While “news deserts” are rhetorically powerful, we argue the concept is deeply problematic
due to its normative presumptions and its descriptive fuzziness. The concern over the loss of …

Digital platforms are transforming practices of political information production and circulation
in local communities. We develop the theoretical concept of local political information …

Taking the failing two-sided market model of commercial news media as its point of
departure, this article introduces a value creation model that unpacks the dynamics of local …

This study offers a systematic qualitative investigation inside a news and broadband desert.
Despite popular attention to the ramifications of limitations of local news and internet access …

This research highlights mechanisms underlying transparency's influence on news
engagement, as contingent upon perceptions of the news media's importance (PNMI) …

In recent decades Spain has suffered a gradual process of depopulation and exodus from
rural areas to large capitals. The España Vaciada political and social movement denounces …

In the struggle to find sustainable business models, many local news sites have turned to
engaged journalism, which draws from social exchange theory and aims to build …

There has been an increase in research interest in local news deserts, partly in response to
the perceived crisis in local media and journalism in recent years. Commentators note that …

An emerging body of research addresses how news deserts cause democratic deficits. This
literature is mostly concerned with the closure of local news outlets. The present study was …

Given the recent focus on news poverty and gaps in local journalism, rural journalists would
seem to have a challenging job. This study seeks to understand the novel experiences and …