31205 20150429092420.0 TAZ-TFG-2014-2829 eng Villalba González, Marta Press and Politics by the Hand: the Manipulation of the British Press in the Scottish Road to Independence Zaragoza Universidad de Zaragoza 2014 by-nc-sa Creative Commons 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ The research project that I present below aims to show a comparative analysis of seven British newspapers in order to determine what was the position of the press regarding the Scottish Referendum held on 18 September 2014. For this purpose, first I will proffer a review of the history of Scotland, from its beginnings as an independent kingdom until its settlement as a nation of the United Kingdom, to try to understand what the causes of the referendum might be. Then, I will make an introduction about the current political situation of Scotland and in relation to the press. To continue, I will provide a general explanation on the power of suggestion of the media that will lead me to a comparative analysis of a personal selection of headlines and articles from seven British newspapers. Finally, my essay will offer a very brief comment on the impact and meaning of the referendum to eventually conclude with the idea that, although the vast majority of newspapers preferred the union, I found it difficult to determine to what extent they sought to manipulate or rather just to inform due to their use of a very detached and indirect tone in their publications. Graduado en Estudios Ingleses Derechos regulados por licencia Creative Commons Calvo Pascual, Mónica dir. Universidad de Zaragoza Filología Inglesa y Alemana Filología Inglesa 612178@celes.unizar.es 367790 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/31205/files/TAZ-TFG-2014-2829.pdf Memoria (eng) Memoria (eng) oai:zaguan.unizar.es:31205 driver trabajos-fin-grado deposita:2015-04-21 TAZ TFG FFYL