BLACK, Jack and WHIGHAM, Stuart (2017). ‘Team GB’ or ‘Team Scotland’? Media representations of ‘Britishness’ and ‘Scottishness’ at London 2012 and Glasgow 2014. Journalism.
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Abstract
This article critically reflects upon media coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, scrutinising the emergent discursive constructions of ‘Britishness’ and ‘Scottishness’ through an examination of both London-based (English) and Scotland-based publications. Drawing upon Dayan and Katz’s (1992) portrayal of ‘media events’, the article explores how both events presented competing sites of symbolic struggle during a period of constitutional and political turmoil. Consideration is given to the existence of a ‘hegemonic Britishness’ in print media narratives of these events, as evident in the emergent connotations associated with ‘British nationalism’ and ‘Scottish separatism’.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre Sociology, Politics and Policy Research Group |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917736002 |
Depositing User: | Jack Black |
Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2017 13:32 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 15:33 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16705 |
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