Gatekeeping Theory

This video discusses the Gatekeeping Theory of Media as elaborated on by Kurt Lewin, David Manning White, Pamela Shoemaker and Timothy Vos. It also discusses the classic theoretical models of gatekeeping. #gatekeeping #journalism #commtheory

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What are the assumptions of this theory

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For news media (in the ideal sense), the assumption is that there is not enough space/time to publish/air everything that is going on, therefore editors have to decide which issues or events to write about...hence, gatekeeping (see 2:11 in the video).