hyperlocalism

English

Etymology

hyperlocal +‎ -ism

Noun

hyperlocalism (uncountable)

1. news coverage of very local events, especially to the exclusion of more important world events
   • 1991, Phyllis C. Kaniss, Making Local News:

     The advantage of this suburban cable television news is what has been called its “hyperlocalism” — the coverage of the small-scale events of suburban life that were once the province of only community newspapers.