Local heroes or village idiots?

Baxter, Graeme

Abstract

This conference paper presented the main results of the comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of two controversial coastal developments in North East Scotland: the building of a North Sea gas reception terminal at St. Fergus in the 1970s; and the creation of Donald Trump's golf course at Menie, from 2006 onwards. The presentation focused on the press coverage and portrayal of opponents of the two developments, considering the influence this may have had on public perception of the two projects.

Citation

BAXTER, G. 2014. Local heroes or village idiots? Press portrayal of opponents of two controversial coastal developments in North East Scotland. Presented at the 2014 Media Communications and Cultural Studies Association annual conference (MeCCSA 2014), 8-10 January 2014, Bournemouth, UK.

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: 2014 Media Communications and Cultural Studies Association annual conference (MeCCSA 2014)
• Conference Location: Bournemouth, UK
• Start Date: Jan 8, 2014
• End Date: Jan 10, 2014
• Deposit Date: Aug 28, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 28, 2017
• Keywords: Development; Environment; Planning; Press; Northeast Scotland
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2474
• Related Public URLs: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1366