Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.
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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.
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 environment, and the languages used in the media. Other chapters consider television drama, soap opera, broadcast comedy, gender, the media and politics, race and ethnicity, gender, popular music, sport and new technology, the place of Gaelic, and current issues in screen fiction. Among the contributors are David Bruce, Myra Macdonald, Brian McNair, Hugh O'Donnell, Mike Russell, Philip Schlesinger and Brian Wilson. Key Features The first comprehensive picture of the media in Scotland Raises a number of important questions about how Scotland presents itself at home and abroad Analyzes questions of politics, economics and governance.