مورد إلكتروني
Examining the Social, Civic, and Political Impact of Local Newspaper Closure in Outback Australia
| العنوان: | Examining the Social, Civic, and Political Impact of Local Newspaper Closure in Outback Australia |
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| المصدر: | Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 3 (2023): News Deserts: Places and Spaces Without News; 404-413; 2183-2439; 10.17645/mac.i363 |
| بيانات النشر: | Cogitatio Press 2023-09-28 |
| تفاصيل مُضافة: | Magasic, Marco Hess, Kristy Freeman, Julie |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
| مستخلص: | Scholars across the globe have focused intently on mapping news deserts and gaps where public interest journalism is lacking or in peril. However, little attention is paid to understanding the impacts and changing media-related practices of people who live in communities that lose a designated news service—notably a local newspaper. This article draws on a focused ethnographic study of a small outback mining town, Lightning Ridge (population 2,284), in central New South Wales, Australia. The research was conducted over a two-month period and involved participant observation, 31 interviews with residents and relevant stakeholders, and examination of several media platforms relevant to the town. The article begins with an overview of Australian policy interventions to address the decline of public interest journalism. It then discusses the impact of a local newspaper’s closure via three themes—social, civic, and political. This is important because much of the policy focus in Australia is on the threat “news gaps” present to democracy. However, it is also necessary to understand the nuances of local media’s role in shaping everyday social connections and ritualistic practices and elevating issues to local networks of power. The article concludes by considering how current policy interventions can learn from failed attempts to fill the news gap in Lightning Ridge. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | local journalism; local newspapers; news gaps; news deserts; rural media, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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| الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content Copyright (c) 2023 Marco Magasic, Kristy Hess, Julie Freeman https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| ملاحظة: | application/pdf English |
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