Professor Emeritus of Communications, University of Stirling
Neil Blain is professor emeritus of communications at the University of Stirling. He has given evidence to various media commissions, and to parliamentary inquiries into the Scottish media both at Holyrood and Westminster; and has acted as a research consultant for the broadcasting industry. He co-edited Scotland’s Referendum and the Media: National and International Perspectives, (published 2016, with David Hutchison and Gerry Hassan, for Edinburgh University Press).
Scottish media is in dire straits – it's why alternatives like Bella Caledonia are vital
Jan 17, 2017 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the Scottish independence movement contemplates a possible second referendum, it has been rocked by news that an online magazine that established a significant voice in the first vote could close. Bella Caledonia is...
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