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Hyperlocal

"Hyperlocal" (also written "hyper-local" ) is an adjective used to describe something as being "limited to a very small geographical area", and in particular, to anything "[e]xtremely or excessively local". It is applied in particular with regard to media output aimed at narrowly focused populations. It has otherwise been described as "information oriented around a well-defined community with its primary focus directed toward the concerns of the population in that community". The term can also be used as a noun in isolation, where it has been described as referring to "the emergent ecology of data (including textual content), aggregators, publication mechanism and user interactions and behaviors which centre on a resident of a location and the business of being a resident". More recently, the term hyperlocal has applied to uses of GPS technologies in the function of mobile device applications. The term may have originated in 1921 in a small U.S. newspaper, in a description of trends in Central American national politics, reemerging perhaps with the 1989 The Washington Post description as "so-called hyperlocal", the aim for "tiny markets of 50,000 or less" by television cable news.…

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"Hyperlocal" (also written "hyper-local" ) is an adjective used to describe something as being "limited to a very small geographical area", and in particular, to anything "[e]xtremely or excessively local". It is applied in particular with regard to media output aimed at narrowly focused populations. It has otherwise been described as "information oriented around a well-defined community with its primary focus directed toward the concerns of the population in that community". The term can also be used as a noun in isolation, where it has been described as referring to "the emergent ecology of data (including textual content), aggregators, publication mechanism and user interactions and behaviors which centre on a resident of a location and the business of being a resident". More recently, the term hyperlocal has applied to uses of GPS technologies in the function of mobile device applications. The term may have originated in 1921 in a small U.S. newspaper, in a description of trends in Central American national politics, reemerging perhaps with the 1989 The Washington Post description as "so-called hyperlocal", the aim for "tiny markets of 50,000 or less" by television cable news.…

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  1. publication date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2010". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375446847

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