The theory of gatekeeping was introduced by Emile Durkheim in the 1870s.

A.

True

B.

False

The answer is B. False

The given statement "The theory of gatekeeping was introduced by Emile Durkheim in the 1870's" is False.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The theory of gatekeeping was not given by Emily Durkheim. The gatekeeping theory was theorized by Kurt Lewin. He was a born German who developed the psychological concept of development of news and the event occurrence at all times.

This elaborates the concept of all the event occurring at all places at every minute or even every second cannot be guaranteed or expected to have been covered by media and develop news about them. This is idea for filtering the news into channels of media whether to broadcast or to publish.