Jennifer Hoewe is an associate professor within the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. Dr. Hoewe studies media psychology and political communication. Her research focuses on how political issues and groups of people are depicted in media content and how that content influences media consumers. She has published more than 50 scholarly publications and received numerous research and teaching awards. She is a co-founder and co-director of the Purdue Research in Media Effects (PRIME) Lab and a Faculty Fellow with the Center for American Political History and Technology (CAPT). She is also the former Head of the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
While many Americans have lost trust in national news sources, most say they still rely on the accuracy of local news, with 74 percent of Americans saying they had at least some trust in their local news organizations. And yet, more than 3,200 local and regional newspapers have closed since 2005. This report by Purdue University Professor Jennifer Hoewe puts the plight of news into perspective.