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Table of Contents

Gatekeeping Theory from Social Fields

to Social Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1. Intellectual Origins of Gakekeeping Theory . . . . 4

A. Lewin and field theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

B. Lewin and gatekeeping theory . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2. Gatekeeping Theory after Lewin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

A. Mr. Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

B. Levels of analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

C. Gatekeeping after Mr. Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

D. Contemporary gatekeeping models . . . . . . . . 10

E. The gated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

F. Gatekeeping on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3. Network Gatekeeping Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

A. Definitioins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

B. Gatekeeping on social networks . . . . . . . . . . . 15

C. Network gatekeeping on Digg . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

D. Network gatekeeping on Twitter . . . . . . . . . . 16

E. Network gatekeeping on Facebook . . . . . . . . 18

4. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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