Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Gatekeeper

A term which is applied to the editing and filming process where decisions are made to let some information pass through to one receiver (audience and other information remains barred. These people can really change the way we see the media.

One example of this is with the Sun newspaper on the 6th of November 2017 where Rupert Murdoch who owns the sun was found to be stashing money away in foreign banks so he would not have to pay for taxes. Because of this nothing about this scandal was printed into this newspaper because Rupert Murdoch is the gate keeper for them. The Guardian did the complete opposite because their gatekeeper, Alan Rusbridger, thought that he could possibly exploit Rupert Murdoch. 

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