1. Mediated politics: an introduction W. Lance Bennett and Robert M. Entman

Part I. Democracy and the Public Sphere: 2. The public sphere and the net: structure, space, and communication Peter Dahlgren

3. Promoting political engagement William A. Gamson

4. The internet and the global public sphere Colin Sparks

Part II. Citizens, Consumers, and Media in Transition: 5. Reporting and the push for market-oriented journalism: media organizations as businesses Doug Underwood

6. Political discourse and the politics of need: discourses on the good life in cyberspace Don Slater

7. Dividing practices: segmentation and targeting in the emerging public sphere Oscar Gandy

8. Let us infotain you: politics in the new media environment Michael X. Delli Carpini and Bruce A. Williams

9. The future of the institutional media Timothy E. Cook

Part III. Mediated Political Information and Public Opinion: 10. Reframing public opinion as we have known it Robert M. Entman and Susan Herbst

11. Political waves and democratic discourse: terrorism waves during the Oslo peace process Gadi Wolfsfeld

12. Monica Lewinsky and the mainsprings of American politics John Zaller

13. The big spin: strategic communication and the transformation of pluralist democracy W. Lance Bennett and Jarol B. Manheim

14. The impact of the new media W. Russell Neuman

Part IV. Mediated Campaigns: 15. Issue advocacy in a changing discourse environment Kathleen Hall Jamieson

16. Implications of rival visions of electoral campaigns C. Edwin Baker

17. Mediated electoral democracy: campaigns, incentives, and reform Bruce Buchanan

18. 'Americanization' reconsidered: UK-US campaign communication comparisons across time Jay G. Blumler and Michael Gurevitch

Part V. Citizens: Present and Future: 19. Citizen discourse and political participation: a survey Roderick P. Hart

20. Adapting political news to twenty-first century Americans Doris A. Graber

21. National identities and the future of democracy Wendy M. Rahn and Thomas J. Rudolph

22. Communication in the future of democracy: a conclusion.