Introduction

Abstract

the aim of this brief introduction is fivefold. First, to outline how we believe the mediatization of politics should be conceptualized; second, to highlight briefly some of the contributions of the concept of mediatization of politics to research on media, politics and democracy; third, to discuss briefly some of the problems in current theorizing and research on mediatization in general and the mediatization of politics; and fourth, to address and attempt to clarify what we consider to be some key misunderstandings about the mediatization of politics as a theoretical framework. Finally, we will sum up and introduce the 12 articles that were finally accepted