The Political Economy of Media and Power

«The editor (...) is already one of the most important commentators on and defenders of the value of the Propaganda Model. [...] (...) the debate between Klaehn and several of his other contributors is a model of good academic writing - open, status-free and respectful! (...) this is a very useful addition to reading lists for both undergraduates and postgraduates in media and communication studies, in politics and social sciences.» (John W. Robertson, University of the West of Scotland, Ceasefire Magazine)
«This is an extremely important book. Bringing together an impressive range of international authors, each chapter discusses issues of pressing concern for the modern world: capitalism; power; structural inequality; war; and misrepresentation of ordinary people. A must for any critical scholar.» (John E. Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Critical Discourse Studies, Newcastle University, UK)
«Students of communication studies, journalism, sociology, political science and cultural studies will find this collection illuminating and invaluable.» (Daniel Broudy, Professor of Rhetoric & Applied Linguistics, Okinawa Christian University, Japan)

The Editor: Jeffery Klaehn holds a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam and is currently completing a second Ph.D. at the University of Strathclyde. He has published in a range of international peer-reviewed journals and has compiled, edited, and contributed to Filtering the News: Essays on Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model (2005), Bound by Power: Intended Consequences (2006), Inside the World of Comic Books (2007) and Roadblocks to Equality: Women Challenging Boundaries (2008). Dr. Klaehn is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Global Mass Communication, ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies and Fifth-Estate-Online: The International Journal of Radical Mass Media Criticism. Dr. Klaehn’s teaching and research focus upon pop culture, media, power, political economy, social inequality, education, and human rights.