| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 286 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
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Film, media, and cultural studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index. |
| Summary |
This text brings together academics, writers & politicians to explore the range & nature of the media in Scotland. It includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting & cinema, on the representation & construction of Scotland, the contemporary communications environment, & the languages used in the media. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Scotland.
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Mass media. |
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Scotland. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Blain, Neil, 1951-
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Hutchison, David, 1944 September 24-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Media in Scotland. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008428282 |
| ISBN |
0748631828 (electronic book) |
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9780748631827 (electronic book) |
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1281785784 |
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9781281785787 |
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0748628002 |
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0748627995 |
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9780748627998 |
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9780748628001 |
| Standard No. |
9786611785789 |
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