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Media Talk and Political Elections in Europe and America

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  1. Mats Ekström

    1. University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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  2. Andrew Tolson

    1. De Montfort University, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Media Talk and Political Elections in Europe and America

    • Mats Ekström, Andrew Tolson
    Pages 1-12

  3. ‘We Change or We Sink’: Discursively Constructing the Voter’s Dilemma in a Pre-election Interview with the Greek Prime Minister

    • Marianna Patrona
    Pages 13-40

  4. Obama in the No Spin Zone

    • Ian Hutchby
    Pages 41-62

  5. Transformations in Hybrid TV Talk: Extended Interviews on The Daily Show (.com)

    • Geoffrey Baym
    Pages 63-86

  6. ‘I Have a Question for You’: Mediatized Democracy, Citizen Participation and Elections in Catalonia

    • Rut M. Sanz Sabido
    Pages 87-112

  7. More than Cleggmania? The Celebrity Politician, Presidentialization and the UK 2010 Televised Leader Debates

    • Neil Washbourne
    Pages 113-132

  8. The Telegenic Politician? Communication Strategies in the UK Election 2010 Party Leader Debates

    • Andrew Tolson
    Pages 133-155

  9. Rhetoric and Responses: Electioneering on YouTube

    • Cassian Sparkes-Vian
    Pages 156-180

  10. Citizen Participation in Journalist Discourse: Multiplatform Political Interviews in the Swedish Election Campaign 2010

    • Mats Ekström, Göran Eriksson
    Pages 181-204

  11. Mediatization, Right-Wing Populism and Political Campaigning: The Case of the Austrian Freedom Party

    • Bernhard Forchtner, Michał Krzyżanowski, Ruth Wodak
    Pages 205-228

  12. Get Involved! Communication and Engagement in the 2008 Obama Presidential E-Campaign

    • Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich
    Pages 229-251

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 252-257
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About this book

This book makes an important contribution to the study of political communication. Its chapters analyse forms of media talk associated with contemporary political elections. Key topics include: changing forms of political interview, televised political debates, and the use of multimedia in promotional discourse.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    Mats Ekström

  • De Montfort University, UK

    Andrew Tolson

About the editors

Geoffrey Baym, University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA Mats Ekström, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Göran Eriksson, Örebro University, Sweden Bernhard Forchtner, Humboldt University, Germany Ian Hutchby, University of Leicester, UK Micha³ Krzyanowski, University of Aberdeen, UK Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Swansea University, UK Marianna Patrona, Hellenic Military Academy, Greece Pilar G. Plitvich, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Rut M. Sanz Sabido, De Montfort University, UK Cassian Sparkes-Vian, De Montfort University, UK Andrew Tolson, De Montfort University, UK Neil Washbourne, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University, UK

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