Comparing political communication : reorientation in a changing world / Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser -- Americanization, globalization, and secularization : understanding the convergence of media systems and political communication / Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini -- Transnational trends in political communication : conventional views and new realities / David L. Swanson -- Comparing mass communication systems : media formats, media contents, and media processes / Hans J. Kleinsteuber -- Designs and methods of comparative political communication research / Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb -- Global political communication : good governance, human development, and mass communication / Pippa Norris -- Local political communication : media and local publics in the age of globalization / Sabine Lang -- Strategic political communication : mobilizing public opinion in "audience democracies" / Hanspeter Kriesi -- Political campaign communication : conditional convergence of modern media elections / Christina Holtz-Bacha -- Political communication and electronic democracy : American exceptionalism or global trend? / Thomas Zittel -- Political news journalists : partisanship, professionalism, and political roles in five countries / Wolfgang Donasbach and Thomas E. Patterson -- Political communication messages : pictures of our world on international television news / Patrick R(c)?ssler -- Political communication effects : the impact of mass media and personal conversations on voting / R(c)?diger Schmitt-Beck -- State of the art of comparative political communication research : poised for maturity? / Michael Gurevitch and Jay G. Blumler -- From political culture to political communications culture : a theoretical approach to comparative analysis / Barbara Pfetsch -- Problems of comparative political communication research : culture as a key variable / Robert L. Stevenson -- Meeting the challenges of global communication and political integration : the significance of comparative research in a changing world / Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch