Political Discourse in the Media -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- I. Introduction -- Political discourse in the media: Cross-cultural perspectives -- II. From linguistic device to discourse practice -- Presupposition and 'taking-for-granted' in mass communicated political argument: An illustration from British, Flemish and Swedish political colloquy -- Metaphors in election night television coverage in Britain, the United States and Germany -- III. Discursive practice in political interviews -- "Are you saying ...? "A cross-cultural analysis of interviewing practices in TV election night coverages -- Represented discourse in answers: A cross-cultural perspective on French and British political interviews -- Challenges in political interviews: An intercultural analysis -- Variation in interviewing styles: Challenge and support in Al-Jazeera and on Israeli television -- IV. Media events: From public address to election nights -- Christmas Messages by heads of state: Multimodality and media adaptations -- Information meets entertainment: A visual analysis of election night TV programs across cultures -- Presenting television election nights in Britain, the United States and Germany: Cross-cultural analyses -- Index -- The series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.