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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.