Brian McNair is Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication at Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaTerry Flew is Professor of Media and Communications at Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaStephen Harrington is Senior Lecturer of Journalism, Media and Communications at Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaAdam Swift is Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaBarbara Gligorijevic is Researcher and Project Officer at Queensland University of Technology, Australia

• Part I: Theories and Frameworks1. Introduction to Politics, Media and Democracy in Australia 2. The Politics-Media Relationship in Australia: Spin, Political Communication and the Mediatization of Politics3. Insiders and Their Critics. Part II: Mapping the Australian Political Public Sphere4. Mapping the Australian Political Public Sphere: The Press 5. The Audio-Visual Public Sphere6. What the People Think - A Qualitative Evaluation of the Australian Public Sphere7. More Questions than Answers: Public Participation Programming in Australia8. Outsiders: Infotainment and Hybridisation in the Australian Political Public Sphere - The Project, Kitchen Cabinet, Gruen Nation 9. Key Findings and Conclusions