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- Title
Social Media's Influence on American Sport Journalists' Perception of Gatekeeping.
- Authors
Reed, Sada; Hansen, Kathleen A.
- Abstract
Using gatekeeping theory as a conceptual framework, this study examines social media's influence on American sports journalists' perception of gatekeeping, particularly sports journalists who cover elite sports. Seventy-seven print sports journalists covering professional sports were asked if their definition of gatekeeper has changed since they began using social media for news-gathering purposes. Thirty-six participants did not think their definition of gatekeeper had changed. The 26 respondents who did think it had changed were asked to explain how. Responses were coded into 1 of the 5 categories in Shoemaker and Reese's Hierarchy of Influences model--individual, media routines, organization, extramedia, and ideological. Results suggest that for practitioners who do believe there has been a change, they see social media as changing their day-in, day-out job routines, as opposed to extramedia influences.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GATEKEEPING; SOCIAL media research; SPORTSCASTERS; SPORTS journalism; PROFESSIONAL sports; NEWS gathering
- Publication
International Journal of Sport Communication, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 4, p373
- ISSN
1936-3915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/ijsc.6.4.373