Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Part One The Referendum in Scotland
5. 1 The Unexpected Campaign 1
6. 2 The Media Landscape in Scotland 16
7. 3 Broadcasting and the Press: Some Key Moments 26
8. 4 Scotland’s Changing ‘Community of the Communicators’: The Political Commentariat and the Independence Referendum 33
9. 5 The Scottish Press Account: Narratives of the Independence Referendum and its Aftermath 46
10. 6 Scottish TV Coverage of the Referendum Campaign from September 2012 to September 2014 59
11. 7 ‘Liked’, ‘Shared’, Re-tweeted: The Referendum Campaign on Social Media 70
12. 8 Sport, Gender and National Identities 83
13. Part Two Views from the UK
14. 9 English Television News Coverage of the Scottish Referendum 97
15. 10 The English Press and the Referendum 109
16. 11 Wales, Devolution and the Scottish Independence Debate 121
17. 12 Our Friends Across the Water: Northern Ireland Media Coverage of the Scottish Independence Referendum 132
18. Part Three International Perspectives
19. 13 ‘Knock-on Consequences’: Irish Media Coverage of the Scottish Referendum 147
20. 14 Spain, Catalonia and the Scottish Referendum: A Study in Multiple Realities 159
21. 15 The French View 173
22. 16 The Scottish Referendum in Austrian, German and Swiss Media 182
23. 17 The Scottish Referendum: The View from Quebec 195
24. 18 The Scotland Referendum in the English-language Canadian Media 204
25. 19 Australia and the Scottish Independence Referendum 217
26. 20 Afterword: Reimagining Scotland in a New Political Landscape 228
27. Notes on the Contributors 242
28. Index 244