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
Recommended Citation
DeIuliis, David
(2015)
"Gatekeeping Theory from Social Fields to Social Networks,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 34:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol34/iss1/1