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The Media in Scotland
Edited by Neil Blain and David Hutchison
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Book Presentation:
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.
About the authors:
Neil Blain is Professor and Head of Department at the University of Stirling David Hutchison is Research Fellow in Media Policy at the Glasgow Caledonian University
See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press
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