Philosophy of Web News and National, State, and Local News and Election News

Web Philosophy Community Group,
 
Some have commented about national, state and local elections in mass media and, in particular, online news. It has been observed that Web-based news in the United States is national news and that, in particular during elections, the national stage eclipses state, county and local democratic processes.  We can observe combinations of national, state, and local news in search results for news, on news aggregation websites, and we can consider that national news organizations have larger audiences, more advertising revenue, and more marketing money for SEO.
 
During election seasons, people should be able to use the Web to very conveniently become well-informed about each election and each topic on their ballots.  Voting ballots include national, state and local topics.  Meanwhile, the Web has been around for over a decade amidst national, state, county, and local events and politics and, over the course of over a decade, mass media has remained somewhat national, eclipsing state, county and local news and politics.

As the matter includes numerous asynchronous actors from national, state, and local scales, including politicians and journalists, there could be more information towards understanding the status quo.  On the other hand, during the onset of the ubiquitous Web, journalists had been utilizing pre-Web news writing, news writing for newspapers and magazines.

Journalists, political scientists, campaign teams, political staffers, politicians, and others can contribute to a well-informed discussion about whether people would want, on major news and news aggregation websites, in addition to national news, enhanced news availability and visibility for state, county, and local news, and/or what caveats there might be.

There are numerous technological and ergonomics topics pertaining to news websites, news aggregation websites, and news-related websites, pertaining to democratic processes at the national, state, and city local scales.



Kind regards,

Adam Sobieski