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▪ I. gatekeeping, n.
Brit. |ˈgeɪtˌkiːpɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈgeɪtˌkipɪŋ|
[‹ gate n.1 + keeping n., after gate-keeper n. Compare earlier gatekeeping adj.]
The work or action of a gatekeeper. Usually in extended use: the action or process of controlling access to something or monitoring and selecting information, etc.
1891Econ. Jrnl. 1 429 There is no compressibility in gatekeeping. A man by energy and contrivance may do as much weaving in a short day as in a long one, but no man can do as much gatekeeping. 1909Times 4 Mar. 6/4 It is hardly creditable that their ‘gate-keeping’ has involved the Government in so many frontier expeditions, with heavy losses of life. 1963Public Opinion Q. 27 272 Servants and apartment-house personnel perform gatekeeping as a manifest function. A part of their role consists of protecting the occupants of a residence from contact with strangers. 1988Broadcasting (Nexis) 12 Dec. 68 ABC News's Greenfield says low level of presidential campaign and growth of ‘trash TV’ reflects ‘lack of effective gatekeeping’. 1997Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 12 Mar. 5 These activities are on top of the regular gate-keeping, T-shirt selling, and working on the field where he sometimes spends from noon until 11 p.m. on game days.
▪ II. gatekeeping, a.
Brit. |ˈgeɪtˌkiːpɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈgeɪtˌkipɪŋ|
[‹ gate n.1 + keeping adj., after gate-keeper n.]
That controls passage through a gate. Later, also (in extended use): that controls access to something or monitors and selects information, etc.
1825J. G. C. Brainard Occas. Pieces of Poetry 42 Up blooming Parnassus bound higher and higher, While the gate-keeping Graces no toll shall require. 1979Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Feb. 6 The museum has always accepted everything that came in... We're in the process of..junking the trash and setting up a gatekeeping system that will limit what comes in to what is useful. 1997Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) (Nexis) 9 Sept. d1 A woman who selects an ob-gyn as her primary-care doctor has direct access to that physician without having to go through another ‘gatekeeping’ physician. |