Close and Distant: Political Executive-Media Relations in Four Countries
Gothenburg: Nordicom (2019), 264 pp.
Contains acronyms pp. 261-262
ISBN 978-91-88855-06-0; 978-91-88855-07-7 (ebook)
CC BY-SA
"This book explores the interplay between government and media drawing on unique evidence from, and in-depth analysis of, four national cases: Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Based on the chapters dedicated to each country, five additional chapters address the following cross-national themes: government communication, social media, formality/informality in journalist-source relations, mediatisation of politics, and political communication culture. The book reveals what really goes on between the political executive and the media in everyday practices within these countries. First, it uncovers a process of mediated political-cultural change within media-political systems. Second, it illustrates the work- ings of prime ministerial power and communication aides at this apex of political power and the media and those who work there. Third, it examines both the struggle within governing institutions to control the flow of information and the tensions between civil servants and political aides, and takes the reader through the four media-political con- texts rooted in a deep knowledge of these relationships." (Publisher description)
1. The interplay of media and the political executive. Introduction and framework / Gunnar Nygren & Karl Magnus Johansson, 9
PART ONE
2. Finland: Informal interdependence and occasional clashes / Risto Niemikari, Tapio Raunio & Tom Moring, 29
3. Lithuania: Media-politics interaction shaped by benefits-oriented reasoning / Aukse Balèytiene & Milda Malling, 55
4. Poland: Independent vs servile relationships / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska & Jacek Nozewski, 75
5. Sweden: A professionally symbiotic relationship / Karl Magnus Johansson, Milda Malling & Gunnar Nygren, 97
PART TWO
6. Government communication in a comparative perspective / Karl Magnus Johansson & Tapio Raunio, 127
7. Social media in political communication. A substitute for conventional media? / Elena Johansson, 149
8. Power and exchange in formal and informal interaction between journalists and their sources / Milda Malling, 175
9. Media logics as parts of the political toolkit. A critical discussion on theories of mediatisation of politics / Gunnar Nygren & Risto Niemikari, 197
10. Variations in political communication culture. New forms of political parallelisms and media-politics coalitions / Aukse Balèytiene & Tom Moring, 221
PART THREE
11. Locked in a mutual dependency. Media and the political executive in close interplay / Karl Magnus Johansson & Gunnar Nygren, 247
List of abbreviations 261
Contributors
PART ONE
2. Finland: Informal interdependence and occasional clashes / Risto Niemikari, Tapio Raunio & Tom Moring, 29
3. Lithuania: Media-politics interaction shaped by benefits-oriented reasoning / Aukse Balèytiene & Milda Malling, 55
4. Poland: Independent vs servile relationships / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska & Jacek Nozewski, 75
5. Sweden: A professionally symbiotic relationship / Karl Magnus Johansson, Milda Malling & Gunnar Nygren, 97
PART TWO
6. Government communication in a comparative perspective / Karl Magnus Johansson & Tapio Raunio, 127
7. Social media in political communication. A substitute for conventional media? / Elena Johansson, 149
8. Power and exchange in formal and informal interaction between journalists and their sources / Milda Malling, 175
9. Media logics as parts of the political toolkit. A critical discussion on theories of mediatisation of politics / Gunnar Nygren & Risto Niemikari, 197
10. Variations in political communication culture. New forms of political parallelisms and media-politics coalitions / Aukse Balèytiene & Tom Moring, 221
PART THREE
11. Locked in a mutual dependency. Media and the political executive in close interplay / Karl Magnus Johansson & Gunnar Nygren, 247
List of abbreviations 261
Contributors
