Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to display a content screen and a control unit configured to change an output state of the content screen with respect to a point from which a first touch gesture starts, in response to that the first touch gesture is sensed in the content screen, and when the first touch gesture which is continuously sensed in the content screen corresponds to a predetermined reference, perform control to search for other content associated with at least one piece of information extracted from the content screen.