future of gatekeeping

If the internet is the future of the media then it is difficult to say who its ‘gatekeepers’ will be. As of now it seems that each person who puts information on the internet is their own gatekeeper. Currently anyone is allowed to read whatever they choose by whomever they choose and for the most part it seems that the information is not filtered. However, who knows what the future holds? There may come a time when someone filters the information on the internet. I believe this will prove to be an extremely difficult task since pretty much everything on the internet is protected by the first amendment. But if news corporations continue to get leads on the internet and place more and more content on the net who knows soon they may find a way to filter information on the World Wide Web. There is a healthy future for gate keepers of television since each story is ‘filtered’ or written in a way to persuade the audience to believe that particular point of view. The idea of filtering facts and stories to influence an idea is frightening and disheartening. It makes me glad that no one can filter my blog but equally as sad that if I’m lucky, at the most, eight people will read it.