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http://www.diva-portal.org This is a published version of a book published by Nordicom. Citation for the original published book: Johansson, K. M., & Nygren, G. (Eds.). (2019). Close and Distant: Political Executive-Media Relations in Four Countries. Gothenburg: Nordicom. N.B. When citing this work, cite the original published book. Permanent link to this version: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37447 Close and Distant This book explores the interplay between government and media drawing on unique evidence from, and in-depth analysis of, four national cases: Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Based on the chapters dedicated to each country, five additional chapters | address the following cross-national themes: government communication, social media, Political Executive–Media Relations in Four Countries formality/informality in journalist-source relations, mediatisation of politics, and political communication culture. The book reveals what really goes on between the political executive and the media in everyday practices within these countries. First, it uncovers a process of mediated political-cultural change within media-political systems. Second, it illustrates the work- ings of prime ministerial power and communication aides at this apex of political power and the media and those who work there. Third, it examines both the struggle within CLOSE governing institutions to control the flow of information and the tensions between civil servants and political aides, and takes the reader through the four media-political con- texts rooted in a deep knowledge of these relationships. The result is an illuminating and original analysis of politics, political communication, | media and journalism, and offers greater understanding of the realities of government Karl Magnus Johansson & Gunnar Nygren AND – and democracy – and media in practice as well as the role of media within contem- porary politics. Karl Magnus Johansson is a Professor of Political Science and Gunnar Nygren is a Professor of Journalism, both in the School of Social Sciences at Södertörn University, DISTANT Stockholm. Political Executive–Media Relations in Four Countries University of Gothenburg Box 713, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden Telephone +46 31 786 00 00 • Fax + 46 31 786 46 55 E-mail [email protected] > www.nordicom.gu.se NORDICOM NORDICOM 855060 Nygren, Gunnar & Johansson,Karl Karl Magnus Magnus (2018). The interplay Johansson of media and the political& Gunnar executive. Introduction Nygren and frame- (eds.) work in Karl Magnus Johansson & Gunnar Nygren (eds.) Close and Distant. Political Executive-Media Relations in Four Coun- 789188 tries, pp. xx-xx. Göteborg: Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-88855-06-0 1 9 Contacts Based at the University of Gothenburg, Nordicom is a Nordic non-profit knowledge centre that collects and communicates facts and research in the field of media and communication. 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