Community, democracy, and neighborhood news

This ethnographic study examines the interplay between communication, democracy, and community at an inner-city neighborhood newspaper, and explores whether this neighborhood newspaper - through its editor and staff - views itself acting as an agent of strong democracy. The study concludes that, through its focus on neighborhood culture, its acknowledgment of conflict, and its attempts to provide a forum for the neighborhood's self-definition, the newspaper tries to create and maintain participation in its community.