Media Talk and Political Elections in Europe and America

Introduction; Andrew Tolson and Mats Ekström 1. 'We change or we sink': Discursively Constructing the Voter's Dilemma in a Pre-election Interview with the Greek Prime Minister; Marianna Patrona 2. Obama in the No Spin Zone; Ian Hutchby 3. Transformations in Hybrid TV Talk: Extended Interviews on The Daily Show (.com); Geoffrey Baym 4. 'I have a question for you': Mediatised Democracy, Citizen Participation and Elections in Catalonia. Rut M. Sanz Sabido 5. More than Cleggmania: The Celebrity Politician, Presidentialisation and the UK Leader Debates; Neil Washbourne 6. The Telegenic Politician? Communication Strategies in the UK Election 2010 Party Leader Debates; Andrew Tolson 7. Rhetoric and Responses: Electioneering on Youtube; Cassian Sparkes-Vian 8. Citizen Participation in Journalist Discourse; Mats Ekström and Göran Eriksson 9. Multi-platform Political Interviews in the Swedish Election Campaign 2010 10. Mediatisation, Right-Wing Populism and Political Campaigning: The Case of the Austrian Freedom Party; Bernhard Forchtner, Michal Krzyzanowski and Ruth Wodak 11. Get involved! Communication and Engagement in the 2008 Obama Presidential E-campaign; Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich