Constructing Scottish identity in media discourses : the use of common sense knowledge in the Scottish press /
Schröder, Miriam,1981-author.
"Scotland's efforts to establish and assert its distinct national identity have a long tradition. National identity has been a central theme throughout the centuries in a country where economic, political, and social issues have tended to be closely bound up with questions of national mentality and emotion. This book examines the part played by Scottish newspapers in constructing identity during a key period of the devolution process, 1997-2011. It uses insights from the fields of linguistics, sociology and cognitive science on the construction of culturally defined knowledge and the notions of identity that emerge from it. The study contributes to the understanding of Scottish identity, and its evaluations are relevant beyond the immediate context of Scotland and the United Kingdom"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-449).
Theoretical principles of knowledge construction and national identification -- Scotland and Scottish identity as subjects of research -- Analysing media discourses : a method for assessing journalistic representations of national identity -- Common sense knowledge about Scottish identity in Scottish newspapers, 1997-2011 -- Appendix: Index of newspaper texts analysed in the corpus. List of Herald texts. List of Scotsman texts.
"Scotland's efforts to establish and assert its distinct national identity have a long tradition. National identity has been a central theme throughout the centuries in a country where economic, political, and social issues have tended to be closely bound up with questions of national mentality and emotion. This book examines the part played by Scottish newspapers in constructing identity during a key period of the devolution process, 1997-2011. It uses insights from the fields of linguistics, sociology and cognitive science on the construction of culturally defined knowledge and the notions of identity that emerge from it. The study contributes to the understanding of Scottish identity, and its evaluations are relevant beyond the immediate context of Scotland and the United Kingdom"--Provided by publisher.
Press and politics
Mass media
Nationalism in the press
Decentralization in government
Scottish newspapers
Knowledge, Sociology of