Algorithmic Gatekeeping for Professional Communicators: Power, Trust, and Legitimacy

by Arjen Van Dalen

This book provides a critical study of the power, trust, and legitimacy of algorithmic gatekeepers.

The news and public information which citizens see and hear is no longer solely determined by journalists, but increasingly by algorithms. Van Dalen demonstrates the gatekeeping power of social media algorithms by showing how they affect exposure to diverse information and misinformation and shape the behaviour of professional communicators...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032450711
• ISBN13: 9781032450711
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"