Framing Referendum Campaigns in the News

by Marina Dekavalla

Book Overview

This book discusses the framing of referendum campaigns in the news media, focusing particularly on the case of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Using a comprehensive content analysis of print and broadcast coverage as well as in-depth interviews with broadcast journalists and their sources during this campaign, it provides an account of how journalists construct the frames that define their coverage of contested political campaigns. It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526143674
• ISBN13: 9781526143679
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"