The media in Scotland

The media in Scotland / edited by Neil Blain and David Hutchison.

This book brings together academics, writers and politicians to explore the range and nature of the media in Scotland. The book includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting and cinema, on the representation and construction of Scotland, the contemporary communications envir...

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Other Authors: Blain, Neil, 1951-, Hutchison, David, 1944 September 24-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008.
Series:Film, media, and cultural studies.
Subjects:
Mass media > Scotland.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Mass media
Scotland
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; Copyright; Contents; Preface; FRAMING THE DISCUSSION; 1. A Cause Still Unwon: The Struggle to Represent Scotland; 2. Scots, English and Community Languages in the Scottish Media; 3. Communications Policy; THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT; 4. The History of the Press; 5. The History of Film and Cinema; 6. Broadcasting: From Birth to Devolution ... and Beyond; SCREEN AND SOUND; 7. Three Ring Circus: Television Drama about, by and for Scotland; 8. 'Nae Bevvying, Nae Skiving': Language and Community in the Scottish Soap Opera; 9. Broadcast Comedy; 10. Contemporary Scottish Cinema.
  • 11. Radio and Popular MusicTHEMES AND FUTURES; 12. Gender, Spaces, Changes: Emergent Identities in a Scotland in Transition; 13. Race and Ethnicity in the Media; 14. Gaelic, the Media and Scotland; 15. The Scottish Media and Politics; 16. A View from Westminster; 17. A View from Holyrood; 18. Media Sport; Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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