| Scotland's Referendum and the Media: National and International Perspectives Contributor(s): Blain, Neil (Editor), Hutchison, David (Editor), Hassan, Gerry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 074869658X ISBN-13: 9780748696581 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties |
| Dewey: 328.241 |
| LCCN: 2016302590 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.35 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 was it a matter of 'construction' rather than 'representation'? In this book scholars, commentators and journalists from Britain, Europe and beyond 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 constructions which were put on the debate in their particular countries illuminated these countries' own responses to nationalism and separatism. The consequences of the Referendum's No result are traced in the media through until the May general election of 2015. |