The Routledge Companion to Local Media and Journalism
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London; New York: Routledge (2020), xxiii, 497 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-0-8153-7536-4 (hbk); 978-1-351-23994-3 (ebook)
"Offering a collection of invited contributions from scholars across the world, the volume is structured in seven parts, each exploring a particular aspect of local media and journalism that provide the framework to bring together and consolidate the latest research and theorisations from the field, and fresh understandings of local media from a comparative perspective and within a global context. Addressing the significant changes local media and journalism has undergone in the last decade, the companion explores the history, politics, ethics and contents of local media, as well as delving deeper into the business and practices that affect not only the journalists and media-makers involved, but consumers as well. For students and researchers in the fields of journalism studies, journalism education, cultural studies and media and communications programmes, this is the comprehensive guide to local media and journalism." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Demarcating the field of local media and journalism / Agnes Gulyas and David Baines, 1
I. HISTORIES AND LEGACIES OF LOCAL MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
1 Historicising the after-life, local newspapers in the United Kingdom and the 'art of prognosis' / Rachel Matthews, 25
2 A history of the local newspaper in Japan / Anthony S. Rausch, 34
3 Local news deserts in Brazil: historical and contemporary perspectives / Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva and Angela Pimenta, 44
4 History of local media in Norway / Eli Skogerbø, 54
5 State of play: Local media, power and society in the Caribbean / Juliette Marie Storr, 63
6 'Peopleization' of news: the development of the American television news format / Madeleine Liseblad, 72
II. LOCAL MEDIA POLICIES
7 The death of broadcast localism in the United States / Christopher Ali, 83
8 Developing local media policies in sub-state nations: the case of Catalonia / Mariola Tarrega and Josep Guimerà, 93
9 Local journalism in Australia: Policy debates / Kristy Hess and Lisa Waller, 102
10 The development of community broadcasting legislation in Kenya / Rose Kimani, 112
11 Local media policies in Poland: Key issues and debates / Sylwia Mecfal, 122
12 The impact of communication policies in local television models. The cases of Catalonia and Scotland / Aida Martori Muntsant, 131
III. LOCAL MEDIA, PUBLICS AND POLITICS
13 Local journalism in the United States: Its publics, its problems, and its potentials / C.W. Anderson, 141
14 Remediating the local through localised news making: India's booming multi-lingual press as agent in political and social change / Ursula Rao, 149
15 De-professionalization and fragmentation: challenges for local journalism in Sweden / Gunnar Nygren, 158
16 Central and local media in Russia: between central control and local initiatives / Ilya Kiriya, 167
17 The return of party journalism in China and 'Janusian' content: the case of Newspaper X / Jingrong Tong, 176
18 Strategy over substance and national in focus? Local television coverage of politics and policy in the US / Erika Franklin Fowler, 185
19 From journal of record to the 24/7 news cycle: perspectives on the changing nature of court reporting in Australia / Margaret Simons and Jason Bosland, 193
IV. OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LOCAL MEDIA
20 Business and ownership of local media: an international perspective / Bill Reader and John Hatcher, 205
21 Local media owners as saviours in the Czech Republic: they save money, not journalism / Lenka Waschková Císarová, 214
22 What can we learn from independent family-owned local media groups? Case studies from the UK / Sarah O'Hara, 226
23 Local media in France: subsidized, heavily regulated and under pressure / Matthieu Lardeau, 236
24 'I've started a hyperlocal, so now what?' / Marco van Kerkhoven, 248
25 The hyperlocal 'renaissance' in Australia and New Zealand / Scott Downman and Richard Murray, 255
V. LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES
26 At the crossroads of hobby, community work and media business: Nordic and Russian hyperlocal practitioners / Jaana Hujanen, Olga Dovbysh, Carina Tenor, Mikko Grönlund, Katja Lehtisaari and Carl-Gustav Lindén, 267
27 Not all doom and gloom: the story of American small market newspapers / Christopher Ali, Damian Radcliffe and Rosalind Donald, 276
28 Local journalism in Bulgaria: trends from the Worlds of Journalism study / Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, 288
29 Specialised training of local journalists in armed conflict: the Colombian experience / Yennue Zárate Valderrama, 300
30 From community to commerce? Analytics, audience 'engagement' and how local newspapers are renegotiating news values in the age of pageview-driven journalism in the UK / James Morrison, 312
31 Two tier tweeting: how promotional and personalised use of Twitter is shaping journalistic practices in the UK / Lily Canter, 321
32 Centralised and digitally disrupted: an ethnographic view of local journalism in New Zealand / Helen Sissons, 331
33 Situating journalistic coverage: a practice theory approach to researching local community radio production in the United Kingdom / Josephine F. Coleman, 343
VI. COMMUNITIES AND AUDIENCES OF LOCAL NEWS
34 What does the audience experience as valuable local journalism? Approaching local news quality from a user's perspective / Irene Costera Meijer, 357
35 Local journalism and at-risk communities in the United States / Philip M. Napoli and Matthew Weber, 368
36 The emerging deficit: changing local journalism and its impact on communities in Australia / Margaret Simons, Andrea Carson, Denis Muller and Jennifer Martin, 379
37 Strength in numbers: building collaborative partnerships for data-driven community news / Jan Lauren Boyles, 389
38 Bottom-up hyperlocal media in Belgium: Facebook-groups as collaborative neighborhood awareness systems / Jonas De Meulenaere, Cédric Courtois and Koen Ponnet, 398
39 Local news repertoires in a transforming Swedish media landscape / Annika Bergström, 408
40 The what, the where, and the why of local news in the United States / Angela M. Lee, 419
VII. LOCAL MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC GOOD
41 Local media and disaster reporting in Japan / Florian Meissner and Jun Tsukada, 429
42 Public service journalism and engagement in US hyperlocal non-profits / Patrick Ferrucci, 439
43 Local public service media in Northern Ireland: the merit goods argument / Phil Ramsey and Philip McDermott, 448
44 Participation in local radio agricultural broadcasts and message adoption among rural farmers in Northern Ghana / Adam Tanko Zakariah, 457
45 Pacific Islanders' Talanoa values and public support point the way forward / Shailendra Singh, 468
46 Alternative journalism, alternative ethics? / Tony Harcup, 477
I. HISTORIES AND LEGACIES OF LOCAL MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
1 Historicising the after-life, local newspapers in the United Kingdom and the 'art of prognosis' / Rachel Matthews, 25
2 A history of the local newspaper in Japan / Anthony S. Rausch, 34
3 Local news deserts in Brazil: historical and contemporary perspectives / Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva and Angela Pimenta, 44
4 History of local media in Norway / Eli Skogerbø, 54
5 State of play: Local media, power and society in the Caribbean / Juliette Marie Storr, 63
6 'Peopleization' of news: the development of the American television news format / Madeleine Liseblad, 72
II. LOCAL MEDIA POLICIES
7 The death of broadcast localism in the United States / Christopher Ali, 83
8 Developing local media policies in sub-state nations: the case of Catalonia / Mariola Tarrega and Josep Guimerà, 93
9 Local journalism in Australia: Policy debates / Kristy Hess and Lisa Waller, 102
10 The development of community broadcasting legislation in Kenya / Rose Kimani, 112
11 Local media policies in Poland: Key issues and debates / Sylwia Mecfal, 122
12 The impact of communication policies in local television models. The cases of Catalonia and Scotland / Aida Martori Muntsant, 131
III. LOCAL MEDIA, PUBLICS AND POLITICS
13 Local journalism in the United States: Its publics, its problems, and its potentials / C.W. Anderson, 141
14 Remediating the local through localised news making: India's booming multi-lingual press as agent in political and social change / Ursula Rao, 149
15 De-professionalization and fragmentation: challenges for local journalism in Sweden / Gunnar Nygren, 158
16 Central and local media in Russia: between central control and local initiatives / Ilya Kiriya, 167
17 The return of party journalism in China and 'Janusian' content: the case of Newspaper X / Jingrong Tong, 176
18 Strategy over substance and national in focus? Local television coverage of politics and policy in the US / Erika Franklin Fowler, 185
19 From journal of record to the 24/7 news cycle: perspectives on the changing nature of court reporting in Australia / Margaret Simons and Jason Bosland, 193
IV. OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LOCAL MEDIA
20 Business and ownership of local media: an international perspective / Bill Reader and John Hatcher, 205
21 Local media owners as saviours in the Czech Republic: they save money, not journalism / Lenka Waschková Císarová, 214
22 What can we learn from independent family-owned local media groups? Case studies from the UK / Sarah O'Hara, 226
23 Local media in France: subsidized, heavily regulated and under pressure / Matthieu Lardeau, 236
24 'I've started a hyperlocal, so now what?' / Marco van Kerkhoven, 248
25 The hyperlocal 'renaissance' in Australia and New Zealand / Scott Downman and Richard Murray, 255
V. LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES
26 At the crossroads of hobby, community work and media business: Nordic and Russian hyperlocal practitioners / Jaana Hujanen, Olga Dovbysh, Carina Tenor, Mikko Grönlund, Katja Lehtisaari and Carl-Gustav Lindén, 267
27 Not all doom and gloom: the story of American small market newspapers / Christopher Ali, Damian Radcliffe and Rosalind Donald, 276
28 Local journalism in Bulgaria: trends from the Worlds of Journalism study / Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, 288
29 Specialised training of local journalists in armed conflict: the Colombian experience / Yennue Zárate Valderrama, 300
30 From community to commerce? Analytics, audience 'engagement' and how local newspapers are renegotiating news values in the age of pageview-driven journalism in the UK / James Morrison, 312
31 Two tier tweeting: how promotional and personalised use of Twitter is shaping journalistic practices in the UK / Lily Canter, 321
32 Centralised and digitally disrupted: an ethnographic view of local journalism in New Zealand / Helen Sissons, 331
33 Situating journalistic coverage: a practice theory approach to researching local community radio production in the United Kingdom / Josephine F. Coleman, 343
VI. COMMUNITIES AND AUDIENCES OF LOCAL NEWS
34 What does the audience experience as valuable local journalism? Approaching local news quality from a user's perspective / Irene Costera Meijer, 357
35 Local journalism and at-risk communities in the United States / Philip M. Napoli and Matthew Weber, 368
36 The emerging deficit: changing local journalism and its impact on communities in Australia / Margaret Simons, Andrea Carson, Denis Muller and Jennifer Martin, 379
37 Strength in numbers: building collaborative partnerships for data-driven community news / Jan Lauren Boyles, 389
38 Bottom-up hyperlocal media in Belgium: Facebook-groups as collaborative neighborhood awareness systems / Jonas De Meulenaere, Cédric Courtois and Koen Ponnet, 398
39 Local news repertoires in a transforming Swedish media landscape / Annika Bergström, 408
40 The what, the where, and the why of local news in the United States / Angela M. Lee, 419
VII. LOCAL MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC GOOD
41 Local media and disaster reporting in Japan / Florian Meissner and Jun Tsukada, 429
42 Public service journalism and engagement in US hyperlocal non-profits / Patrick Ferrucci, 439
43 Local public service media in Northern Ireland: the merit goods argument / Phil Ramsey and Philip McDermott, 448
44 Participation in local radio agricultural broadcasts and message adoption among rural farmers in Northern Ghana / Adam Tanko Zakariah, 457
45 Pacific Islanders' Talanoa values and public support point the way forward / Shailendra Singh, 468
46 Alternative journalism, alternative ethics? / Tony Harcup, 477
