ABSTRACT
Political Journalism explores practices of political journalism, ranging from American 'civic journalism' to the press corps covering the European Union in Brussels, from Bangkok newsrooms to French and Italian scandal hunters. Challenging both the 'mediamalaise' thesis and the notion of the journalist as the faithful servant of democracy, it explores political journalism in the making and maps the opportunities and threats encountered by political journalism in the contemporary sphere.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |83 pages
The cross-management of the interdependencies between journalists and politicians
part |57 pages
Towards a cynical coverage of politics?
chapter |19 pages
Explaining the wave of scandal
The exposure of corruption in Italy, France and Spain
chapter |19 pages
The ambivalent watchdog
The changing culture of political journalism and its effects
part |37 pages
Changes in political journalism
part |16 pages
Conclusion
