Media and Governance: Exploring the Role of News Media in Complex Systems of Governance (New Perspectives in Policy and Politics)

First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores the intersections between governance and media in western democracies, which have undergone profound recent changes. Many governmental powers have been shifted toward a host of network parties such as NGOs, state enterprises, international organizations, autonomous agencies, and local governments. Governments have developed complex networks for service delivery and they have a strategic interest in the news media as an arena where their interests can be served and threatened. How do the media relate to and report on complex systems of government? How do the various governance actors respond to the media and what are the effects on their policies? This book considers the impact of media-related factors on governance, policy, public accountability and the attribution of blame for failures. MEDIA AND GOVERNANCE Contents List of figures and tables Figures Tables Notes on contributors Introduction. Entangling and disentangling governance and the media The book The themes To conclude 1. Governance and the media: exploring the linkages Governance in a media age Mediatisation and steering Summary and conclusions 2. Media and public accountability: typology and research agenda Introduction Public accountability Formal accountability vs accountability to the media: three core differences Media and accountability: towards a typology From typology to research approach Conclusion and discussion 3. Political control or legitimacy deficit? Bureaucracies’ symbolic responses to bottom-up public pressure Introduction Political control as a moderator of bureaucracies’ responses to bottom-up public pressure Case background: the Israeli 2011 social protests Methodology Results Discussion and conclusions 4. Mediatised local government: social media activity and media strategies among local government officials 1989–2010 Social media and local government Local governance and the media Mediatisation and social media use in local government Method and data Results Conclusions and discussion 5. Fighting or fumbling with the beast? The mediatisation of public sector agencies in Australia and the Netherlands Introduction Comparing Australian and Dutch agencies From political and media systems to mediatisation Mediatisation of public sector agencies A multi-method approach Results Mediatisation of outputs Conclusions and discussion 6. The mediatisation of university governance: a theoretical and empirical exploration of some side-effects Theoretical considerations Two empirical illustrations Conclusions 7. Managing commercialised media attention in complex governance networks: positive and negative effects on network performance Introduction: public managers coping with commercialised media Front-stage and backstage: commercialised media attention and network management in networks Methodology: operationalising the concepts Results: the impact of (network) management strategies Conclusion: the importance of network management for reducing commercialised news 8. Over-responsibilised and over-blamed: elected actors in media reporting on network governance. A comparative analysis in eight European metropolitan areas Introduction1 The role of the media in (metropolitan) governance networks Research design and data Empirical findings Involvement, visibility and accountability of elected and non-elected actors: overall results Conclusion Index How Do The Media Relate To And Report On Complex Systems Of Government? How Do The Various Governance Actors Respond To The Media And What Are The Effects On Their Policies? This Book Considers The Impact Of Media-related Factors On Governance, Policy, Public Accountability And The Attribution Of Blame For Failures. 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 Pressure / 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 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 Commercialized 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 Kubler, Anna Christmann And Frank Marcinkowski. Edited By Thomas Schillemans, Jon Pierre. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.