Whatever Happened to the Independence Press?. Issue 1 (February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Walker, Richard
• Is Part Of: Scottish affairs. Volume 27:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 63
• Page End: 70
• Publication Date: 2018-02
• Subjects: Scottish independence -- 2014 independence referendum -- Yes campaign -- Union -- Scottish press; Scotland -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 320.941105
• DOI: 10.3366/scot.2018.0224
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-0356

Abstract

Abstract : Only one Scottish newspaper supported independence in the 2014 referendum. It was joined by The National daily newspaper in November 2014. In one of the most congested newspaper markets in the world why is there so little political diversity among an indigenous press? This article reviews the structural factors constraining ideological diversity regarding self-government in the Scottish press since devolution, and maps the emergence of Scotland's only pro-independence newspapers, the Sunday Herald and The National, and the editorial challenges of both newspapers in covering the SNP Government in Holyrood.