A collection of studies on political interaction in a variety of broadcast, namely news and current affairs programs, political interviews, audience participation programs and radio phone-ins. It combines an interest in discourse analysis and conversation analysis with different disciplinary orientations.

1. Contributors; 2. Appendix; 3. Talking politics in broadcast media: An introduction (by Ekstrom, Mats); 4. Part I. Conversational strategies in political interviewing and political news discourse; 5. Chapter 1. Questioning candidates (by Clayman, Steven E.); 6. Chapter 2. The accountability interview, politics and change in UK public service broadcasting (by Montgomery, Martin); 7. Chapter 3. Political discourse in TV news: Conversational presentation and the politics of 'trust' (by Tolson, Andrew); 8. Chapter 4. Political television formats as strategic resources in achieving journalists' roles (by Smedt, Eva De); 9. Chapter 5. Address terms in the Australian political news interview (by Rendle-Short, Johanna); 10. Part II. Neutralism and hybridity in contemporary broadcast journalism; 11. Chapter 6. Doing non-neutral: Belligerent interaction in the hybrid political interview (by Hutchby, Ian); 12. Chapter 7. Hybridity as a resource and challenge in a talk show political interview (by Ekstrom, Mats); 13. Chapter 8. Neutralism revisited: When journalists set new rules in political news discourse (by Patrona, Marianna); 14. Chapter 9. When the watchdog bites: Insulting politicians on air (by Kampf, Zohar); 15. Part III. Discourse patterns for displaying accountability in citizen participation programmes; 16. Chapter 10. "I have one question for you Mr. President": Doing accountability in "citizen interviews" (by Lorenzo-Dus, Nuria); 17. Chapter 11. Officials' accountability performance on Hong Kong talk radio: The case of the Financial Secretary Hotline (by Lee, Francis L.F.)