Re: The Voice
Reply #78 –
Quite some layers to the 'failure cake' of the Yes campaign, as have been mentioned here.
The article from The Conversation, which PaulP posted under General Discussion, shone a very bright light on the media's -- none too impressive -- role.
This little black duck singled how the marketing/PR/slogan failures may also have contributed.
EB1 made a very salient point also, re timing during economic hardship, which reminded me of the psychological works by Prof Sheldon Solomon (outlined in his book, 'The Worm In The Middle') and Anthropologist, Ernest Becker (from his book, 'The Denial of Death') - in a crass, simplistic nutshell... people become more conservative during times of hardship. I'm not suggesting that the outcome would have been different but I do ponder had the referendum been held in December what the difference may have been.
And there are other layers as mentioned here and in the media... well, those who report without agenda, bias or prejudice.