Digital Gatekeeping

Bro, Peter; Wallberg, Filip

doi:10.1080/21670811.2014.895507

Cited by 55 publications

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“…Informativeness or simply the extent of relevant and timely information seems to be a strong motivation in predicting news sharing intention (Lee et al, 2011). According to Bro and Wallberg (2014) well-known persons/places (actors) and unusual facts (actions) seem also to be particularly important in understanding the news stories that audiences receive. Furthermore, social media users tend to prefer hard news and thus, opinion pieces over soft and general news.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, feedback to articles may depend on the appeal of the article rather than the topic per se (Bastos, 2014). Studying the news processes related to the use of Facebook, Bro and Wallberg (2014) revealed that two factors were particularly important in understanding the news stories that audiences receive: actors and actions. The former refers to well-known persons or places, while the latter pertains to something out of the ordinary.…”

Section: Social Network and Information Sharing Motivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Web Third-Person Effect Hypothesis: Do likes and Shares Affect Users’ Perceptions?

Antonopoulos¹,

Giomelakis²,

Veglis³

et al. 2016

JMC

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This paper studies the web third-person effect (WTPE) hypothesis in the context of news websites and social media.Specifically, the study examines the role of social media metrics (i.e., shares and likes of news articles) in shaping users' opinion about the websites. Users' news sharing intention in social media is also investigated. Based on a structured online questionnaire (N = 7,404), the results confirm that WTPE can be found in social media metrics without the presence of specific message content. It should be noted that the effect was found at three perceptual levels, self, friends, and other users. Regarding intention for news sharing, text was indicated as the most important reason among Internet users. Finally, the work demonstrates significant correlations between WTPE and article characteristics that influence people's attitudes to share news online.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Network and Information Sharing Motivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Web Third-Person Effect Hypothesis: Do likes and Shares Affect Users’ Perceptions?

Antonopoulos¹,

Giomelakis²,

Veglis³

et al. 2016

JMC

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“…As research has shown, these gatekeepers outside the newsrooms might have their own conceptions about what news to select and reject before they publish and distribute it by way of the new communicative infrastructures made possible by the internet. And recently researchers have looked into the values that determine what people outside the news media pass along by way of Twitter and Facebook (Bro and Wallberg 2014).…”

Section: Gatekeeping As a Process Of Gradual Eliminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gatekeeping in a Digital Era

Bro¹,

Wallberg²

2014

Journalism Practice

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The original concept of gatekeeping within journalism was based on a particular research method, a particular sub-profession within the news media, and a particular-now extincttechnological platform. This article describes and discusses what has happened to the function of gatekeeping as new technologies have developed, and it suggests that three models of gatekeeping are present in the digital era. The first model is based on a process of information, the second model is based on a process of communication, and the third and last model is based on a process of elimination, where the function of gatekeeping is taken over by people outside the newsrooms. All three models have been part of the history of journalism from the very beginning, but their importance for news reporters and the news media have changed with the invention of new technological means, methods and tools. This reassessment of the principles, practices and new technological platforms for gatekeeping concludes by discussing the ways in which our models of journalism can affect not only researchers but also news reporters and audiences.

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“…Further, many online community members are themselves produsers because they do not only passively consume materials posted by the networked gatekeeper, but they also actively produce comments and post images and videos that could provide insight into their values and beliefs (Bruns 2005(Bruns , 2008. Hence, the online community members who liked the Facebook page or are part of the Facebook group can also be regarded as decentralized networked gatekeepers (Bro and Wallberg 2014) unlike the Facebook page administrator who is a centralized gatekeeper (Shaw 2012). This is because they have selectively chosen to like, comment, and possibly share posts from the 'Arab Canadian' Facebook page though they are still limited in their comments to the particular topics suggested by the Facebook page administrator, as explained above.…”

Section: The Networked Gatekeeper and Decentralized Networked Gatekeementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Further, Bruns (2005Bruns ( , 2008 discusses the important role of ''produser'' netizens who function as gatewatchers as they are able to reproduce and filter information on SNS. In their study of Twitter and climate change protests, Segerberg and Bennett (2011) conclude that Twitter Streams ''embed and are embedded in various kinds of gatekeeping processes'' (197), while Bro and Wallberg (2014) stress that we are witnessing today a ''new generation of gatekeepers who use social media to produce, publish and distribute news stories'' (1). In this regard, Shaw (2012) refers to the centralized gatekeeping function in the sense that most of the online discussion is filtered and directed by gatekeepers who use a vertical type of communication that is mostly directed from top to bottom (Castells 2013, 71).…”

Section: Networked Gatekeeping On Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%