Herbert Schiller

Herbert I. Schiller
Born(1919-11-05)November 5, 1919
DiedJanuary 29, 2000(2000-01-29) (aged 80)
San Diego, California, US
Occupationscivil servant, academic
SpouseAnita Schiller
Academic background
EducationDeWitt Clinton High School
City College of New York
Columbia University
Alma materNew York University
ThesisThe United States Congress and the American financial contribution to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (1960)
Doctoral advisorKurt F. Flexner
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Communication studies
InstitutionsUnited 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 interestsCommunication technology
Cultural imperialism
Notable worksCommunication and Cultural Domination (1976)
Notable ideaspackaged 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.