Herbert Schiller
Herbert I. Schiller | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 5, 1919 New York City, US |
| Died | January 29, 2000 (aged 80) San Diego, California, US |
| Occupations | civil servant, academic |
| Spouse | Anita Schiller |
| Academic background | |
| Education | DeWitt Clinton High School City College of New York Columbia University |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Thesis | The United States Congress and the American financial contribution to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kurt F. Flexner |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics Communication studies |
| Institutions | United States Department of Labor (1941–1946) United States Department of War (1946–1948) City College School of Business and Civic Administration (1949–1960?) Pratt Institute (1950–1960?) University of Illinois, Urbana (1960?–1969) University of California, San Diego (1969–1990) |
| Main interests | Communication technology Cultural imperialism |
| Notable works | Communication and Cultural Domination (1976) |
| Notable ideas | packaged consciousness |
Herbert Irving Schiller (November 5, 1919 – January 29, 2000) was an American media critic, sociologist, military economist and author. He is known for having established the University of California, San Diego communications programme in 1970 and for having inspired the unsuccessful New World Information and Communication Order project at UNESCO during the later 1970s.