Christopher Ali is an assistant professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. He is a coauthor of Echoes of Gabriel Tarde: What We Know Better or Different 100 Years Later.

Christopher Ali is an assistant professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. He is a coauthor of Echoes of Gabriel Tarde: What We Know Better or Different 100 Years Later.

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Acknowledgments

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Part I: Introducing Localism

Introduction: Where Is Here?

1. Mapping the Local

Part II: Regulating Localism

2. The Policies of Localism: Debates, Dilemmas, and Decisions in Local Television Regulation

3. The Communities of Localism: Community Television in the Digital Age

4. The Ecosystems of Localism: A Holistic Approach to Local News and Information

5. The Solutions of Localism: Regulatory Approaches to the Crisis of Local Television

Part III: Fixing Localism

6. The Political Economy of Localism: Critical Regionalism and the Policies of Place

7. Interventions in Localism: From Public Goods to Merit Goods

Conclusion: The Right to Be Local?

Appendix: An Essay on Method

Notes

References

Index