ESZTER HARGITTAI'S RESEARCH Open Portals or Closed Gates? Channeling Content on the World Wide Web [pdf] 2000. Poetics.27(4):233-254. Abstract Outline I. Introduction II. The Production and Distribution of Cultural Goods III. The Rise of Navigational Sites on the World Wide Web IV. Locating Content on the Web V. Informed Advertisers, Uninformed Public VI. Portal Strategies VII. Diversity in Media Content VIII. Online Content Diversity IX. Policy Implications X. Conclusion Acknowledgements I would like to thank Paul DiMaggio for his helpful guidance since the initial stages of this project. I am also indebted to Rudy Bakalov, Christopher D. Hunter, Brian Steensland, Steven Tepper, Craig Upright, Bob Wuthnow, an anonymous reviewer and participants of the 1999 Spring Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies workshop for their helpful comments. Support from the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University through a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts is kindly acknowledged. Please note This is a pre-print version of the article that appeared in Poetics. Please do not post this document on any Web sites or distribute it on any mailing lists. You can point people to its online location here: http://www.eszter.com/research/a04-portals.html Thank you. Click here to go back to Eszter Hargittai's Research page.