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Dear colleagues,

We have just a few delegate places left for the conference below. Attendance is free but reservation is required. Apologies for cross-posting.

The 2014 Scottish independence referendum in the media.
Friday 18 September 2015
Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling

The 2014 Scottish independence referendum was one of the most significant events in the UK that year and its impact on politics is ongoing. It saw an unprecedented engagement of citizens in the political process, and it attracted media interest from around the world. This one-day conference will discuss how the media presented this political event across different platforms and in different countries.  How did media organisations in Scotland and in England represent the campaign? How was the referendum talked about in Europe, particularly in countries that have had or are currently having their own constitutional debates? What is the role of the news media in framing referendum campaigns? What was the role of digital platforms in political deliberation?

Attendance is free, but places are limited. Please email [log in to unmask] to reserve a place.

PROGRAMME

 

9.00-9.30: Registration and coffee

 

9.30-9.45: Welcome and introduction

 

9.45-10.45: Plenary speech

Referenda and media framing

Professor Claes de Vreese, Chair of Political Communication,

Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam

 

10.45-11.00: Coffee break

 

11.00-12.30: The 2014 referendum in Scotland

Television framing of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

Marina Dekavalla, University of Stirling

Broadcast and press coverage of the independence White Paper launch.

David Hutchison, Glasgow Caledonian University

Scottish civil society and the referendum campaign.

Will Dinan, University of Stirling

 

12.30-13.30: Lunch

 

13.30-15.00: Perspectives from outside Scotland

The Scottish referendum on English television.

Andrew Tolson, University of Leicester

The Scottish referendum in Slovenian media.

Alenka Jelen, University of Stirling

The referendum and the Scottish constitutional issue in Catalan media.

Enric Castelló and Marta Montagut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona

 

15.00-15.15: Coffee break

 

15.15-16.45: Social media and citizen engagement

Twits on Twitter? Twitter’s Ability to be Deliberative?

Mark Shephard, Strathclyde University

Twitter in the Scottish Independence Referendum Campaign

Michael Comerford, University of Glasgow

Participatory platforms, deliberative processes and civic mobilization.

Emiliana De Blasio, Luiss University, Rome


This conference is part of the Television framing of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum research project, supported by the ESRC Future Research Leaders Scheme (ES/L010062/1).


With best wishes,
Marina

Dr. Marina Dekavalla

Lecturer in Journalism Studies
Communications, Media and Culture
School of Arts & Humanities
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland

Principal Investigator, 'Television framing of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum', funded by the ESRC Future Research Leaders scheme.


Convenor, Scottish Media and Communication Association (SMCA).
The University is ranked in the QS World Rankings of the top 5% of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2014)
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
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