Gatekeeping: A critical review

Barzilai-Nahon, Karine

doi:10.1002/aris.2009.1440430117

Cited by 140 publications

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“…Journalists now share the stage with a host of other information actors (Barzilai- Nahon, 2009). The relative influence of journalistic flows in this environment becomes an empirical question to be explored (Mitchelstein & Boczkowski, 2010; see also Meraz, 2009).…”

Section: Journalistic Curationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Curated Flows: A Framework for Mapping Media Exposure in the Digital Age

2015

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Advancing theory in media exposure and effects requires contending with an increasing level of complexity and contingency. Building on established theoretical concerns and the research possibilities enabled by large social datasets, we propose a framework for mapping information exposure of digitally situated individuals. We argue that from the perspective of an individual's personal communication network, comparable processes of "curation" are undertaken by a variety of actors-not only conventional newsmakers but also individual media users, social contacts, advertisers, and computer algorithms. Detecting the competition, intersection, and overlap of these flows is crucial to understanding media exposure and effects today. Our approach reframes research questions in debates such as polarization, selective and incidental exposure, participation, and conceptual orientations for computational approaches.

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Section: Journalistic Curationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Curated Flows: A Framework for Mapping Media Exposure in the Digital Age

2015

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“…The community web forum, for example, was moderated by residents who volunteer to help. Such administrative tasks are sometimes referred to as gatekeeping [3]. One moderator states the purpose of his position by saying, "moderators also have the responsibility and the power to back it up [or] to tone down discussions that get out of hand.…”

Section: Reinforce Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining technology that supports community policing

Lewis

2012

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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This paper investigates how citizens use technology to support community policing efforts. To explore the types of conversations that are shared on the community web forum, we conducted a qualitative study. We analyzed 865 forum posts from a community crime web forum from April 2004 to June 2011. We found that residents use the forum to: 1) build relationships by strengthening social ties, 2) discuss ways to take collective action, 3) share information and advice, and 4) regulate the social norms of the neighborhood and the web forum. Results suggest that technologies intended for crime prevention should be designed to support communication and problem-solving discussions amongst residents, as opposed to simply providing information to citizens.

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“…The recognition of tail-blogs does not contradict patterns of the power law-distribution which have been presented in various empirical studies [2]. Also, Network Gatekeeping Theory implies a dynamic role of the gated, which may transform to network gatekeepers when exercising information control [12] [28]. The blogosphere is dynamic and contextual.…”

Section: Discussion: Homophilies and Nonhomophilies In Multi-dimensiomentioning

confidence: 97%