Australia and the Scottish independence referendum


Autoria(s): McNair, Brian
Contribuinte(s)

Blain, Neil

Hutchison, David

Hassan, Gerry

Data(s)

01/03/2016

Resumo

This essay examines how, given the close historical and cul-tural ties which exist between Australia and the United Kingdom (including Scotland), the Scottish independence referendum was reported, analysed and made sense of in the Australian media. The analysis is based on mainstream news coverage (online and print media) produced in Australia and accessed from the internet between January 2012 and the end of September 2014 (two weeks after the referendum on September 18). A total of 95 items were included in the sample, which does not include broadcast news coverage or specialist current affairs periodicals. The online sites of broadcasters such as the ABC and SBS were included in the sam-ple. The great majority of these items were published in the run-up to polling day, in August and September 2014, with spikes in the frequency of item around particular events such as the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. to the fore will be relevant for years to come.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/95282/

Publicador

Edinburgh University Press

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/95282/3/95282.pdf

http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748696598

McNair, Brian (2016) Australia and the Scottish independence referendum. In Blain, Neil, Hutchison, David, & Hassan, Gerry (Eds.) Scotland's Referendum and the Media : National and International Perspectives. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 217-227.

Direitos

Brian McNair

Fonte

Creative Industries Faculty; School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts

Tipo

Book Chapter