Abstract
This welcome assemblage of papers covers the Scottish referendum from three broad perspectives: first, from within Scotland; second, from the rest of the United Kingdom; and third, from the international arena. The first provides general accounts of the campaign and the media landscape in Scotland, followed by more specific accounts of key moments in the run-up to the vote, political commentariat, editorial positioning, TV coverage, social media and interweaving of the campaign with various sporting events. The second section looks at English TV news coverage and press reporting in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In the final part, we see how the Scottish referendum was reported in the Irish Republic, Spain and Catalonia, France, Austria, Germany and Switzerland, Canada and Australia. The organisation and structuring of the book in this way very much helps its overall coherence, while the individual chapters contribute a series of particular outlines of how the referendum campaign was covered and received and how such issues as nationalism, separatism and identity were represented. Neil Blain, David Hutchison and Gerry Hassan have put together an excellent collection.