Media
BBC's identity crisis is seen in row over ‘Scottish’ shows
Author / Creator: Richard Walker
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
No-one can really be sure what purpose BBC Scotland actually serves.
The History of BBC Broadcasting in Scotland, 1923-1983
Author / Creator: W.H. McDOWELL
Media type: Book
Date published: 1992
There hasbeen a more or less continuous debate. Was Scotland different from theother Regions of the BBC and, therefore, requiring an approach whichreflected its nationhood?
Building a Better Media
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
The media is structurally biased, opposed to anyone who proposes real change and owned and controlled by billionaires.
Cultural Vandalism and the Crisis of Public Broadcasting
Author / Creator: Stephen McAll,
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
BC Radio Scotland is being rebuilt as commercial radio. With public money.
Online Allies and Tricky Freelancers: Understanding the Differences in the Role of Social Media in the Campaigns for the Scottish Independence Referendum
Author / Creator: Des McNulty
Date published: 2019
Traditiona media vs. social media in the 2014 independence campaign.
State of British Media 2025: Reporting on muslims and Islam
Author / Creator: CENTRE FOR MEDIA MONITORING
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
This report presents a comprehensive quantitative analysis of how British media covered Muslims and Islam throughout 2025
Navigating the Scottish Political Landscape: An Analysis of BBC Scotland in the Independence Era
Author / Creator: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-923X.13362
Media type: Article
Date published:
This essay examines the complex relationship between the BBC and Scotland's evolving political landscape, shedding light on the challenges faced by the broadcaster since the inception of devolution in 1999 and particularly the 2014 independence referendum.
Radical Scotland: Making connections and the case for Scottish self-government in Thatcher’s time
Author / Creator: Douglas Robertson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
We need a new direction
Radical Scotland: Making connections and the case for Scottish self-government in Thatcher’s time Part 2
Author / Creator: Douglas Robertson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Setting the agenda for political change
Scotland must seek to reform its media
Author / Creator: Martin Roche
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation has seen the mainstream media reveal its bias, ignorance and insularity
Building Trust in the Digital Era: Achieving Scotland's Aspirations as an Ethical Digital Nation
Author / Creator: Digital Ethics Expert Group
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Public trust must be at the fore of Scotland as an Ethical Digital Nation.
Scotland’s Sustainable Media Future: Challenges and Opportunities: a Stakeholder Analysis
Author / Creator: Catherine Happer
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
Scotland’s media are still firmly rooted in older conceptions of print and broadcasting
Is Scotland’s media ready for the next independence referendum?
Author / Creator: Catherine Happer
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
"[Scotland's media is] an uncomfortable hybrid of UK-rooted media institutions and both established and emerging Scottish news titles with very different perspectives and priorities."
BBC bias and the Scots referendum - new report
Author / Creator: John Robertson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2014
Research on bias and fairness in news reporting on the issue Independence prior to the Scottish referendum, 2014
Online allies and tricky freelancers: understanding the differences in the role of social media in the campaigns for the Scottish Independence Referendum
Author / Creator: Ana Ines Langer
Media type: Article
Date published: 2018
The application of digital communications technologies and the dynamics created by liniking to other digitally connected grass roots organisations can have transformative effects.
Scottish TV industry should double following independence
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published:
An independent Scotland would be in a position to rethink how public service broadcasting is regulated, funded and supported. It could consider creative suggestions, such as replacing the licence fee with a universal broadband package which could include funding for content production.
Scottish TV Industry should double following Independence
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: April 2022
Scottish TV industry should double following Independence. Independence would boost Scottish broadcasting.
The UK Government has expressed an intention to sell off Channel 4, and scrap the BBC licence fee, demonstrating its unwillingness to support public service broadcasting.
An Independent Scotland would be in a much stronger position to support public service broadcasting. Broadcasting at present is not a devolved power, and is controlled by Westminster. At the moment, the Scottish Government has no say over how broadcasting is funded, regulated, or supported.
Scotland’s Referendum and the Media: National and International Perspectives
Author / Creator: Neil Blain
Media type: Book
Date published:
The consequences of the Referendum's No result are traced in the media...until the May general election of 2015.
Scotland’s Dual Public Sphere and the Media
Author / Creator: Philip Schlesinger
Date published: 2020
The Scottish media contain content for Scottish audiences. These media are being challenged by digital offerings and present regulatory difficulties.
The British media’s progressives are coming round to Scottish independence
Author / Creator: Simon Pia
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Will the UK commentators fall into line and back unionism once a timetable for a vote has been agreed, or is a more permanent split developing?