Contents

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-x

Framing the Discussion

pp 1-2

1 - A Cause Still Unwon: The Struggle to Represent Scotland

pp 3-19

2 - Scots, English and Community Languages in the Scottish Media

pp 20-34

3 - Communications Policy

pp 35-52

The Historical Context

pp 53-54

4 - The History of the Press

pp 55-70

5 - The History of Film and Cinema

pp 71-86

6 - Broadcasting: From Birth to Devolution … and Beyond

pp 87-104

Screen and Sound

pp 105-106

7 - Three Ring Circus: Television Drama about, by and for Scotland

pp 107-122

8 - ‘Nae Bevvying, Nae Skiving’: Language and Community in the Scottish Soap Opera

pp 123-136

9 - Broadcast Comedy

pp 137-150

10 - Contemporary Scottish Cinema

pp 151-165

11 - Radio and Popular Music

pp 166-180

Themes and Futures

pp 181-182

12 - Gender, Spaces, Changes: Emergent Identities in a Scotland in Transition

pp 183-198

13 - Race and Ethnicity in the Media

pp 199-212

14 - Gaelic, the Media and Scotland

pp 213-226

15 - The Scottish Media and Politics

pp 227-242

16 - A View from Westminster

pp 243-247

17 - A View from Holyrood

pp 248-252

18 - Media Sport

pp 253-270

Select Bibliography

pp 271-272

Notes on Contributors

pp 273-274

Index

pp 275-286