Nurturing English regionalism: A new role for local newspapers in a federal UK?
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Roberts, Simon GwynAffiliation
University of ChesterPublication Date
2017-03-01
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Any constitutional move towards a federal system in the United Kingdom would inevitably be unbalanced by England’s obvious economic, cultural and numerical dominance. Some form of English regional devolution is therefore essential if we are to progress as a multinational state post Scottish and Welsh devolution. This article adopts a deliberately polemical approach to a consideration of the potential role of regional English newspapers in that context, suggesting that their established links with a coherent audience, rooted in place, might allow them to act as a vehicle for debate and nurture a sense of regional identity often absent from contemporary English politics. Regional newspapers are ‘culturally specific’ and have a key role to play in articulating the popular experience of post-devolution political change: this might also present this struggling sector with valuable commercial opportunities as they take advantage of the new political paradigm to further embed themselves within their communities.Citation
Roberts, S. G. (2017). Nurturing English regionalism: A new role for local newspapers in a federal UK? Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies, 6(1).Publisher
IntellectAdditional Links
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/ajms/2017/00000006/00000001/art00007Type
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enISSN
2001-0818EISSN
2049-9531ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1386/ajms.6.1.83_1
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