scholarly journals Local News and Geolocation Technology in the Case of Portugal

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Tatiana Santos Gonçalves ◽  
Pedro Jerónimo ◽  
João Carlos Correia
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Local News ◽  
Local Journalism

New projects have recently emerged to develop geolocation technology for the publication of local news in Portugal. These types of new initiatives open the possibility to explore new media perspectives, identifying emerging directions and opportunities to develop more competitive ways to publish local news. In this work, we study these ideas and to what extent they can be used to cope with the challenges that the local Portuguese press is currently facing. We provide local news editors with information to further develop their e-participation and news publishing activities. To this end, we present 10 indicators that measure geolocation technology that has been successful in providing attractive services to local consumers. Lastly, we analyze five Portuguese apps by means of the proposed guideline. Our work shows that the use of geolocation technology has a great potential for local journalism in Portugal but nevertheless we still find flaws in their implementation.

Groundwork for the Public

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
Jesse Holcomb
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Local News ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Scholarship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Journalism ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

Public-facing research institutions and university centers have played an outsized role in collecting and disseminating knowledge about local news trends in the United States. Philanthropic support, attention by policymakers, and a sense of urgency around the crisis facing local journalism have incentivized the emergence of this particular kind of research that sits adjacent to, but not fully inside, the scholarly environment. This material is well positioned to engage and activate interventions aiming to help address the crisis in local journalism and provide empirical grist for deeper scholarly work. At the same time, however, this line of public scholarship is sometimes unmoored from theoretical considerations, highly descriptive, and exists outside of peer review systems. Many of these institutions setting the agenda for research about local journalism are bound by their own norms and cultures from making robust normative claims about how the industry should respond and adapt to their findings. This chapter traces the brief history of para-scholarly groundwork mapping local news, outlines the strengths and weaknesses of this model, and suggests collaborative practices going forward that connect this important groundwork with theory-driven and peer review practices.

scholarly journals Local news in Facebook posts and its role in economic development in the Iraqi cities: A survey on shopkeepers in Tikrit city from 1/5/2016 to 1/8/2016

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
عيسى عيال مجيد المزروعي
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Local News ◽  
Ibn Khaldun ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
The People ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Satellite Channels ◽  
The Individual

Though it is the second decade of the 21st century, there still a great variation in the concepts of mass media. For decades ago, media have been under the control of governmental or semi-governmental authorities. Nowadays, everyone in society (possessing a smartphone) controls a means of media through which s/he can post freely and inform thousands or millions of people about what is posted. This in turn reflects the difficulty of applying the old concept of news in developing countries, which is based on the principle of "development and promotion of society". Therefore, the researchers, as being part of these countries that seek to keep pace with developed countries, must create concepts and change media mechanisms and strategies in line with the objectives desired to achieve sustainable development in various fields. In addition, the citizens in these countries should be the instruments of real development because of their control of the modern media known as "the new media". The propagation of partisan satellite channels in Iraq after 2003 and the political reality based on allocations and division have made the Iraqi local media tending to political education and propaganda of the parties rather than their interest in conveying news to the audience independently and objectively. This is attributed to that the professionals in these institutions are subject to the policy of the institution inevitably. Consequently, the Iraqi people consider Facebook a means to know the news, especially the local news, because they are related to each other as being relatives, friends, and neighbors. Hence, the individual trusts the news obtained from Facebook posts as s/he knows the people from whom s/he gets information realistically. This is confirmed by Ibn Khaldun who says that people trust each other. Accordingly, this study aims at determining the extent to which the audience is dependent on Facebook as a source of news and information.

scholarly journals Local Journalism in the New Media Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Sri Hastjarjo
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Media Industries ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
News Production ◽  
The People ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
The Media ◽  
Local Journalism

The practice of local journalism is changing alongside with the increase of new me­dia usage among the audiences and the people working in the media industries.  The deve­lop­ment of new media landscape, with the increasing use of digital/online media, presents the local journalism with new opportunities and challenges, both in the consumption as well as the production of the local media contents.  This paper attempts to describe how the practices of journalism have been impacted by the growing use of new media in the local media industries, especially in the city of Surakarta. The use of new media in local journalism has created multi-media and multi-platform news production and distribution, more demand for new skills from the journalist – which in turn will demand new approach in the journalism education/training, and new ethical issues to be addressed.

Local and Hyperlocal Journalism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy Hess ◽  
Lisa Waller
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Local News ◽  
Community Journalism ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Local Journalism ◽  
Digital Disruption

There are more local news outlets operating around the world at any given moment than larger-scale metropolitan newsrooms, and yet it is the latter that have dominated journalism scholarship. As a specific area of inquiry, local journalism—often branded “community journalism” or “hyperlocal journalism”—is a relatively new but rapidly growing field of research in this period of digital disruption. Scholars argue that studying news at the local level can offer rich insights into the role and place of journalism more broadly and reveal much about why people engage with news. Local journalism has been highlighted for its distinct role in reinforcing notions of and building community and the importance of social and public connection among audiences. More recently, attention has shifted to business models sustaining local news given the turbulence facing traditional media and the rapid closure of long-serving local newspapers, especially in the United Kingdom. Scholars have also emphasized the importance of re-conceptualizing local news in a globalized and digital world, highlighting the continued relevance and importance of place to journalists and audiences. Sociology and political science have been the dominant lenses used to examine this sector; however, increasingly scholars are turning to cultural studies to understand the relationship between local news and audiences. Most recent research also indicates there is renewed optimism within the sector, especially among news providers who remain embedded and committed entirely to the local areas they serve.

scholarly journals Local broadcast news and OTT streaming services: the institutional obstacles from an on-air to digital transition

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Maria Jose Valero Dosal
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Local News ◽  
Slow Process ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
General Managers ◽  
Digital Transition ◽  
Streaming Services

The migration of legacy newscasts towards new delivery systems like OTTs has proven to be a slow process as both the legacy media institution and the new media institution face challenges in the ability to work together. The digital space is looking for lowcost, immediate, and evergreen content while legacy media newscasts produce high-cost, scheduled content that quickly expires. The study looks into the institutional norms in legacy media that stifle innovation and a quick migration into the new delivery systems. The research analyzes the discourse of fourteen interviews with different local news directors, general managers, and corporate representatives throughout the United States. The study examines the discourse used to legitimize legacy media and delegitimize new delivery systems through the use of tropes or myths that hold a belief as a set rule. The study aims to provide a window into the understanding of local news managers and corporate representatives vis-a-vis new media, how they perceive new media, and how (and if) they plan to set forth change in light of the viewership migration that is increasingly going towards the digital space.

scholarly journals Molo.news: Experimentally Developing a Relational Platform for Local Journalism

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Andreas Hepp ◽  
Wiebke Loosen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Local News ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Local Journalism ◽  
Development Approach

In this article we present a research project that experimentally develops a local news platform based on empirical research (interviews, group discussions, a survey) and a co-creation approach. What is presented here is not a typical empirical social science research study but the culmination of an entire approach that is oriented toward software development. This article’s aim is to present the project’s conceptual ideas, its interdisciplinary character, its research-based development approach and the concept for a local news platform that grew out of our preliminary work. At each level we focus on the <em>relationality</em> which arises in the figurations of the actors involved and their various perspectives. First, we illustrate how relationality already shaped the objective of our project and how this results in its interdisciplinary structure and research design. We then discuss this idea with reference to our empirical findings, that is, the paradox of the local public sphere: While all the actors we interviewed—those who (professionally) produce content and those who use it—have a high appreciation for the idea of a local public sphere, the mediated connection to this sphere is diminishing at the same time. We understand this as the real challenge for local journalism and the local public sphere at large, and not just for individual media organizations. This is also the reason why we argue for a fundamentally relational approach: from a theoretical point of view, it can be used to grasp the crisis of the local public; from a practical point of view, relationality represents the core characteristic of the platform in development. On this basis, we will then show how the concept of the experimental local news platform evolved through the use of a prototype as a relational boundary object. This development lead to the conceptualization of the platform <em>molo.news</em> which itself is characterized by a fourfold relationality. Our concluding argument is that approaching relationality in a more rigorous way could be the key to exploring the future of local journalism.

Special Issue on “New Media and Social Psychology”

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-57
Author(s):  
Bernad Batinic ◽  
Anja Goeritz
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
New Media ◽  
Special Issue

Review of The New Media and Education: Their Impact on Society.

1967 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 525-525
Author(s):  
MORTON DEUTSCH
Keyword(s):  
New Media
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