What does local news use have to do with raising children? Four dimensions of the roles of local news from a study on English parents’ news use
Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
Published online on May 21, 2025
Abstract
Journalism, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 1386-1404, May 2026.
Communication and journalism studies have historically engaged with local news, often through investigations of local journalism and its audiences. Against this backdrop, in this paper, we pay attention to the role of local news – defined as news about ...
Communication and journalism studies have historically engaged with local news, often through investigations of local journalism and its audiences. Against this backdrop, in this paper, we pay attention to the role of local news – defined as news about ...