Media

Navigating the Scottish Political Landscape: An Analysis of BBC Scotland in the Independence Era

Author / Creator: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-923X.13362

Media type: Article

Date published:

This essay examines the complex relationship between the BBC and Scotland's evolving political landscape, shedding light on the challenges faced by the broadcaster since the inception of devolution in 1999 and particularly the 2014 independence referendum.


Radical Scotland: Making connections and the case for Scottish self-government in Thatcher’s time

Author / Creator: Douglas Robertson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

We need a new direction


Radical Scotland: Making connections and the case for Scottish self-government in Thatcher’s time Part 2

Author / Creator: Douglas Robertson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

Setting the agenda for political change


Scotland must seek to reform its media

Author / Creator: Martin Roche

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation has seen the mainstream media reveal its bias, ignorance and insularity


Building Trust in the Digital Era: Achieving Scotland's Aspirations as an Ethical Digital Nation

Author / Creator: Digital Ethics Expert Group

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

Public trust must be at the fore of Scotland as an Ethical Digital Nation.


Scotland’s Sustainable Media Future: Challenges and Opportunities: a Stakeholder Analysis

Author / Creator: Catherine Happer

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

Scotland’s media are still firmly rooted in older conceptions of print and broadcasting


Is Scotland’s media ready for the next independence referendum?

Author / Creator: Catherine Happer

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

"[Scotland's media is] an uncomfortable hybrid of UK-rooted media institutions and both established and emerging Scottish news titles with very different perspectives and priorities."


BBC bias and the Scots referendum - new report

Author / Creator: John Robertson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2014

Research on bias and fairness in news reporting on the issue Independence prior to the Scottish referendum, 2014


Online allies and tricky freelancers: understanding the differences in the role of social media in the campaigns for the Scottish Independence Referendum

Author / Creator: Ana Ines Langer

Media type: Article

Date published: 2018

The application of digital communications technologies and the dynamics created by liniking to other digitally connected grass roots organisations can have transformative effects.


Scottish TV industry should double following independence

Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published:

An independent Scotland would be in a position to rethink how public service broadcasting is regulated, funded and supported. It could consider creative suggestions, such as replacing the licence fee with a universal broadband package which could include funding for content production. 


Scottish TV Industry should double following Independence

Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: April 2022

Scottish TV industry should double following Independence. Independence would boost Scottish broadcasting. 

The UK Government has expressed an intention to sell off Channel 4, and scrap the BBC licence fee, demonstrating its unwillingness to support public service broadcasting.

An Independent Scotland would be in a much stronger position to support public service broadcasting. Broadcasting at present is not a devolved power, and is controlled by Westminster. At the moment, the Scottish Government has no say over how broadcasting is funded, regulated, or supported.


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

Author / Creator: Neil Blain

Media type: Book

Date published:

The consequences of the Referendum's No result are traced in the media...until the May general election of 2015.


Scotland’s Dual Public Sphere and the Media

Author / Creator: Philip Schlesinger

Date published: 2020

The Scottish media contain content for Scottish audiences.  These media are being challenged by digital offerings and present regulatory difficulties.


The British media’s progressives are coming round to Scottish independence

Author / Creator: Simon Pia

Media type: News Media

Date published:

Will the UK commentators fall into line and back unionism once a timetable for a vote has been agreed, or is a more permanent split developing? 


Media Matters; how the media reports on indepencence matters

Author / Creator: David Patrick

Media type: Podcast

Date published: 2021

Craig talks to David Patrick, author of recently published book Front-Page Scotland which looks at how stories about Scottish independence were reported in the newspapers throughout the 2014 independence referendum campaign.


Constructing the Visual Online Political Self: An Analysis of Instagram Use by the Scottish Electorate

Author / Creator: Jamie Mahoney

Media type: Academic Paper

Date published:

The Scottish electorate used image-sharing for self-expression. They posted a variety of visual content. It showed a diversity of political opinion. People used Instagram to craft and present their "political selves".


Whose voices are heard in the news? A study of sources in television coverage of the Scottish independence referendum

Author / Creator: Marina Dekavalla

Media type: Academic Paper

Date published:

Male-dominated political elites are the main focus in the news.  The coverage represents the views of politicians to the public. It provides limited public participation in the political debate.


Online Allies and Tricky Freelancers: Understanding the Differences in the Role of Social Media in the Campaigns for the Scottish Independence Referendum

Author / Creator: Ana Ines Langer

Media type: Research article

Date published:

Some campaigns – like Better Together – selectively adopt digital tools that fit with the command and control model; in other cases – like Yes Scotland – the application of digital communications technologies and the dynamics created by linking to other (digital-enabled) grassroots organizations can have transformative effects.


The Media and National Identity: Local Newspapers’ Coverage of Scottish Independence during the Campaign of the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum

Author / Creator: Jan-Philipp Wagner

Media type: Academic Paper

Date published: 2017

Local Scottish papers frame “Scottishness” in a way that differs from independence. The patterns of news content point to the possibility that the local papers did not perceive Scottish independence as consistent with their idea of Scottish national identity.


Aye or naw, whit dae ye hink? Scottish independence and linguistic identity on social media

Author / Creator: Philippa Shoemark

Media type: Academic Paper

Date published: 2017

Although Yes users generally express a stronger Scottish linguistic identity than No users, they are not choosing to express this identity strongly in political discourse aimed at a broad audience.