Gatekeeping

(noun)

Gatekeeping is practiced by gatekeepers, people who control access to something, for example, via a city gate. In the late twentieth century, the term came into metaphorical use, referring to individuals who decide whether a given message will be distributed by a mass medium.

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Examples of Gatekeeping in the following topics:

  • Gatekeeping

    • Gatekeeping is the process through which information in publications, broadcasting, and the Internet is filtered for dissemination.
    • Gatekeeping was formally identified in Kurt Lewin's publication, Forces Behind Food Habits and Methods of Change (1943).
    • Lewin identified several parts of the gatekeeping process in his 1943 article.
    • Different actors may control the channels and act as gatekeepers at different times.
    • Discuss the concept and implications of the gatekeeping process and censorship

  • The Role of the Media

    • Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, be it publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other type of communication.
    • Gatekeeping occurs at all levels of the media structure, from a reporter deciding which sources are included in a story to editors deciding which stories are printed or covered, and includes media outlet owners and even advertisers.
    • In 1950, the idea of gatekeeping was officially applied to news.
    • Gates was acting as a gatekeeper by making decisions about what sorts of news would receive space in his newspaper.
    • Give a concrete example of gatekeeping that may have political consequences

  • Intergenerational Conflict

    • Members of the powerful generation act as gatekeepers and orchestrate the distribution of resources and powers to be in line with their own interests, often at the exclusion of the needs of other individuals and generations.

  • Brokerage

    • In figure 9.11, ego B is acting as a gatekeeper.

  • Education

    • In this regard, universities can be regarded as the gatekeepers of the professional middle class.