Geo-social journalism: reorienting the study of small commercial newspapers in a digital environment Hess, Kristy and Waller, Lisa 2014, Geo-social journalism: reorienting the study of small commercial newspapers in a digital environment, Journalism practice, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 121-136, doi: 10.1080/17512786.2013.859825#.Ut8KUmR9JmA. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Geo-social journalism: reorienting the study of small commercial newspapers in a digital environment Author(s) Hess, Kristy Waller, Lisa Journal name Journalism practice Volume number 8 Issue number 2 Start page 121 End page 136 Total pages 16 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2014 ISSN 1751-2786 1751-2794 Keyword(s) Journalism Local reporting Summary This paper begins by problematizing the use of “community” to define and theorize small commercial media outlets that have geography as their primary characteristic—particularly hyper local and small traditional newspapers connected to larger media organizations in digital space. We then extend the concept of “geo-social news” to outline “geo-social journalism” as a specific form of news work currently grouped under the “community media” umbrella. Geo-social is a concept for exploring how small commercial newspapers change as media technologies evolve. It offers a framework for understanding how these news outlets and audiences connect via the notion of “sense of place”. It can also be used as a lens for theorizing their role in social flows and movements and as nodes in the global media network. The practice of “geo-social journalism”, meanwhile, has two dimensions. Firstly, journalists must engage with the land (environment/agriculture/industry), populations, histories and cultures of the places they report news. Secondly, it involves connections and understandings of the shifting constellations of global and national systems, issues and relationships of the digital era. Finally, this paper argues that by its very nature, “geo-social journalism” eschews theoretical universalizing and instead demands fine-grained analyses of the specific dynamic of each “geo-social” publication, its setting and the practices which shape it and it in turn shapes. Language eng DOI 10.1080/17512786.2013.859825#.Ut8KUmR9JmA Field of Research 190301 Journalism Studies Socio Economic Objective 950204 The Media HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, Taylor & Francis Free to Read? No Free to Read Start Date 2016-06-15 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30059722 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 22 Jan 2014, 10:02:37 EST Thu, 23 Jan 2014, 07:45:38 EST Wed, 29 Jan 2014, 12:00:54 EST Wed, 29 Jan 2014, 14:39:55 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 11:57:09 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 11:59:15 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 12:00:29 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 12:01:29 EST Wed, 12 Mar 2014, 08:12:22 EST Tue, 15 Apr 2014, 14:00:46 EST Tue, 15 Apr 2014, 14:02:29 EST Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 13:42:17 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2015, 09:36:21 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 22:35:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 148 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 22 Jan 2014, 10:02:23 EST by Lisa Waller

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