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Breaking Boundaries : recasting the “local” newspaper as “geo-social” news in a digital landscape
This paper reconceptualises the role of the small “local” newspaper in a new media environment and argues that definitions and concepts currently used to describe and define such publications are becoming increasingly problematic as newspapers shift into both print and online formats. The paper highlights the continued importance of geography for such newspapers at a time when there is wide academic debate on the relevance of territory and boundaries and the impact of time–space compression in a new media world. It argues, however, that a focus on a newspaper’s geographic connection must also acknowledge the increasing boundlessness and openness of the social space in which a newspaper operates. Ultimately this paper suggests the concept of “geo-social” news may be a more appropriate framework for scholars to consider such publications. I draw on the work of geography scholars, and discussions around “space” and “place” to construct the notion of “geo-social” news, highlighting some exemplars of small commercial newsroom practices in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada and discussions with newspaper editors in Australia to demonstrate the relevance of the “geo-social” concept.
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Digital journalismVolume
1Issue
1Pagination
48 - 63Publisher
RoutledgeLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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2167-0811eISSN
2167-082XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2013, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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