– Mazzoleni G. and R. Bracciale, The Italian Prime Minister as a Captain in the Storm: The Pandemic as an Opportunity to Build a Personalized Political Leadership. In P. Van Aelst & J. Blumler, eds., Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus. New York: Routledge, 2022, 65-79.

– Mazzoleni, G. and C. Cepernich, Political Communication. In D. Berg-Schlosser, B. Badie & L. Morlino, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Political Science. London: Sage, 2020, 602-616. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529714333.n39

– Xenos, M. A., Moy, P., Mazzoleni, G., & Mueller-Herbst, J. Political entertainment in comparative perspective: Exploring the applicability of the gateway hypothesis across media systems. In A. B. Becker & J. C. Baumgartner, eds., Laughing (Still) Matters: The Next Generation of Political Humor Research. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.

– Mazzoleni, G.  Mediatization and Political Populism. In F. Esser and J. Strömbäck, (Eds.).  Mediatization of Politics: Understanding the Transformation of Western Democracies. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 42-56.

– Mazzoleni, G. and D. Campus. Comunicazione politica. In G. Pasquino, M. Regalia, M. Valbruzzi, eds., Quarant’anni di scienza politica in Italia. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2013, 65-76.

– Mazzoleni, G. and S. Splendore. “Cultures of accountability” – or global trends in media accountability? The Hallin and Mancini model revisited.  In S. Fengler, G. Mazzoleni, T. Eberwein, S. Russ-Mohl, C. Porlezza, eds., Journalists and Media Accountability. An International Study of News People in the Digital Age. New York: Peter Lang, 2013, 167-180.

– Fengler, S., G. Mazzoleni, T. Eberwein, S. Russ-Mohl, C. Porlezza. Perspectives for Newsrooms, Policy-Makers and Journalism Educators”.  In S. Fengler, G. Mazzoleni, T. Eberwein, S. Russ-Mohl, C. Porlezza, eds., Journalists and Media Accountability. An International Study of News People in the Digital Age. New York: Peter Lang, 2013, 265-288.

– Mazzoleni, G. and S. Splendore. Italy: Discovering Media Accountability Culture.  In T. Eberwein, S. Fengler, E. Lauk, T. Leppik-Bork, eds., Mapping Media Accountability – in Europe and Beyond, Köln: H. von Halem, 2011, 90-100.

– Mazzoleni, G. Electronic Media. In the Encyclopedia of Political Science, B. Badie, D. Berg-Schlosser, L. Morlino, eds., Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2011.

– Mazzoleni G. and F. Colombo. Which Governance for the European Audiovisual Landscape? A Multidimensional Perspective. In B. Klimkiewicz, ed., Media Freedom and Pluralism. Media Policy Challenges in the Enlarged Europe, Budapest: Central European University Press, 2010.

– Mazzoleni, G. and S. Splendore. Italian foreign correspondents: fashioning representations of France.  In M. Palmer and A. Aubert, eds., L’information mondialisée, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2008. 142-152.

– Mazzoleni, G. Come è nata la sociologia della comunicazione di massa. Foreword to the Italian edition of the volume by Paddy Scannell Media e comunicazione, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2008, 9-14.

– Mazzoleni, G.   6 Entries in the International Encyclopedia of Communication, edited by W. Donsbach, Malden, MA: Wiley, 2008: 

• “Italy: Media System” (pp. 2547-2551),
• “Media Logic” (pp. 2930-2932),
• “Mediatization of Politics” (pp. 3047-3051),
• “Mediatization of Society” (pp. 3052-3055),
• “Mediated Populism” (pp. 3031-3033),
• “Mediated Terrorism” (pp. 3038-3040).

– Mazzoleni, G.  3 Entries in the Encyclopedia of Political Communication, edited by L. L. Kaid and C. Holtz-Bacha, eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008: 

• “Silvio Berlusconi” (pp. 54-55),
• “Media Logic” (pp. 445-446),
• “Mediatization” (pp. 447-448).

– Mazzoleni, G.  Populism and the media. In D. Albertazzi, & D. McDonnell, eds., Twenty-first century populism – The spectre of Western European democracy.  London: Palgrave, 2008, 49-64.

– Mazzoleni, G.  Tra vecchi e nuovi media, Foreword to the 5^th Italian edition of the volume by Denis McQuail Sociologia dei Media, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2007, 11-15.

– Mazzoleni, G.  TV Political Advertising in Italy. When Politicians Are Afraid. In L. Kaid and C. Holtz-Bacha, eds., The Sage Handbook of Political Advertising. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 2007, 241-257.

– Mazzoleni, G. The Concept of Media Populism. In F. Marcinkowski, W.A. Meier, J. Trappel, eds., Medien und Demokratie.  Bern: Haupt, 2007, 183-192.

– Mazzoleni, G. and G. Vigevani. Italy. In Television across Europe.  Budapest:  Open Society Institute, 2005, 189-280.