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Local News Deserts in China: The Role of Social Media and Personal Communication Networks
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Abstract The field of local news is often associated with news deserts, commonly defined as geo-based communities without newspapers or other legacy media as providers of locally oriented news and civic information. This phenomenon is expanding in global society due to the diminishing presence of newspapers ... mehr
The field of local news is often associated with news deserts, commonly defined as geo-based communities without newspapers or other legacy media as providers of locally oriented news and civic information. This phenomenon is expanding in global society due to the diminishing presence of newspapers at moments of accelerated digitization. This study examines the multiplex nature of news deserts in rural and suburban areas in China. Data were collected through a multi-methods approach combining two focus groups and 44 semi-structured in-depth interviews. Patterns of engagement among interviewees reveal that smartphone-based social media applications and digital platforms function as viable sources of news, and incidental exposure to news has become the norm of digital news use. Government-orchestrated convergent media services and WeChat channels are preferred choices by most research participants for local news. We argue that a media ecology perspective may be a productive approach to understanding community news and local newspapers.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
China; Soziale Medien; Nachrichten; Medienökologie; ländlicher Raum; Digitale Medien
Klassifikation
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Convergent Media; WeChat; community news; news desert
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 426-436
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 11 (2023) 3
Heftthema
News Deserts: Places and Spaces Without News
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)