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gatekeeping

gatekeeping

3 7.2
Controlling who can join a group or see its information
  • noun
  • /ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpɪŋ/
translation icon : control de acceso
  • Effective gatekeeping in online forums can create a welcoming environment for all users.
  • gatekeeping role
  • gatekeeping function
  • gatekeeping model

And maybe this is where gatekeeping in definitions comes in.

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Examples

  • There was also the issue of gatekeeping by some clinicians.

    Academic text (2010)
  • There is significant correlation between high referral and high operative rates, highlighting the importance of gatekeeping in primary care.

    Academic text (2012)
  • I think gatekeeping can mean not sharing information with people.

  • To an increasing extent, however, the FDA has lost its gatekeeping function.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Gatekeeping strategy requires patients, in most cases, to see their primary care provider before referral.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The gatekeeping mindset of many teachers can be traced back to their attitudes toward technology.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Under the original structure of FISA, telecommunications carriers served an important gatekeeping function.

    Blog text (17)
  • Gatekeeping became a national reality and was extended to other immigrant groups throughout the early twentieth century.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Far from being the anachronism that Blumenthal had predicted, the old media continued to play an important gatekeeping role for most Americans.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Defining and historicizing America's gatekeeping tradition clearly begins with Chinese immigration in the American West during the late nineteenth century.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

blocking
vsgatekeeping
  • Texting
5 3.7

Stopping a person online from sending messages or seeing your posts

covers a wider range of access control beyond a single online restriction
closing off
vsgatekeeping
3 5.2

An action that stops people from entering a place or communicating

limits access to information or groups rather than only physical isolation
to gating
vsgatekeeping
7.5

Putting a gate or barrier to control who enters a place

controls access more broadly not only by physical barriers
exclusivism
vsgatekeeping
8.7

A practice of not letting some people join a group

focuses on limiting access for many reasons not only to exclude groups

Antonyms

Making everyone feel welcome and treating them fairly

5 2.9

A wide area that allows a clear view and easy movement

How Restrictive

blocking
18 3.4
exclusion
64 4.2
gatekeeping
3 7.2
screening
23 3.9
openness
5 2.9

Surface Forms

gatekeeping singular
gatekeepings plural

Morphology

gatekeeping = gatekeep (transparent) = gate + keep + ing

Formed from the productive compound 'gatekeep' (gate + keep) with the gerund/participle suffix -ing, clearly denoting the act or process of controlling access.

Etymology

Gatekeeping comes from the simple picture of someone standing at a gate — a gatekeeper — who 'guards' who may enter. So, gatekeeping means the action of controlling who has access to information, opportunities, or a group.