Rethinking news deserts - a response to recent criticism and further methodological development of the research strand on the example of Switzerland

• In Event: Conceptual Considerations in Political Communication

Brief Overview

News desert research has just been strongly critizied by Usher (2023). This project will present the application of a multi-method approach to news desert research in Switzerland. Hence, it responds to the criticism and partially devalues it.

Author

• Johanna Burger, Freie Universität Berlin