ABSTRACT
While both journalism and politics are very much about timing, their internal relations of temporality are indeed of equal and related importance. As one of the main channels mediating between processes of governance and public claims, journalism has, at least traditionally, been intimately tied to the rhythms of political processes. Digital technologies do, however, make possible somewhat different temporal relations between politics, political communication, and journalism. The overall aim of this chapter is consequently to lay out a heuristic structure for thinking about the shifting relations between the temporalities of politics and journalism. Obviously, the institutions of politics and journalism each contain a range of more specific, complex and, not least, evolving temporalities, which, partly, are linked to the increasing ability of political actors to communicate directly with citizens. It is, however, precisely because of such changes that it is worthwhile to think more structurally about how certain developments may affect the temporal relations between journalism and politics.
