'Team GB' or 'Team Scotland'? Media representations of 'Britishness' and 'Scottishness' at London 2012 and Glasgow 2014. (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Black, Jack; Whigham, Stuart
• Is Part Of: Journalism. Volume 21:Number 10(2020)
• Page Start: 1450
• Page End: 1467
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: Framing -- Glasgow 2014 -- London 2012 -- media events -- nationalism -- sports mega-events; Journalism -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 070.405
• DOI: 10.1177/1464884917736002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1464-8849

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 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'.