The New Sense of Place in 19th-Century News
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11267950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terhi Rantanen (0000-0002-5345-6699, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 435-449 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01634437030254001 |
| OpenAlex | W2073070721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this article the early historical development of the concept of place in news is analyzed. Most news studies concentrate either on the content of news (or on the `event') or, if they pay attention to the geography of news, as in the news flow tradition, they concentrate on the states the news originates from. However, it is places, not states where most news comes from. This article examines how sense of place was constructed in electronic foreign news in the mid-19th century. Theoretically, it draws upon the works of phenomenological geographers. In contrast to Meyrowitz's argument of `no sense of place', it is argued that news also increases sense of place by organizing space, and its readers are able to distinguish between `there' (where news comes from) and `here' (where home is). Instead of losing their sense of place, readers are able to become more aware of their sense of place and acquire a new sense of place
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| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |