Individuals who live in a particular community develop distinctively patterned…

Concept

A community develops shared communication practices: recurring channels, routines, and norms for creating, circulating, and receiving messages.

When those practices form a recognizable pattern, the concept concerns how information moves within the community, not who owns media or how media products are sold.

Application

The stem links residence in a particular community with distinctively patterned systems. That link describes community-specific systems for circulating information; therefore the relevant concept is information distribution.

Contrast and cross-check

• Media ownership identifies who controls or holds property rights in media organisations and outlets.

• Media marketing concerns promoting media products, services, or content to target audiences.

• Information imperialism concerns unequal cross-border dominance over information flows and communication resources.

Thus, the phrase points to information distribution.