Framing referendum campaigns in the news /Marina Dekavalla.

Dekavalla, Marina,

Framing referendum campaigns in the news /Marina Dekavalla. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Front matter; Cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Framing political campaigns; The Scottish constitutional issue and the 2014 referendum; Sources and their frames; The media framing of the referendum; The process of frame-building; Framing referendum campaigns in the media: towards a frame-building model; Conclusion; References; Index.

An in-depth look into how the news media frame referendum campaigns, based on the coverage of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. An analysis of the factors at play in journalistic coverage of complex and highly contested political campaigns.



9781526136145 9781526119902 9781526119919

GBB818876 bnb

018694355 Uk


Referendum--Press coverage--Scotland.
Political campaigns--Scotland.
Mass media--Political aspects--Scotland.
Television broadcasting of news--Scotland.


Electronic Books.

JF497 / .F736 2018