GATEKEEPING IN NETWORKS: A META- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EXPLORING INFORMATION CONTROL

This paper suggests a meta-theoretical framework for comprehending information control by gatekeeping. First, it develops a new way of looking at the classical concept of gatekeeping from the perspectives that are more pertinent to networks and information systems, and sharpen the discrepancies between gatekeeping as a classical concept and gatekeeping in networks. Second, as a systematic way to organize the new body of kno5wledge this study introduces two typologies of gatekeepers and gatekeeping mechanisms in networks and conclude with the elements and processes that characterize gatekeeping in a network context. Finally, this study lays the foundations for future research of information control in networks.

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