Independence campaign
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 independence needs to offer “a shining city on a hill”
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Blog
Date published:
Previous generations have shown...ambition and intent when faced with what seemed insurmountable problems. It falls to us now to rise to the challenges of our age and make that future Scotland real.
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.
The Case for Scottish Independence; a History of Nationalist Political Thought in Modern Scotland
Author / Creator: Ben Jackson
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
An influential separatist Scottish nationalism began to take shape only in the 1970s and achieved its present ideological maturity in the course of the 1980s and 1990s. It was unusual in that it demanded independence not to defend a threatened ancestral culture but as the most effective way to promote the agenda of the left.
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.
Within Our Grasp
Author / Creator: Robin McAlpine
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
A campaign strategy that will apply maximum pressure on the Westminster Government and achieve independence within three years of its commencement.