An important concept discussed by scholars is gate-watching, a concept that is believed to replace traditional gatekeeping in journalism. The establishment of gatekeeping theory can be attributed to White who studied the “reasons given by a newspaper editor for discarding possible news stories” (White 1950). However, the emergence of web 2.0 has made such studies irrelevant, considering the growing blurring of roles between journalists and the public. Scholars are now suggesting that a new concept, called gate-watching, will "replace traditional journalistic gatekeeping roles" (Shoemaker et al 2001). Bearing in mind the previously limited space of conventional media, gatekeeping "refers to the important role of journalists in selecting whether or not to allow a particular story to pass through the doors of a media outlet into the news channel" (McQuail 1994, p . 213). However, the unlimited space offered by the Internet, which allows for active public participation, makes the discussion of shoemakers more useful in contemporary studies. Bruns, bringing together ideas from earlier work by Shoemaker and Wrigley, identifies that the “collaborative participation of users in news selection” (Bruns 2006), is a defining feature of gate-watching and reflects the changing role of journalists. While the impact of social media on news creation has been the subject of much research, such as Moyos' vision of “audience-driven selection” (Moyo 2009), social media curation has not been adequately studied. The article by Giardina et al attempts to fill this gap by studying the extent to which social media curation can be considered gate-watching. The analysis recognized that social media care... is at the heart of the paper... journalists. Furthermore, the overwhelming consensus of scholars in the field of communications is that a confusion of roles has occurred between journalists and their audiences, with citizen journalism now an important part of live news broadcasting. Finally, this review revealed that media convergence has a negative impact on the journalist's ability to verify and authenticate sources, as well as challenging the concept of breaking news. Alongside this, it is clear that commentary varies in relation to the extent of the implications of convergence on journalistic practice, and must continue to be studied and analyzed to better understand the future impacts of web 2.0. This field of inquiry is important for understanding the evolving communications landscape and how journalists can continue to adapt to maintain their authoritative role in society.