hyperlocalism
English
editEtymology
editFrom hyperlocal + -ism.
Noun
edithyperlocalism (uncountable)
- 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.