Introduction: Entangling and disentangling governance and the media ~ Thomas Schillemans and Jon Pierre; Governance and the media: exploring the linkages ~ B. Guy Peters; Media and public accountability: typology and research agenda ~ Sandra Jacobs and Thomas Schillemans; Political control or legitimacy deficit? Bureaucracies' symbolic responses to bottom-up public pressures ~ Saar Alon-Barkat and Sharon Gilad; Mediatised local government: social media activity and media strategies among local government officials 1989–2010 ~ Monika Djerf-Pierre and Jon Pierre; Fighting or fumbling with the beast? The mediatisation of public sector agencies in Australia and the Netherlands ~ Thomas Schillemans; The mediatisation of university governance: a theoretical and empirical exploration of some side-effects ~ Andres Friedrichsmeier and Frank Marcinkowski; Managing commercialised media attention in complex governance networks: positive and negative effects on network performance ~ Erik Hans Klijn; Over-responsibilised and over-blamed: elected actors in media reporting on network governance. A comparative analysis in eight European metropolitan areas ~ Karin Hasler, Daniel Küebler, Anna Christmann and Frank Marcinkowksi.

"This timely book addresses the impacts of media on governance, policy and public accountability. It is a unique collection of studies about the interaction between new media actors and unelected government entities.. It is a must read for all who are interested in the role of media and democratic governance." Per Laegreid, University of Bergen