Gatekeeping Theory

Shoemaker, Pamela J.; Vos, Tim P.

doi:10.4324/9780203931653

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“…One perspective positions journalists as gatekeepers for information contributed by the crowd (Shoemaker and Vos 2009). Expanding from this, Bruns (2008) describes the journalists' role as shifting from "gatekeeping" to "gatewatching."…”

Section: Disrupting Traditional Roles In Journalismmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…This research shows them extending their institutions and practices to build a collaboration that supported information-sharing during this event, and suggests an alternative to existing perspectives on the evolving role of journalists. The journalists working to support information needs in the Catskills after Hurricane Irene were clearly not obsolete, nor were they merely gatekeepers (Shoemaker and Vos 2009) or gatewatchers (Bruns 2008). Instead, they were actively working to shape the information-collaboration space for effective information-sharing.…”

Section: Journalists As Crowdsourcerersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Journalists as Crowdsourcerers: Responding to Crisis by Reporting with a Crowd

Dailey

Starbird

2014

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Widespread adoption of new information communication technologies (ICTs) is disrupting traditional models of news production and distribution. In this rapidly changing media landscape, the role of the journalist is evolving. Our research examines how professional journalists within a rural community impacted by Hurricane Irene successfully negotiated a new role for themselves, transforming their journalistic practice to serve in a new capacity as leaders of an online volunteer community. We describe an emergent organization of media professionals, citizen journalists, online volunteers, and collaborating journalistic institutions that provided real-time event coverage. In this rural context, where communications infrastructure is relatively uneven, this ad hoc effort bridged gaps in ICT infrastructure to unite its audience. In this paper, we introduce a new perspective for characterizing these information-sharing activities: the "human powered mesh network" extends the concept of a mesh network to include human actors in the movement of information. Our analysis shows how journalists played a key role in this network, and facilitated the movement of information to those who needed it. These findings also note a contrast between how HCI researchers are designing crowdsourcing platforms for news production and how crowdsourcing efforts are forming during disaster events, suggesting an alternative approach to designing for emergent collaborations in this context.

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Section: Disrupting Traditional Roles In Journalismmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Journalists As Crowdsourcerersmentioning

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Journalists as Crowdsourcerers: Responding to Crisis by Reporting with a Crowd

Dailey

Starbird

2014

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“…This supports the argument that journalists can be subject to groupthink when few sources of information are available (Janis, 1983;Shoemaker & Vos, 2009). Groupthink refers to 'a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive ingroup, when the members' striving for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action' (Janis, 1983, p. 9).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 50%

“…However, editors still play a strong role in deciding what gets published. In making such decisions, they consider various issues, including the news reports of other media outlets (Breen, 1997;Protess & McCombs, 1991;Shoemaker & Vos, 2009).…”

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A comparative study on source credibility and use in multinational nuclear talks

Seo

Lim

2010

Asian Journal of Communication

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“…Some become full-page news items, but others are given less coverage or none at all. Explaining the total gatekeeping process (Shoemaker & Vos, 2009) is beyond the scope of this study, but we do hope to find indicators that explain why the nature of coverage of these events, particularly the amount of coverage, differs.…”

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