Framing referendum campaigns in the news / Marina Dekavalla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dekavalla, Marina, author.

Series:

Manchester scholarship online.

Manchester scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Referendum--Press coverage--Scotland.

Referendum.

Political campaigns--Scotland.

Political campaigns.

Mass media--Political aspects--Scotland.

Mass media.

Television broadcasting of news--Scotland.

Television broadcasting of news.

Scotland--Politics and government--21st century.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Marina Dekavalla discusses the framing of referendum campaigns in the news media, focusing particularly on the case of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Using a comprehensive content analysis of print and broadcast coverage as well as in-depth interviews with broadcast journalists and their sources during this campaign, she provides an account of how journalists construct the frames that define their coverage of contested political campaigns.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Framing political campaigns

2 The Scottish constitutional issue and the 2014 referendum

3 Sources and their frames

4 The media framing of the referendum

5 The process of frame-building

6 Framing referendum campaigns in the media

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 22, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526143679

1526143674

9781526119902

1526119900

OCLC:

1120112517