Updated September 6, 2016, 6:35 PM Click bait has joined the cacophony of 21st-century life and made it worse. But those who say that sensationalist teases have always been with us are right.

Click bait as a design element is a natural evolution, and consequence, of the Internet that affects our flow of attention. Our research has shown that attention distraction can lead to higher ...

Now the social network says it’s trying to crack down on exactly those kinds of headlines, which it describe as “click-bait” because the teasers are aimed at encouraging people to click ...