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DIGITAL DIVISIONS:ORGANIZATIONAL GATEKEEPING PRACTICES IN THE CONTEXT OF
ONLINE NEWSJosh Scacco, PhD @joshscacco
Purdue University
Alex Curry @tweetcurryUniversity of Texas at Austin
Talia Stroud, PhD @taliastroudUniversity of Texas at Austin
ENGAGING NEWS PROJECT
To provide research-based techniques for engaging online audiences in commercially viable and democratically beneficial ways.
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NEWS ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS
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APPROACH
“I fear the homogeneity hypothesis is too often treated as a matter of faith rather than a starting point for empirical analysis.” (Cook, 2006, p. 164)
Gatekeeping: the winnowing of information to the select group of items that make up the news. (White, 1950)
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Hierarchical Influences Model (Shoemaker & Reese, 2014; Shoemaker & Vos, 2009)
RESULTS: RESOURCES
Internal
ExternalOther news organizations and the
public
Allocation and newsroom structure
RESULTS: SOCIALIZATION
Internal
ExternalPublic norms of engagement
Newsroom personnel
CONCLUSION
News has fragmented, partly based on organizational divergences.
Organizations have developed different socializing philosophies built within the structures of available resources.
Differences in organizational-level practices give variety to the perspectives, packaging, and dissemination of the news.
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