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Gatekeeping
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Gatekeeping is the process by which media outlets select, simplify, and frame which stories reach an audience, and how much complexity survives.
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A regulatory agency's report on an environmental incident, stripped of technical detail before release, illustrates gatekeeping simplifying content for broad reach.
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Gatekeeping describes a structural filtering process, not a claim that any one outlet's choices are made in bad faith.
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