Herbert Schiller
Encyclopedia
Herbert Irving Schiller (November 5, 1919 - January 29, 2000) was an American
media critic, sociologist
, author, and scholar. He earned his PhD
in 1960 from New York University
.
Schiller warned of two major trends in his prolific writings and speeches: the private takeover of public space and public institutions at home, and U.S. corporate domination of cultural life abroad, especially in the developing nations. His eight books and hundreds of articles in both scholarly and popular journals made him a key figure both in communication research and in the public debate over the role of the media in modern society.http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/dschiller_obit.htm
He was married to librarian
and scholar Anita Schillerhttp://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2003/05/6304.shtml, and their children include sons Zach and Dan. Zach Schiller is a public policy analysthttp://www.policymattersohio.org/staff.htm in Ohio
, and Dan Schiller is a telecommunications historian
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/oc/people/faculty/#dschille.
United States
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media critic, sociologist
Sociology
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, author, and scholar. He earned his PhD
PHD
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in 1960 from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Schiller warned of two major trends in his prolific writings and speeches: the private takeover of public space and public institutions at home, and U.S. corporate domination of cultural life abroad, especially in the developing nations. His eight books and hundreds of articles in both scholarly and popular journals made him a key figure both in communication research and in the public debate over the role of the media in modern society.http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/dschiller_obit.htm
He was married to librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
and scholar Anita Schillerhttp://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2003/05/6304.shtml, and their children include sons Zach and Dan. Zach Schiller is a public policy analysthttp://www.policymattersohio.org/staff.htm in Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, and Dan Schiller is a telecommunications historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/oc/people/faculty/#dschille.
Writings
- Mass Communications and American Empire (1969)
- Mind Managers (1973)
- The Ideology of International Communications (Monograph Series / Institute for Media Analysis, Inc, No. 4)
- Mass Communications and American Empire (Critical Studies in Communication and in the Cultural Industries)
- Super-state; readings in the military-industrial complex
- Communication and Cultural Domination (1976)
- Living in the Number One Country : Reflections from a Critic of American Empire
- Who Knows : Information in the Age of the Fortune 500 (1981)
- Information and the Crisis Economy, Oxford University Press (1984), Oxford University Press, Reprint 1986, ISBN 0195205146
- Culture, Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Expression, Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 0195050053; Reprint 1996, ISBN 0195067835
- Information Inequality: The Deepening Social Crisis in America, Routledge 1995, ISBN 0415907659
Secondary literature
- Richard Maxwell: Herbert Schiller (Critical Media Studies), Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, ISBN 0742518485
External links
- UCSD Department of Communication
- The Information Superhighway: Paving Over the Public. Interview with Herbert Schiller from Z Magazine, March 1994
- Understanding Information Media in the Age of Neoliberalism: The Contributions of Herbert Schiller
- Noted UC San Diego Communication Scholar, Media Critic Herb Schiller Dies
- Public Information as a Function of Private Profit The Open Mind (1991)
- Freedom of the Press or Cultural Imperialism The Open Mind (1979)