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Issue and game frames in the news: Frame-building factors in television coverage of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. [PDF]

open access: yesJournalism (Lond), 2018
This article explores frame building in Scottish television coverage of the 2014 independence referendum. It uses content analysis of news and current affairs coverage and semi-structured interviews with broadcasters and their sources to explain how ...
Dekavalla M.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Not <i>now</i>! Construction of the "now-is-not-the-time" discourse of Theresa May and Boris Johnson vis-à-vis the second Scottish independence referendum. [PDF]

open access: yesBr Politics, 2022
Between 2016 and 2021, in response to calls for a second Scottish independence referendum, two British Prime Ministers—Theresa May and Boris Johnson—adopted a holding position, at the core of which was the “now-is-not-the-time” argumentative scheme. As a
Brusenbauch Meislová M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Scottish Independence Referendum and After

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2015
The Scottish independence referendum on 18 September 2014 produced an apparently decisive result, with 45 per cent for independence and 55 per cent against. Yet, it has not settled the constitutional issue.
Michael Keating
doaj   +3 more sources

Predicting Collective Action in a Secessionist Context: Different Motives for Two Opposed Stances [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Engagement in collective action is essential in the scenario of a secessionist struggle. In this scenario, two groups contend for an incompatible goal and one of them is favoured by the current status quo.
Marcos Dono   +5 more
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Devolution, the Independence Referendum and Votes at 16 in Scotland: Holyrood, a Pioneer in Democracy Leading the Way for Westminster?

open access: yesRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2019
The Scottish Parliament enfranchised 16 and 17-year-olds prior to the 2014 referendum on independence of Scotland from the UK. Scotland was among the very first nations in the world to lower the minimum voting age below 18.
Sarah Pickard
doaj   +2 more sources

‘Queen of Scots’: The monarch’s body and national identities in the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies, 2020
On 20 September 2014, in the wake of the Scottish Independence Referendum, the pro-union, right-wing British broadsheet The Daily Telegraph’s front page was dominated by a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II in the grounds of her Balmoral Estate in the ...
Laura Clancy
exaly   +2 more sources

The miracle of the markets: Identifying key campaign events in the Scottish independence referendum using betting odds

open access: yesElectoral Studies, 2017
This paper analyses campaign dynamics in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum by integrating time-stamped polling releases with highly granular evolving price data created by online political gambling markets.
Matthew Wall   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

National Identities and the 2014 Independence Referendum in Scotland [PDF]

open access: yesSociological Research Online, 2015
This paper discusses the 2014 independence referendum in relation to national identities in Scotland. This is done firstly through reflecting on the referendum franchise and then by examining how people's subjective national identities aligned with key political attitudes relevant to the constitutional question.
exaly   +2 more sources

Making politics educational: the experience of the Scottish referendum on independence

open access: yesHistoria Social y de la Educación, 2015
In 2014 the issue of constitutional change in the UK brought about by an agreement between the UK and Scottish Government, for a referendum on Scottish independence, created the motivation for widespread political engagement with the formal political ...
Jim Crowther
doaj   +3 more sources

Scotland’s road to IndyRef2, between two Unions [PDF]

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2022
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, has announced a second independence referendum will be held on 19 October 2023. Given the UK government’s refusal to negotiate a new independence referendum, the call for this referendum, popularly known as ...
Javier Antón Merino
doaj   +1 more source

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