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The Gatekeeping Function: Distributions of Information in Media and the Real World
Abstract
There are vast literatures on the ways in which media content differs from reality, but we thus far have a rather weak sense for how exactly the representation of various topics in media differs from the distribution of information in the real world. Drawing on the gatekeeping literature, and utilizing a new automated content-analytic procedure, this article portrays both media content and “reality” as distributions of information. Measuring these allows us to identify the mechanism by which the distribution of information in the real world is transformed into the distribution of information in media; we can identify the gatekeeping function. Reporting on unemployment serves as a test case. Subsequent analyses focus on inflation and interest rates and on differences across Democratic and Republican presidencies. Results are discussed as they relate to negativity, to economic news, and to the broader study of distributions of information in political communication and politics.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Soroka, S. N.
- Venue
- The Journal of Politics
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2012-04
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 514-528
- ISSN
- 0022-3816 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2508
- OpenAlex
- W2002376311
- Cited by
- 278
- References
- 94
- FWCI
- 37.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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