Hamid Mowlana

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Hamid Mowlana (Persian: حمید مولانا , Hamid Molana) is Professor of International Relations and the founding director of the International Communication Program at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C.. He has been on the faculty of American University since 1968, and has served as visiting professor and guest scholar in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. He completed his undergraduate studies in economics (1959) and received his M.S. in Journalism (1960) and his Ph.D. in Communication and Political Science (1963) from Northwestern University.

He received the 1993 University Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Other Professional Contributions. He has also received a number of other awards, including the International Communication Association's award for outstanding research in 1977; American University's School of International Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to Academic Development in 1980 and 1988; for Thirty Years of Distinguished Leadership and Scholarship in 1998; and the Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award in 2000. He was the recipient of the International Studies Association's Distinguished Senior Scholar Award in International Communication at its 43rd Annual Conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 2002.

An advisor and consultant to a number of international organizations, Professor Mowlana has worked for UNESCO in Paris and has written extensively on international communication, cultural and psychological aspects of international relations, and socio‑economic development. He is a former President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).

He is the author, editor, or co‑editor of numerous works, among them Global Information and World Communication: New Frontiers in International Relations (2nd Edition), Sage Publications, London (1997); Global Communication in Transition: The End of Diversity?, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA (1996); Invisible Crises: What Conglomerate Control of Media Means for America and the World, Westview Press, 1996; Mass Media in the Middle East: A Comprehensive Handbook, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT (1994); The Global Media Debate: Its Rise, Fall, and Renewal, Ablex, Norwood, NJ (1993); Triumph of the Image: The Media's War in the Persian Gulf, Westview Press, Boulder, CO (1992); The Passing of Modernity: Communication and the Transformation of Society, Longman, White Plains, NY (1990); Communication Technology and Development, UNESCO Press, Paris (1986); International Flow of Information: A Global Report and Analysis, UNESCO Press, Paris (1985); and International Flow of News: An Annotated Bibliography, UNESCO Press, Paris (1985); He has also contributed to numerous books and anthologies, including International Encyclopedia of Communication and The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.

He wrote regularly for Kayhan daily, one of the main conservative newspapers in Iran during the 1990s and 2000s.