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This study, utilizing 19 in-depth interviews, offers a systematic qualitative investigation of the
perceived impact of a newspaper's closure on community members' everyday lives and their …

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 …

Communities prosper when they are able to appropriate the wealth they produce and their
institutions make peoples' lives meaningful. They wither when the institutions that permit this …

This paper investigates the impact of increased media competition on the quantity and
quality of news provided and, ultimately, on political participation. I build a new county-level …

Local daily newspapers historically played an important role in US democracy by providing
citizens with information about local policy issues. In recent decades, local newspapers …

Local newspapers can hold back the rising tide of political division in America by turning
away from the partisan battles in Washington and focusing their opinion page on local …

Media outlets provide crucial inputs into the democratic process, yet they face increasingly
severe economic challenges. I study how a newly salient manifestation of this pressure …

Local governments play a central role in American democracy, providing essential services
such as policing, water, and sanitation. Moreover, Americans express great confidence in …

Newspaper coverage of climate change has the potential to shape how the public and elites
define this policy problem, the solutions under consideration, and the level of climate …