Sergei A. Samoilenko is an instructor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. His research focuses on issues in crisis communication, reputation management, and post-Soviet studies. He is a co-editor of Routledge Handbook of Character Assassination and Reputation Management, and Traditional and New Media Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Sergei is a founding member of CARP, the Research Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics, based at George Mason University, United States. URL: http://communication.gmu.edu/research-and-centers/carp.