Scotland's Referendum and the Media: National and International Perspectives

Neil Blain; David Hutchison; Gerry Hassan

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Scotland's Referendum and the Media

National and International Perspectives

Neil Blain , David Hutchison and Gerry Hassan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748696604

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The Scottish Referendum and its aftermath, viewed from national and international perspectives

Read an article by David Hutchison about the book on allmediascotland.com

After the Referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country in September 2014 ¬‒ and following a momentous mobilisation of voters by both the Yes and No campaigns ‒ Scotland's political environment has been fundamentally energised. But how was the Referendum campaign reported and structured in the media in Scotland, the wider United Kingdom, and in other parts of the world, and when might ‘representation’ have turned into ‘construction’?

In this book scholars, commentators and journalists from Britain, Europe, Canada and Australia examine how the media across the world presented the debate itself and the shifting nature of Scottish ‒ and British ‒ identity which that debate revealed. Several of the contributors also explore how the emphases and interpretations placed on the Scottish debate by their national media illuminate attitudes to their own nationalism and separatism questions.

The consequences of the No majority vote are traced in the media through until the SNP landslide in the UK general election of 2015. The issues which have subsequently come to the fore will be relevant for years to come.

Contributors

Neil Blain, University of Stirling
Margot Buchanan, University of Stirling
Catherine Côté, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec
Enric Castelló, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona
Marina Dekavalla, University of Stirling
Peter Golding, Northumbria University
John Harris, Glasgow Caledonian University
Gerry Hassan is a writer, researcher and commentator
David Hutchison, Glasgow Caledonian University
Anthea Irwin, University of Ulster
Brian McNair, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
James Mitchell, University of Edinburgh
Klaus Peter Müller, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
Hugh O’Donnell, Glasgow Caledonian University
Sian Powell, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
Didier Revest, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
Kevin Rafter, Dublin City University
John Robertson, University of the West of Scotland
Fiona Skillen, Glasgow Caledonian University
Fernando León-Solís, University of the West of Scotland
Andrew Tolson, University of Leicester
Christopher Waddell, Carleton University, Ottawa
Karen Williamson, Northumbria University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Part One The Referendum in Scotland
1 The Unexpected Campaign James Mitchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The Media Landscape in Scotland Neil Blain and David Hutchison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3 Broadcasting and the Press: Some Key Moments David Hutchison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
4 Scotland’s Changing ‘Community of the Communicators’: The Political Commentariat and the Independence Referendum Gerry Hassan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
5 The Scottish Press Account: Narratives of the Independence Referendum and its Aftermath Marina Dekavalla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
6 Scottish TV Coverage of the Referendum Campaign from September 2012 to September 2014 John Robertson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
7 ‘Liked’, ‘Shared’, Re-tweeted: The Referendum Campaign on Social Media Margot Buchanan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
8 Sport, Gender and National Identities John Harris and Fiona Skillen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Part Two Views from the UK
9 English Television News Coverage of the Scottish Referendum Andrew Tolson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
10 The English Press and the Referendum Karen Williamson and Peter Golding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
11 Wales, Devolution and the Scottish Independence Debate Sian Powell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
12 Our Friends Across the Water: Northern Ireland Media Coverage of the Scottish Independence Referendum Anthea Irwin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Part Three International Perspectives
13 ‘Knock-on Consequences’: Irish Media Coverage of the Scottish Referendum Kevin Rafter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
14 Spain, Catalonia and the Scottish Referendum: A Study in Multiple Realities Enric Castelló, Fernando León-Solís and Hugh O’Donnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
15 The French View Didier Revest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
16 The Scottish Referendum in Austrian, German and Swiss Media Klaus Peter Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
17 The Scottish Referendum: The View from Quebec Catherine Côté Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
18 The Scotland Referendum in the English-language Canadian Media Christopher Waddell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
19 Australia and the Scottish Independence Referendum Brian McNair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
20 Afterword: Reimagining Scotland in a New Political Landscape Neil Blain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: 7 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: February 12, 2016
ISBN: 9780748696604