Dr Josef Seethaler is deputy director of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), which is hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Klagenfurt. He also works as a lecturer at the universities of Vienna and Klagenfurt, and participates in several international projects, e.g., ‘Worlds of Journalism’ and ‘Media Pluralism Monitor’ (on behalf of the European Commission). He is member of several scientific advisory boards and works as a reviewer for highly ranked journals and various scientific associations. He has mainly published on political communication, political journalism and the development of media systems. Contact: Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Klagenfurt, 1010 Wien, Bäckerstraße 13, 1. Stock, Vienna, Austria.