基本説明
Includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting and cinema, on the representation and construction of Scotland, etc.
Full Description
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.The book offers a comprehensive picture of the media in Scotland and is the first to do so. It raises a number of important questions about how Scotland presents itself at home and abroad as well as analyzing 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.
Contents
Introduction FRAMING THE DISCUSSION1 Neil Blain and Kathryn Burnett: An unwon cause: the struggle to represent Scotland 2 John Corbett: Scots, English and Community languages in the media3 Philip Schlesinger: Communications policy THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT4 David Hutchison: The history of the press 5 David Bruce: The history of film and cinema6 Maggie Sweeney: Broadcasting: from birth to devolution and beyond SCREEN AND SOUND7 John R. Cook: Three ring circus: television drama and for Scotland8 Hugh O'Donnell: 'Nae bevvying, nae skiving': language and community in the Scottish soap opera9 Ian Mowatt: Broadcast comedy10 Sarah Neely: Contemporary Scottish cinema11 Ken Garner: Radio and popular music THEMES AND FUTURES 12 Jane Sillars and Myra Macdonald: Gender, spaces, changes: emergent identities in a Scotland in transition13 Anthea Irwin: Race and ethnicity in the media 14 Mike Cormack: Gaelic, the media and Scotland 15 Brian McNair: The Scottish media and politics16 Brian Wilson: A view from Westminster17 Michael Russell: A view from Holyrood 18 Richard Haynes and Raymond Boyle: Media sportSelect Bibliography Notes on Contributors
