ABSTRACT
Much of what journalism scholars thought they knew about gatekeeping—about how it is that news turns out the way it does—has been called into question by the recent seismic economic and technological shifts in journalism. These shifts come with new kinds of gatekeepers, new routines of news production, new types of news organizations, new means for shaping the news, and new channels of news distribution. Given these changing realities, some might ask: does gatekeeping still matter? In this internationally-minded anthology of new gatekeeping research, contributors attempt to answer that question. Gatekeeping in Transition examines the role of gatekeeping in the twenty-first century from organizational, institutional, and social perspectives across digital and traditional media, and argues for its place in contemporary scholarship about news and journalism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|44 pages
Thinking and Rethinking Gatekeeping
chapter 2|20 pages
How Gatekeeping Still Matters
part II|38 pages
Individual Level
part III|38 pages
News Routines
chapter 5|19 pages
On a Role
chapter 6|17 pages
The Journalist as a Jack of All Trades
part IV|40 pages
News Organization—or Lack Thereof
chapter 7|18 pages
The Tyranny of Immediacy
part V|40 pages
Social Institutions
chapter 10|21 pages
Whose Hand on the Gate?
part VI|50 pages
Social Systems Near and Far
chapter 11|21 pages
Visual Gatekeeping in the Era of Networked Images
part VII|18 pages
Conclusion