In an era when individual transmitters dominate the cyber-media, the role of "pass-holder"has been gradually weakened and the concept is on the way to disappearing.

在以个人传播者为主的网络时代，“把关人”这个角色的把关功能正被日益削弱，而“把关人”理论也因为传播主体的位移而失去了立足的依据。

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Society is rapidly progressing to the point where any Googler is on equal footing with a Widener Library pass-holder.

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The unselected games then pass to the second tier rights holder, and games chosen at that level are generally aired on cable networks.

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