Irish comedy duo Peter Ganley and Chris Greene have had viral success with their YouTube videos such as 2 Irish guys watch Miley Cyrus. So Channel 4 On Demand commisioned a series from them.
Episode 2 of Craic Addicts is all about clickbait: those teasing, misleading, ‘curiousity gap’ headlines that make you want to click – even though you know you’re going to regret it! Just in case you had any illusions that you were being manipulated, the whole thing gets mercilessly deconstructed in this video. Go on: it’s hardly the worst thing you’ll click on today.
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Conn Ó Muíneacháin works at Blacknight, Ireland's largest provider of domains and hosting. He's an award-winning radio producer, podcaster and blogger. He's an engineer as well (not the award-winning kind).
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