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Hyperlocal Journalism
The decline of local newspapers and the rise of online community news
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Essential reading for students and professionals in media studies, journalism, and communications, as well as anyone interested in the evolution of local news and community engagement in the digital age.
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Hyperlocal Journalism critically explores the development of citizen-led community news operations that have appeared in the wake of the withdrawal of commercial journalism from local communities at the beginning of the 21st century.
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In the wake of the withdrawal of commercial journalism from local communities at the beginning of the 21st century, Hyperlocal Journalism critically explores the development of citizen-led community news operations.
The book draws together a wide range of original research by way of case studies, interviews, and industry and policy analysis, to give a complete view of what is happening to communities as their local newspapers close or go into decline to be replaced by emerging forms of digital news provision. This study takes the United Kingdom as its focus but its findings speak to common issues found in local media systems in other Western democracies. The authors investigate who is producing hyperlocal news and why, as well as production practices, models of community and participatory journalism, and the economics of hyperlocal operations.
Looking holistically at hyperlocal news, Hyperlocal Journalism paints a vivid picture of citizens creating their own news services via social media and on free blogging platforms to hold power to account, redress negative reputational geographies, and to tell everyday stories of community life. The book also raises key questions about the sustainability of such endeavours in the face of optimism from commentators and policy-makers.
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ISBN: 9781138674530
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 July 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 4 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 570g
Pages: 210
About the Author
David Harte is Associate Professor in Journalism and Media Studies at Birmingham City University, UK. Within the Birmingham School of Media he teaches on modules related to journalism studies, social media, and alternative and community media. He supervises PhDs in the areas of journalism and community media. He has also published on the role of social media in media education and worked on creative economy initiatives within the West Midlands.
Rachel Howells is a journalist and media researcher. She has worked as a journalist for almost 20 years and was a founding director of the hyperlocal news co-operative Port Talbot Magnet and editor of its newspaper and website. Her research is focused on the decline of local newspaper journalism in Wales and the effects of this decline both on the production of news and local citizens. She sits on the National Union of Journalists' Welsh Executive Council and on the advisory board of the Independent Community News Network (ICNN).
Andy Williams is Senior Lecturer at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. He has a number of research interests which intersect journalism studies and cultural studies, including the practice and political economy of local journalism, and the relationship between news and public relations. He is a founder member of Cardiff Universityβs Centre for Community Journalism.
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Hyperlocal Journalism
In the wake of the withdrawal of commercial journalism from local communities at the beginning of the 21st century, Hyperlocal Journalism critically explores the development of citizen-led community news operations. The book draws together a wide range of original research by way of case studies, interviews, and industry and policy analysis, to give a complete view of what is happening...Paperback$9199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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Hyperlocal Journalism
In the wake of the withdrawal of commercial journalism from local communities at the beginning of the 21st century, Hyperlocal Journalism critically explores the development of citizen-led community news operations. The book draws together a wide range of original research by way of case studies, interviews, and industry and policy analysis, to give a complete view of what is happening...Paperback$9199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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