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Local News Deserts in China: The Role of Social Media and Personal Communication Networks

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dc.contributor.authorTai, Zixuede
dc.contributor.authorHe, Baide
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Jianpingde
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-13T09:07:35Z
dc.date.available2023-11-13T09:07:35Z
dc.date.issued2023de
dc.identifier.issn2183-2439de
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/90422
dc.description.abstractThe 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.de
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcPublizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesende
dc.subject.ddcNews media, journalism, publishingen
dc.subject.otherConvergent Media; WeChat; community news; news desertde
dc.titleLocal News Deserts in China: The Role of Social Media and Personal Communication Networksde
dc.description.reviewbegutachtet (peer reviewed)de
dc.description.reviewpeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6812/3385de
dc.source.journalMedia and Communication
dc.source.volume11de
dc.publisher.countryPRTde
dc.source.issue3de
dc.subject.classozinteraktive, elektronische Mediende
dc.subject.classozInteractive, electronic Mediaen
dc.subject.classozWirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschungde
dc.subject.classozImpact Research, Recipient Researchen
dc.subject.thesozChinade
dc.subject.thesozChinaen
dc.subject.thesozSoziale Mediende
dc.subject.thesozsocial mediaen
dc.subject.thesozNachrichtende
dc.subject.thesoznewsen
dc.subject.thesozMedienökologiede
dc.subject.thesozmedia ecologyen
dc.subject.thesozländlicher Raumde
dc.subject.thesozrural areaen
dc.subject.thesozDigitale Mediende
dc.subject.thesozdigital mediaen
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0de
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attribution 4.0en
internal.statusformal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossende
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dc.type.documentZeitschriftenartikelde
dc.type.documentjournal articleen
dc.source.pageinfo426-436de
internal.identifier.classoz1080404
internal.identifier.classoz1080407
internal.identifier.journal793
internal.identifier.document32
internal.identifier.ddc070
dc.source.issuetopicNews Deserts: Places and Spaces Without Newsde
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6812de
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dc.description.pubstatusPublished Versionen
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internal.dda.referencehttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/oai/@@oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6812
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