Over the last few years, comparative research has assumed an increasingly prominent
position in political communication. One of the key contributions preparing the foundation
for this development is the systematic conceptual work of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo
Mancini and their book Comparing Media Systems — Three Models of Media and Politics
(2004). In this interview, Hallin talks about some of the central aspects of this work —
among them methodological challenges, criticism and revisions — and the state of the field.