The Media In Scotland
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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, the media and politics, race and ethnicity, gender, popular music, sport and new technology, the place of Gaelic, and current issues in screen fiction.
The book is the first to offer a comprehensive picture of the media in Scotland. It raises a number of important questions about how Scotland presents itself at home and abroad as well as analysing questions of politics, economics and governance. Among the contributors are David Bruce, Myra Macdonald, Brian McNair, Hugh O'Donnell, Mike Russell, Philip Schlesinger and Brian Wilson.
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Book Details
ISBN: 9780748627998
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date:
15 May 2008
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Pages: 320 p.



