The process of filtering messages from source to receiver is called

The process of filtering messages from source to receiver is called gatekeeping.

Gatekeepers in the media decide what gets printed, broadcast or produced.

The term handout means a printed sheet given to an audience, not a filtering process.

Kinesics is the study of body movement and gesture in communication, unrelated to filtering.

Degeneration refers to decline or deterioration, not the selective passing of messages.

Robert Katz linked gatekeeping to intermediaries who shape the flow of information.