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With the steady closure of local newspapers, news consumers increasingly turn to community forums and neighborhood apps to fill the information void. This study investigates how local online groups are […]
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In recent years, local media in the U.S. have faced increasing economic precarity, and many newspapers have been purchased by hedge funds and private equity firms. How do investment owners […]
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What are the effects of an issue frame before and after it gains salience in the real world? We offer an account of the effects of issue frames over a […]
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Affective polarization—that is, personal dislike and distrust between Democrats and Republicans—is argued to arise, at least in part, from fewer cross-cutting ties that bridge Democrats and Republicans. We argue that […]
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A growing body of research documents how shrinking local newsrooms undermine political accountability and local fiscal and policy performance in the United States. We extend this work to examine political […]
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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 relationships with audiences. […]
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This study employs the risk information seeking and processing model to examine how perceived risk, trust in news sources, and information-seeking behavior interact in the context of AI-generated misinformation and […]
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Just because a good speech often begins with a question. What was Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself.The correct answer is “authentic.” Does anybody […]
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Journalism has long been presumed to serve as a check on the powerful, shedding light on wrongdoing; however, as local newspapers reach market failure, extant theory predicts corruption will go […]
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Penelope Muse Abernathy
