Scotland's Referendum and the Media

Neil Blain is Professor Emeritus of Communications at the University of Stirling. His publications include Media, Monarchy and Power (with Hugh O’Donnell), Sport, Media, Culture: Local and Global Dimensions and The Media in Scotland (co-edited with David Hutchison). David Hutchison has published in the fields of theatre, media policy and journalism. From 2010-2014 he was chair of Regional Screen Scotland. He is Honorary Professor of Media Policy at Glasgow Caledonian University. Dr. Gerry Hassan is Research Fellow in contemporary history at Dundee University. He has written and edited over two dozen books on Scottish and British politics including The Strange Death of Labour Scotland (with Eric Shaw, 2012), Caledonian Dreaming (2014), Independence of the Scottish Mind (2014), Scotland the Bold (2016), and SNP Leaders (edited with James Mitchell, 2016). His latest book is The People’s Flag and the Union Jack: An Alternative History of Britain and the Labour Party (with Eric Shaw, 2019).

• PrefacePart One: The referendum in Scotland1.The Unexpected Campaign, James Mitchell2. The Media Landscape in Scotland, Neil Blain and David Hutchison3. Broadcasting and the Press: Some Key Moments, David Hutchison4. The ‘Community of the Communicators’: The Political Commentariat and the Independence Ref-erendum, Gerry Hassan5.The Scottish Press Account: Narratives of the Independence Referendum and its Aftermath, Marina Dekavalla6. Scottish TV Coverage of the Referendum Campaign, John Robertson7. ‘Liked’, ‘Shared’, Re-Tweeted: The Referendum Campaign on Social Media, Margot Buchanan8. Sport, Gender and National Identities, John Harris and Fiona SkillenPart Two: Views from the UK9.English Television News Coverage of the Scottish Referendum, Andrew Tolson10. The English Press and the Referendum, Peter Golding and Karen Williamson11. Wales, Devolution and the Scottish Independence Debate, Sian Powell12. Our friends across the water: Northern Ireland media coverage of the Scottish Independence Referendum, Anthea IrwinPart Three: international perspectives13. ‘Knock on consequences’ - Irish media coverage of the Scottish referendum, Kevin Rafter14. Spain, Catalonia and the Scottish Referendum: A Study in Multiple Realities, Enric Castelló, Hugh O’Donnell and Fernando León-Solís15. The French View, Didier Revest16. The Scottish Referendum in Austrian, German, and Swiss Media, Klaus Peter Müller17. The Scottish Referendum: the view from Quebec, Catherine Côté18. The Scotland referendum in the English Language Canadian media, Christopher Waddell19. Australia and the Scottish independence referendum, Brian McNairAfterword: Reimagining Scotland in a new political landscape, Neil BlainNotes on Contributors