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2. Engaging journalism in rural communities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wenzel, Andrea (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10622
- Journal Title:
- Journalism Practice
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(6) : 708-722
- Notes:
- 16 pages., via online journal., Case study examined the efforts of a rural hyperlocal outlet to adapt community traditions as engagement interventions by reimagining "society columns" as community contributors -- and using "liars tables" as listening circles. Findings show promising signs by making the processes of journalism more participatory, allowing residents to represent and share their own stories and cover a wider range of stories that are not exclusively negative. The "liars table" concept "has a steeper road ahead."
3. Red state, purple town: polarized communities and local journalism in rural and small-town Kentucky
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wenzel, Andrea (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10402
- Journal Title:
- Journalism
- Journal Title Details:
- : In press
- Notes:
- 17 pages., As the United States grapples with increasingly partisan media and affective polarization, how do cultural and political fault lines filter into residents’ daily lives, and how are they navigated? This case study of a region within a red state uses a communication infrastructure theory framework to examine how this political context affects residents’ relationships with media and their larger community storytelling networks. Through a series of focus groups, story diaries, and interviews with residents and local journalists, it explores whether shared communication resources remain and the potential for creating spaces for dialogue across political and demographic divides. Findings illustrate how residents negotiate interpersonal relationships, community spaces, and local and national media in a polarized communication context. The study highlights the importance of recognizing place-based identities and media representations to facilitate trust in journalism and points to possible responses for local news and community engagement.