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Press Scrutiny and the Proposals for Security and Intelligence in an Independent Scotland.
  This chapter examines the scrutiny by the press in Scotland and the wider UK, before, during and after the publication of issues related to the proposals presented in the Scottish Government’s independence White Paper Scotland’s Future in November 2013. It outlines the various categories of media coverage in common usage and examines a selection of coverage in depth. It argues that, with some exceptions, the coverage was narrow and formulaic. It suggests more investigative projects could have widened and deepened the coverage and led to a more informed debate.

  • Date:

    01 March 2017

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Open Book Publishers

  • DOI:

    10.11647/OBP.0078

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

O'Neill, E. (2017). Press Scrutiny and the Proposals for Security and Intelligence in an Independent Scotland. In Security in a Small Nation: Scotland, Democracy, Politics, (179-201). Open Book Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0078

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Keywords

Security, Small Nation, Scotland, Media, Investigative Journalism

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