Talking politics in broadcast media: an introduction / Mats Ekström and Marianna Patrona -- Conversational strategies in political interviewing and political news discourse. Questioning candidates / Steven E. Clayman and Tanya Romaniuk -- The accountability interview, politics and change in UK public service broadcasting / Martin Montgomery -- Political discourse in TV news: conversational presentation and the politics of "trust" / Andrew Tolson -- Political television formats as strategic resources in achieving journalists' roles / Eva De Smedt and Kristel Vandenbrande -- Using address terms to avoid a response in the Australian political news interview / Johanna Rendle-Short -- Neutralism and hybridity in contemporary broadcast journalism. Doing non-neutral: belligerent interaction in the hybrid political interview / Ian Hutchby -- Hybridity as a resource and challenge in a talk show political interview / Mats Ekström -- Neutralism revisited: when journalists set new rules in political news discourse / Marianna Patrona -- When the watchdog bites: insulting politicians on air / Zohar Kampf and Efrat Daskal -- Discourse patterns for displaying accountability in citizen participation programmes -- "I have one question for you Mr. President": doing accountability in "citizen interviews" / Nuria Lorenzo-Dus -- Officials' accountability performance on Hong Kong talk radio: The case of the Financial Secretary Hotline / Francis L. F. Lee and Angel M. Y. Lin.