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Thisstudydealswiththequestionoftowhatextenttwoconcepts,“mediapolitics”and“metacoverage”,whichhavebeendevelopedfortheUSAmericancontext,canbeappliedtothepoliticalcommunicationsystemofGreatBritain.Theanalysisdrawsonexclusiveinterviewswithpoliticaljournalists,PRprofessionals,andobserversofthepoliticalprocessinBritain,andasystematicreviewofthepresentliteratureonthetopic.Itemergesthatthetheoryofmediapolitics’substantialpremisesalsoapplytoGreatBritainandthatthesenewconditionshaveledtoalteredstoryanglesandnarrativesinthemediacoverage:thereisagrowingtendencytowardsnewsreportsaboutthenewsmedia,newsmanagementandgovernmentpublicity.Thiswidelynoticedincreaseinmetacoveragecouldbeexplainedbyfivefactorsderivedfromthetheoryofmediapoliticsandunderpinnedbytheconceptofmediaprofessionalism:Itistheresultofelitejournalists’pursuitofanindependentvoice,ofnewscontrol,ofcareersuccess,ofrolelegitimisation,supplementedbyasubmissiontomarketconstraints.