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TITLE: OPEN SCOTLAND?
Journalists, Spin Doctors and Lobbyists
AUTHORS: PHILIP SCHLESINGER, DAVID MILLER & WILLIAM DINAN
o The first comprehensive coverage of political communications in
Scotland
o Reveals the inside story of broadcasting, journalism, lobbying and spin
doctors in Scotland
o Draws on interviews with key players and private documentation never
previously made public
INFORMATION:
Scottish devolution brought high hopes for an open political culture. But
how far have these been fulfilled? Open Scotland? argues that in the field
of political communication the old, established ways of the British state
still remain firmly in place. Westminster and Whitehall cast long shadows
over Edinburgh.
This book offers the first full-scale coverage of how media, politicians and
lobbyists interact in the new Scotland. Based on their exceptional
first-hand access to the key players, Philip Schlesinger, David Miller and
William Dinan have written an inside account of the struggles to establish
the rules of the game for covering politics. They have talked to the
journalists of Scotlandıs political media pack who are at the heart of the
new political system and who have made a decisive impact on the image of the
Scottish Parliament and government. They have observed and interviewed the
professional lobbyists and reveal their strategies for achieving a
respectable image in Scottish public life. And they have analysed some of
the key rows and the failures of news management inside Scotlandıs
government.
Open Scotland? offers an insight to the world of lobbyists, journalists and
spin doctors, revealing the motivations behind the news stories in Scottish
politics today.
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Philip Schlesinger is Professor and Director of Stirling Media Research
Institute; David Miller and William Dinan are members of Stirling Media
Research Institute. The authors all work in the Department of Film and
Media Studies at the University of Stirling.
PRICE: £14.99
ISBN: 1 902930 28 2
PUB. DATE: March 2001
EXTENT: 256pp
FORMAT: 234x156mm
CATEGORY: Scottish Politics/Media
Links:
http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/cgi/odbic.exe?input=NewWeb/Books/Schlesinger2331.htm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902930282/qid=982735393/sr=1-5/202
-7523036-9415809
http://www-fms.stir.ac.uk/staff_sites/david_miller/publications/OpenScotland
.html
News coverage of Open Scotland?
'Unreal world: Empirical research is more and more sidelined in favour of
grand theory. Three Scottish academics show what can be done if you're
prepared to examine the real world. John Crace reports' The Guardian
Education: Higher, Tuesday March 27, 2001.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,463382,00.html
'Spin-and-tell government costs £206m', By Douglas Fraser Political Editor
Sunday Herald, Mar 25 2001.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/newsi.hts?section=News&story_id=15117
'Whisper it... we're still a secret society. Devolution was supposed to
herald a more open and accountable parliament. Instead it is just as
reluctant to reveal the truth as Westminster'. Political Editor Douglas
Fraser investigates', Sunday Herald, New focus, Mar 25 2001.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/newsi.hts?section=News+Focus&story_id=15116
Philip Schlesinger, David Miller and William Dinan, 'Who sold Scottish news
down the river? The public, the papers and BBC Scotland wanted a
Glasgow-based Six O'Clock News - but London had other ideas. How did we lose
out? This exclusive extract from a major new book reveals all' Sunday
Herald, 7 Days, Mar 25 2001.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/newsi.hts?section=7-Days&story_id=15064
Juliette Garside 'Is our view of ministers being blurred by presenters'
tips? A new book says that journalists cannot remain impartial if they also
work as media trainers. Juliette Garside finds out more', Sunday Herald,
Business: Media, 18 March 2001.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/newsi.hts?section=Business&story_id=149
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Kenny Farquharson 'MSPs warned over lobbyists' Sunday Times Scotland,
February 25 2001.
http://www.Sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/02/25/stiscosco01012.html
Philip Schlesinger (2001) 'Journalists, it's time you owned up' Sunday
Herald, Seven Days, 21 January: 9.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/newsi.hts?section=7-Days&story_id=13771
Douglas Fraser, 'Mound more secretive than Westminster: Academics reveal the
true extent of silent power at Scottish parliament' Sunday Herald Jan 14
2001.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/newsi.hts?section=News&story_id=13749
