Dr Jeffery Klaehn holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Amsterdam (2007) and completed a second PhD, in Sociology, at the University of Strathclyde in 2012. His writings on the Propaganda Model have been published in the European Journal of Communication, Sociology Compass, Journalism Studies, Synaesthesia: Communication Across Cultures, and International Communication Gazette. He has edited six books, including Filtering the News: Essays on Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model (Black Rose, 2005), Bound by Power: Intended Consequences (Black Rose, 2006) and The Political Economy of Media and Power (Peter Lang, 2010). His ongoing series of interviews with comic book writers and illustrators have been published in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, ImageText: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies, Studies in Comics, and the International Journal of Comic Art. He teaches in the areas of social theory, communication, cultural studies, media and pop culture. More information about his work can be found at: http://uva.academia.edu/JefferyKlaehn