Includes index.
Introduction / Jean Seaton
Hotting it up / Jürgen Krönig
The virtues of an unlovable press / Michael Schudson
The epiphany of Joe Trippi / John Lloyd
What's good on television? / Tim Gardam
Can the BBC invigorate our political culture? / Steven Barnett
The rise of the ranters : saving political journalism / Peter Riddell
Morally engaged : reporters in crises / Martin Woollacott
Lacking a clear narrative : foreign reporting after the Cold War / Suzanne Franks
Digitising democracy / Georgina Born
Little citizens : children, the media and politics / Jean Seaton
On the cusp : finding new visions for social gain from broadcasting / Don Redding.
What can be done? : making the media and politics better. ISBN 9781405136938. Published by Blackwell Pub. in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.