How Way-Finding is Challenging Gatekeeping in the Digital Age

Pearson, George Dh; Kosicki, Gerald M.

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2015.1123112

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“…Since models and theories purport to describe and explain the empirical world, we can only account for the here and now. In the meantime, we have a world in transition -a world in which the old and the new co-exist (Pearson & Kosicki, 2016). The end may yet come for gatekeeping.…”

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“…It should come as little surprise that scholars and critics have challenged the idea of gatekeeping and questioned its relevance in the digital age (see e.g., Pearson & Kosicki, 2016). Gatekeeping scholarship in its original form sought to explain little more than how news got selected for publication (White, 1950).…”

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“…However, the most intellectually honest approach at the present is to see that gatekeeping theory must account for a world in transition. Gatewatching (Bruns, 2005) and way-finding (Pearson & Kosicki, 2016) clearly describe aspects of the digital media environment that need not be reduced to gatekeeping. But the new digital universe has not yet arrived in its full manifestation, assuming it ever will.…”

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2016

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This essay explores the state of gatekeeping theory at present. We discuss whether gatekeeping theory has a future, how gatekeeping -as it has evolved -still offers theoretical and explanatory value, and how gatekeeping must be reformed to maintain its worth and relevance. The notion is approached from its purpose, nature, temporality, agents and context. The article argues that gatekeeping theory will remain relevant pending a process of reform that must accompany that of journalism and news media.

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2016

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“…Moreover, fact-checking is viewed favorably and as a necessary responsibility of the news media by four out of five registered voters (Barthel & Gottfried, 2016;Nyhan & Reifler, 2015). Against a backdrop of dramatically changing news consumption habits (Pearson & Kosicki, 2017), scholars are turning their attention to understanding the role of facts in political deliberation. As such, this study seeks to explore who shares fact-checks in social media and why.…”

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“…Studying who shares fact-checks is important because in the changing media landscape where news diffuses via social media, individuals are the new gatekeepers (Bruns, 2011;Pearson & Kosicki, 2017;Thorson & Wells, 2015) and, thus, are central to spreadingor stoppingmisinformation. Political fact-checking has emerged as one remedy to misinformation that exemplifies the research and education-based solutions encouraged by scholars (Jackson & Jamieson;.…”

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Reinforcing attitudes in a gatewatching news era: Individual-level antecedents to sharing fact-checks on social media

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Vargo

Hopp

2018

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Gatekeepers of toxicity: Reconceptualizing Twitter's abuse and hate speech policies

Konikoff

2021

Policy & Internet

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Twitter has become the platform of choice for journalists, politicians, and citizens because of the ways that it encourages expression, participation, and debate. In recent years, however, Twitter's “zeal for free speech” has turned the platform into a breeding ground for abuse, harassment, and hate speech. Through a discourse analysis of Twitter's policies, rules, and enforcement guidelines, this project asks (1) What role do Twitter's policies, rules, and terms of service play in instances where Twitter does not successfully address online abuse, hate speech, and harassment? and (2) What role does Twitter's technological architecture play in both propagating or preventing online hate speech and abuse? By invoking traditional and contemporary gatekeeping theories, theories of deterrence, and responsibilization, this paper will demonstrate that Twitter's policies perpetuate abuse and hateful conduct by splitting the gatekeeping role between the platform and its users. The study sheds light on the blind spots in Twitter's policies, such as their permissive free speech rhetoric and their nondeterrent enforcement options, to provide an empirical basis for how Twitter can detoxify user experience through revisions to the platform's policy framework.

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How Way-Finding is Challenging Gatekeeping in the Digital Age

Cited by 44 publications

References 23 publications

Reformed gatekeeping

Reformed gatekeeping

Reinforcing attitudes in a gatewatching news era: Individual-level antecedents to sharing fact-checks on social media

Gatekeepers of toxicity: Reconceptualizing Twitter's abuse and hate speech policies

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