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How Way-Finding is Challenging Gatekeeping in the Digital Age
This paper re-evaluates the relevance of the gatekeeping framework in the twenty-first century, arguing that in an age of digital journalism the gatekeeping metaphor has begun to restrict our study of journalism. Reviewing current research and utilizing a variety of surveys, case studies and theoret...
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Published in: | Journalism studies (London, England) England), 2017-09, Vol.18 (9), p.1087-1105 |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | This paper re-evaluates the relevance of the gatekeeping framework in the twenty-first century, arguing that in an age of digital journalism the gatekeeping metaphor has begun to restrict our study of journalism. Reviewing current research and utilizing a variety of surveys, case studies and theoretical work, the paper proposes a new framework. It argues that rather than online journalism studies focusing on the packaging of a news product by a news source (gatekeeping), it should instead focus on the paths taken by news users to individual stories via search engines, gatewatchers and social media (way-finding). To support this, five key areas of change are investigated: the increased capacity for storing and publishing news; new tools for news creation; increased use of aggregators and gatewatchers; competition on a story-by-story basis; and immediate audience feedback. |
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ISSN: | 1461-670X 1469-9699 |
DOI: | 10.1080/1461670X.2015.1123112 |