Anglický jazyk

Archiving the Referendum

Vydavateľstvo: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Rok vydania: 2026
Formát: Hardback
Rozmer: 235 x 155 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9783032081032

Predpokladaný dátum vydania: 3.3.2026

128.69 €

bežná cena: 142.99 €

O knihe

Using the contents of BBC Scotland’s television archive pertaining to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, this book examines how BBC Scotland’s television archive is used to construct specific narratives about the past and what impact this might have on cultural memory of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. The referendum was a seismic moment for the United Kingdom and its repercussions are still being felt today. It is likely to be revisited by historians, political analysts, and programme-makers for years to come. This book offers a unique insight into the role that BBC Scotland played in creating a narrative about the event. BBC Scotland not only told the story of the 2014 referendum campaign – providing the lion’s share of television and radio coverage of the campaign - but was also a major part of the story, occupying a contentious position during the campaign, with its news coverage of the event accused of institutional pro-union bias by pro-independence supporters.

Mhairi Brennan is a Research Associate at Aston University, UK. Her specialism is in television, television archives, and memory. Brennan previously worked for several years as a television archive producer. This book is based on her experience of working with contentious television material as the archive producer in BBC Scotland’s Referendum Unit during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.