This kills! My favorite example of the same phenom is "toxic." "Toxic," in the field of chemistry, is pretty specific. The contemporary meaning has been diluted through misuse.
If I caught one of the new meanings of "gatekeeping," it would be what we fogies call self-censorship. I write without disclosing some details to protect myself and others.
As for the more old-school meaning of gatekeeping, I agree with you and the others you've written about. It's really about control of others' efforts to present in public. That definition is not too hard to understand if one cares to do a teensy bit of research.
And that's just it. We still have a cultural presupposition of authority when we encounter video, audio, and text content now widely available online. We hold that belief because when we fogies were young, there were gatekeepers everywhere. Culturally, we have not broken out of that paradigm.
This was really an excellent read, thanks for not “gatekeeping” the nuance of your reporting/thinking
This kills! My favorite example of the same phenom is "toxic." "Toxic," in the field of chemistry, is pretty specific. The contemporary meaning has been diluted through misuse.
If I caught one of the new meanings of "gatekeeping," it would be what we fogies call self-censorship. I write without disclosing some details to protect myself and others.
As for the more old-school meaning of gatekeeping, I agree with you and the others you've written about. It's really about control of others' efforts to present in public. That definition is not too hard to understand if one cares to do a teensy bit of research.
And that's just it. We still have a cultural presupposition of authority when we encounter video, audio, and text content now widely available online. We hold that belief because when we fogies were young, there were gatekeepers everywhere. Culturally, we have not broken out of that paradigm.