First Informers in the Disaster Zone It hold a summary of the insights, experiences, and observations of the experts collect at the conference “first informer” in a flow of information that burst its own levee system. first informers” that introduced dawning players in crisis communication who upgrade the amount of information and number of sources, challenged the old gatekeepers of government and the traditional media, and aggravated the pre-existing problem of sorting out truth amid chaos. The report summarizes how new channels and networks for information that have arisen with the digital communications revolution are changing the top-down, command-and-control paradigm for information flow during times of crisis and what this evolution means for the new cadre of “first informers” challenging the old gatekeepers in government and media. because new communication technologies permit information providers to avoid media gatekeepers and authorise audiences to gain control over communications. Since the concept of ‘gatekeeping’ was first introduced by Lewin (1947), who describe news as smooth in a channel controlled by numerous gatekeepers, gatekeeping theories have described the way in which news selection is made in a variety of media and by a variety of diverse partakers, from editors to reporters. However, the traditional gatekeeping model may not be applicable to intermedia agenda-setting research anymore in the online environment. In the online environment, news readers are able to bypass traditional gatekeepers who are considered powerful as to their role in shaping the media agenda. Rather, they are able to seek information in meeting their own attentions while ignoring the intermediary processors of news (Paterson, 2005). Hence, the function of gatekeeping “has shifted from the decision about what should be shaped to control of what materials get to consumers and of what material they become elite aware”. Traditional gatekeepers have played an role in selecting and emphasizing news messages. However, the use of hyperlinks and their popularity on the web paves the way for users to engage in the process of gatekeeping because of interactivity online. Indeed, the application of hyperlinks in the Internet news environment enables audience interest and feedback to apply to the process of gatekeeping. The discovery has two implications related to gatekeeping and news selections. First, given the role of new communication technologies in gatekeeping, salient issues online may vary based on the way of measuring ‘popularity.’ Solution First Informers in the Disaster Zone It hold a summary of the insights, experiences, and observations of the experts collect at the conference “first informer” in a flow of information that burst its own levee system. first informers” that introduced dawning players in crisis communication who upgrade the amount of information and number of sources, challenged the old gatekeepers of government and the traditional .

1. First Informers in the Disaster Zone It hold a summary of the insights, experiences, and
observations of the experts collect at the conference
“first informer” in a flow of information that burst its own levee system.
first informers” that introduced dawning players in crisis communication who upgrade the
amount of information and number of sources, challenged the old gatekeepers of government and
the traditional media, and aggravated the pre-existing problem of sorting out truth amid chaos.
The report summarizes how new channels and networks for information that have arisen with the
digital communications revolution are changing the top-down, command-and-control paradigm
for information flow during times of crisis and what this evolution means for the new cadre of
“first informers” challenging the old gatekeepers in government and media.
because new communication technologies permit information providers to avoid media
gatekeepers and authorise audiences to gain control over communications.
Since the concept of ‘gatekeeping’ was first introduced by Lewin (1947), who describe news as
smooth in a channel controlled by numerous gatekeepers, gatekeeping theories have described
the way in which news selection is made in a variety of media and by a variety of diverse
partakers, from editors to reporters. However, the traditional gatekeeping model may not be
applicable to intermedia agenda-setting research anymore in the online environment. In the
online environment, news readers are able to bypass traditional gatekeepers who are considered
powerful as to their role in shaping the media agenda. Rather, they are able to seek information
in meeting their own attentions while ignoring the intermediary processors of news (Paterson,
2005). Hence, the function of gatekeeping “has shifted from the decision about what should be
shaped to control of what materials get to consumers and of what material they become elite
aware”.
Traditional gatekeepers have played an role in selecting and emphasizing news messages.
However, the use of hyperlinks and their popularity on the web paves the way for users to
engage in the process of gatekeeping because of interactivity online. Indeed, the application of
hyperlinks in the Internet news environment enables audience interest and feedback to apply to
the process of gatekeeping.
The discovery has two implications related to gatekeeping and news selections. First, given the
role of new communication technologies in gatekeeping, salient issues online may vary based on
the way of measuring ‘popularity.’
Solution
First Informers in the Disaster Zone It hold a summary of the insights, experiences, and

2. observations of the experts collect at the conference
“first informer” in a flow of information that burst its own levee system.
first informers” that introduced dawning players in crisis communication who upgrade the
amount of information and number of sources, challenged the old gatekeepers of government and
the traditional media, and aggravated the pre-existing problem of sorting out truth amid chaos.
The report summarizes how new channels and networks for information that have arisen with the
digital communications revolution are changing the top-down, command-and-control paradigm
for information flow during times of crisis and what this evolution means for the new cadre of
“first informers” challenging the old gatekeepers in government and media.
because new communication technologies permit information providers to avoid media
gatekeepers and authorise audiences to gain control over communications.
Since the concept of ‘gatekeeping’ was first introduced by Lewin (1947), who describe news as
smooth in a channel controlled by numerous gatekeepers, gatekeeping theories have described
the way in which news selection is made in a variety of media and by a variety of diverse
partakers, from editors to reporters. However, the traditional gatekeeping model may not be
applicable to intermedia agenda-setting research anymore in the online environment. In the
online environment, news readers are able to bypass traditional gatekeepers who are considered
powerful as to their role in shaping the media agenda. Rather, they are able to seek information
in meeting their own attentions while ignoring the intermediary processors of news (Paterson,
2005). Hence, the function of gatekeeping “has shifted from the decision about what should be
shaped to control of what materials get to consumers and of what material they become elite
aware”.
Traditional gatekeepers have played an role in selecting and emphasizing news messages.
However, the use of hyperlinks and their popularity on the web paves the way for users to
engage in the process of gatekeeping because of interactivity online. Indeed, the application of
hyperlinks in the Internet news environment enables audience interest and feedback to apply to
the process of gatekeeping.
The discovery has two implications related to gatekeeping and news selections. First, given the
role of new communication technologies in gatekeeping, salient issues online may vary based on
the way of measuring ‘popularity.’