into a cultural phenomenon. "It was just a personal essay," ...

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A man was beaten to death with a baseball bat after a road rage incident on Friday afternoon in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Police said, around 3:45 p.m., a 26-year-old ...