num_pages: 96
description: This volume explains gatekeeping - the process of selection by which the billions of messages available in the world each day are transformed into the merely hundreds of messages that might then reach a given person. This concise yet comprehensive volume explores the historical development and importance of the concept within the scholarly framework.
language: English
title: Gatekeeping
titlecomplete: Gatekeeping
ratings_count: 8
series: Communication Concepts
publisher: Sage Publications, Inc