Gatekeeping (communication)¶
Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication.
Core Idea¶
Gatekeeping (communication) is treated here as the recurring socialscienceshumanitiesarts identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication. Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication. The academic theory of gatekeeping may be found in multiple fields of study, including communication studies, journalism, political science, and sociology. Gatekeeping originally focused on the mass media with its few-to-many dynamic.
Scope of Application¶
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Network gatekeeping theory. Gatekeeping mechanism – "a tool, technology, or methodology used to carry out the process of gatekeeping".
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Definition. In exercising its "surveillance" function, every news medium has a very large number of stories brought to its attention daily by reporters, wire services, and a variety of other sources.
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Definition. This news perspective and its complex criteria are used by editors, news directors, and other personnel who select a limited number of news stories for presentation to the public.
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HistoryOrigins of gatekeeping. Formally, gatekeeping was identified in Kurt Lewin's (1943) publication Forces Behind Food Habits and Methods of Change.
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HistoryOrigins of gatekeeping. Gates' performance for a specific day and put the data in tables which show the amount and type of news which appeared on the front pages and the total number of.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Gatekeeping (communication) names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication.
Manages Complexity¶
Gatekeeping (communication) compresses multiple socialscienceshumanitiesarts details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—at the end of the week that the study took place, White found that nine-tenths of the wire copy got rejected and the process is made by highly subjective decisions based on the editor's own set of experiences, attitudes and expectations.—and the practical consequence—the notion of audience gatekeeping consists with.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the socialscienceshumanitiesarts entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication.
- Check operation and conditions. Gatekeeping – "the process of controlling information as it moves through a gate.
- Demand recognition evidence. What makes social media so formidable lies in the diffusion process of user engagement, primarily seen through likes, shares, comments, and reposts. 5.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Gatekeeping (communication) transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. Gatekeeping mechanism – "a tool, technology, or methodology used to carry out the process of gatekeeping". In exercising its "surveillance" function, every news medium has a very large number of stories brought to its attention daily by reporters, wire services, and a variety of other sources. Beyond the home domain. No canonical parent is asserted for Gatekeeping (communication).
Relationships to Other Abstractions¶
Current abstraction Gatekeeping (communication) Domain-specific
Parents (1) — more general patterns this builds on
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Gatekeeping (communication) is a kind of Gatekeeping Prime
Gatekeeping communication is the exercise of selective information-passage control at a choke point, which is exactly prime:gatekeeping's defining structure.
Hierarchy path (1) — routes to 1 parentless root
- Gatekeeping (communication) → Gatekeeping → Selection
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Gatekeeping (communication) sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (73rd percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.
Family — Unclustered & Miscellaneous (2551 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Solutions journalism — 0.84
- Social objects — 0.83
- 'I' and the 'me' — 0.83
- Doxxing — 0.83
- Exploratory thought — 0.83
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