Local journalism : the decline of newspapers and the rise of digital media / edited by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nielsen, Rasmus Kleis, editor.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

Series:

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism series.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newspaper publishing--Economic aspects.

Newspaper publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

For more than a century, local journalism has been taken almost for granted. But the twenty-first century has brought major challenges. The newspaper industry that has historically provided most local coverage is in decline and it is not yet clear whether digital media will sustain new forms of local journalism. This book provides an international overview of the challenges facing changing forms of local journalism today. It identifies the central role that diminished newspapers still play in local media ecosystems, analyses relations between local journalists and politicians, government officials, community activists and ordinary citizens, and examines the uneven rise of new forms of digital local journalism. Together, the chapters present a multi-faceted portrait of the precarious present and uncertain future of local journalism in the Western world.

Contents:

pt. I Local Media Ecosystems

1. The News Crisis Compared: The Impact of the Journalism Crisis on Local News Ecosystems in Toulouse (France) and Seattle (US) / Olivier Baisnee

2. Local Newspapers as Keystone Media: The Increased Importance of Diminished Newspapers for Local Political Information Environments / Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

3. How News Travels: A Comparative Study of Local Media Ecosystems in Leeds (UK) and Philadelphia (US) / Nancy Thumim

pt. II Local Journalism and its Interlocutors

4. The Plurality of Journalistic Identities in Local Controversies / David Domingo

5. Rethinking Local Communicative Spaces: Implications of Digital Media and Citizen Journalism for the Role of Local Journalism in Engaging Citizens / Stephen Coleman

6. Perceived Relevance of and Trust in Local Media / Bengt Engan

pt. III New Forms of Local Media.

7. Between Journalistic Diversity and Economic Constraints: Local Pure Players in Southern France / Franck Bousquet

8. Hyperlocal with a Mission? Motivation, Strategy, Engagement / Piet Bakker

9. Filling the News Hole? UK Community News and the Crisis in Local Journalism / Jerome Turner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

ISBN:

9780755695171

0755695178

9780857739803

0857739808

OCLC:

1128157311