Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts

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Autor(a) principal: Gulyas, Agnes
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Jenkins, Joy, Bergström, Annika
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.7612
Resumo: News deserts have gained prominence both in academic literature and policy discussions about local news in recent years. Although there is no agreed definition of the term, it usually refers to the lack of or diminishing availability, access, or use of local news or media in a community. It is seen as a significant phenomenon that highlights inequalities in local news provisions, challenges of local media operations in the digital environment, and issues around the quality of local journalism and the critical information needs of communities. This thematic issue aims to contribute to the field by bringing together different approaches to the topic, considering varied empirical studies and methodological designs, and providing perspectives from countries around the world with different media systems and cultures. The articles in the thematic issue address three broad issues: approaches to studying news deserts, local news production and news deserts, and the impact of news deserts on communities. Overall, the contributions reveal that the presence of a news desert is not a simple question of a locality having or not having a local media outlet. The concept is better understood as processes affecting access and quality of local news involving places, news media outlets and production, communities, and audiences. We end the editorial highlighting areas for further research, including the need for more holistic, conceptual, and comparative work on the topic.
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spelling Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Desertslocal communities; local journalism; local media; local news; media gaps; news deserts; news inequalities; subnational media.News deserts have gained prominence both in academic literature and policy discussions about local news in recent years. Although there is no agreed definition of the term, it usually refers to the lack of or diminishing availability, access, or use of local news or media in a community. It is seen as a significant phenomenon that highlights inequalities in local news provisions, challenges of local media operations in the digital environment, and issues around the quality of local journalism and the critical information needs of communities. This thematic issue aims to contribute to the field by bringing together different approaches to the topic, considering varied empirical studies and methodological designs, and providing perspectives from countries around the world with different media systems and cultures. The articles in the thematic issue address three broad issues: approaches to studying news deserts, local news production and news deserts, and the impact of news deserts on communities. Overall, the contributions reveal that the presence of a news desert is not a simple question of a locality having or not having a local media outlet. The concept is better understood as processes affecting access and quality of local news involving places, news media outlets and production, communities, and audiences. We end the editorial highlighting areas for further research, including the need for more holistic, conceptual, and comparative work on the topic.Cogitatio Press2023-09-28info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.7612https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.7612Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 3 (2023): News Deserts: Places and Spaces Without News; 285-2892183-243910.17645/mac.i363reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7612https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7612/7612Copyright (c) 2023 Agnes Gulyas, Joy Jenkins, Annika Bergströminfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGulyas, AgnesJenkins, JoyBergström, Annika2023-09-28T17:45:25Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7612Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:31:39.083115Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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Gulyas, Agnes
local communities; local journalism; local media; local news; media gaps; news deserts; news inequalities; subnational media.
title_short Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts
title_full Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts
title_fullStr Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts
title_full_unstemmed Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts
title_sort Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts
author Gulyas, Agnes
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Jenkins, Joy
Bergström, Annika
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Bergström, Annika
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Jenkins, Joy
Bergström, Annika
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv local communities; local journalism; local media; local news; media gaps; news deserts; news inequalities; subnational media.
topic local communities; local journalism; local media; local news; media gaps; news deserts; news inequalities; subnational media.
description News deserts have gained prominence both in academic literature and policy discussions about local news in recent years. Although there is no agreed definition of the term, it usually refers to the lack of or diminishing availability, access, or use of local news or media in a community. It is seen as a significant phenomenon that highlights inequalities in local news provisions, challenges of local media operations in the digital environment, and issues around the quality of local journalism and the critical information needs of communities. This thematic issue aims to contribute to the field by bringing together different approaches to the topic, considering varied empirical studies and methodological designs, and providing perspectives from countries around the world with different media systems and cultures. The articles in the thematic issue address three broad issues: approaches to studying news deserts, local news production and news deserts, and the impact of news deserts on communities. Overall, the contributions reveal that the presence of a news desert is not a simple question of a locality having or not having a local media outlet. The concept is better understood as processes affecting access and quality of local news involving places, news media outlets and production, communities, and audiences. We end the editorial highlighting areas for further research, including the need for more holistic, conceptual, and comparative work on the topic.
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