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In the early 2000s the professor started a research project for her doctoral dissertation on the sense of place in newspapers. She had a strong sense of place from her mother and also believed that newspapers created a sense of place. She suspected that local newspapers in chains and conglomerates were producing less and less local news, focusing more on national and it caused people to detach from them. Her hypothesis was correct relating to the Toronto Star, and showed a trend in local news decreasing but world news increasing. The situation was even more drastic for The Citizen.

Chain ownership, motivation is to produce stories that could be used by more than 1 newspaper, it saves money.

There was an increasing sense of nationhood in Canada, partly due to broadcast media such as the corporate/ratio into modern societies

Declining attachment in pace happening everywhere in modern societies, as media and transportation advance.

Local news are the backbone of the news industry. Without local newspapers reporting we aren't able of what is going on. In the past decade, thousands of newspapers have shut down. However, the Pew Research center(2021) found that while physical circulation is down, online readership has risen sharply.

As newspapers focus on larger areas, News Deserts are being created in many places. There is however still a want for local news.

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