Place-Based Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century

Abstract

This study investigates how information and geographic space can be connected to a concept called place-based knowledge that can be applied within a journalistic framework of how we see journalism practice, news producers, consumers, and the news experience within this light. This connection of geographic space with place-based knowledge can form a unique concept called spatial journalism that is the main premise of this article. Future research directions are explored using this concept and implications of this approach are discussed for the future of the academy and profession.

Keywords:

• location-based services
• place-based knowledge
• smartphones
• spatial journalism

Notes

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