Saied Reza Ameli
Saied Reza Ameli is a professor of communications at the University of Tehran. He is currently a member of Department of Communications and the director of the , and Cyberspace Policy Research Center, Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran.
Over the past decade, Ameli has been working on issues of Muslim minority identity in the West, and Muslim minority rights in UK, France and the U.S. He also serves as the Editor in Chief of . He is also Secretary and member of Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.
Education
- 1977: Graduate from John F. Kennedy High School – Sacramento, United States
- 1977-78: BA in mechanical engineering at the University of Sacramento
- 1980-92: Seminary study in Islamic studies including, Arabic literature, theology, logic, philosophy, jurisprudence and principal of jurisprudence
- 1988-92: BA in social sciences at the University of Tehran
- 1994-95: MA in sociology of communications in University College of Dublin, dissertation topic was: The Relationship between TV programs and Religious Practices and Values
- 1996-01: PhD in sociology of communications, at the Royal Holloway University of London, his research topic was: The Impact of Globalization on British Muslim Identity
Awards
- National Award of Excellence – Year 2008 for Initiator of Electronic Public Relations in Iran, Permanent Secretary of E. PR Conference
- Prominent Researcher of Year 2009 for Research Project on Virtual City of Tehran, University of Tehran Annual Research Award
- Prominent Researcher of Year 2009 for Book entitled as Studies on Virtual City of Tehran, Municipality of Tehran
- Distinguished and Honours of Excellent for Research entitled as Strategic Study on Cyber Space, University of Tehran Annual Research Awards
- Prominent Award for book entitled Critical Approach to American Virtual Colonialism, Award for Season Book
- First Award for book entitled as Critical Approach to American Virtual Colonialism, International Annual Cultural Research
- Prominent Media, Art and Cultural Award for Research on Cultural Symbols in the State of Tehran, 40 volumes of reports on theoretical, conceptual, comparative studies and survey with 7910 samples were results of this research
- Top Researcher in the 22nd Festival of Research and Technology University of Tehran
- Especially Selected Awards of the first National Award of ISPA in the week of research
- Founder of public relations of the fifth award received by Dr. H. of the 10th International Conference on Public Relations
Books
2. 2004, Dual Citizenship: British, Islamic or Both: Obligation, Recognition, Respect and Belonging, London, IHRC,– co- authors, Saied R. Ameli & Arzu Mirali
3. 2004, Social Discrimination: Across the Muslim Divide, London, IHRC, Saied R. Ameli, Manzur Elahi & Arzu Merali.
4. 2005, Secular or Islamic? What Schools do British Muslims want for their children?, London IHRC, Saied R. Ameli, Alya Azam & Arzu Merali.
5. 2006, Hijab, Meaning, Identity, Otherization and Politics: British Muslim Women, London, IHRC, Saied R. Ameli and Arzu Merali.
6. 2006, Law & British Muslims: Domination of the Majority or Process of Balance?, London, IHRC, Saied R. Ameli, Beena Faridi, Karin Lindahl and Arzu Merali.
7. 2007, The British Media and Muslim Representation: The Ideology of Demonisation and the Media, London, IHRC, Saied R. Ameli. S. M. Marandi, S. Ahmed, S. Kara and A. Mirali.
8. 2007, Evaluation of Iranian Virtual Space, Tehran, UT, Edited and Introduction by Saied R. Ameli.
9. 2008, Electronic PR, Dual Spacization of Public Relations: Concepts, Theories and Action Plans, Tehran, Sherkat Entesharat Elmi Farhangi.
10. 2008, Mobile Phone Studies: Life on the Move, Tehran, Samt, Saied R. Ameli, Sabbar, S. and Ranjbar, M.
11. 2009, Virtual Text, Tehran, Research Center of Cultural and Social Studies.
12. 2009, Virtual Research, Tehran, Research Center of Cultural and Social Studies.
13. 2009, Academic Social Network, Tehran, Research Center of Cultural and Social Studies
14. 2010, Virtual City Study of Tehran, Two Volumes, Tehran, Municipality ICT Organization.
15. 2010, Global City of Tehran, Tehran, Municipality ICT Organization.
16. 2011, Comparative Studies of E. Readiness, Tehran, Amirkabir Press.
17. 2011, A Critical Approach to The United States’ Virtual Colonialism: Internet Domination Policy, Tehran, Islamic World Peace Forum and Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran
18. 2011, Getting the Message: The Recurrence of Hate Crimes in the UK, London, IHRC Press.
19. 2011, The Organization of Islamic Conference: Accountability and Civil Society, in Jan Scholte, Building Global Democracy: Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance, Cambridge Press, pp. 146–162.
20. 2011, Comparative Studies of E. Readiness, Tehran, Amirkabir Press.
21. 2011, Dual Spacization Approach to Pathos, Crimes, Laws and Policies of Virtual Space, Tehran, Amirkabir Press.
22. 2012, Civilizational Heritage of Iran: Rom Ancient Iran to Islamic Revolution Iran, Tehran, Research Center of Cultural and Social Studies.
23. 2012 Bibliographical Discourse Analysis: The Western Academic Perspective on Islam, Muslims and Islamic Countries, Vol. 1 – 1949-1989
24. 2012, Bibliographical Discourse Analysis: The Western Academic Perspective on Islam, Muslims and Islamic Countries, Vol. 2 – 1990-1999.
25. 2012, Bibliographical Discourse Analysis: The Western Academic Perspective on Islam, Muslims and Islamic Countries, Vol. 3 – 2000-2009
26. 2012, Bibliographical Discourse Analysis: The Western Academic Perspective on Islam, Muslims and Islamic Countries, Vol. 4 – 2000-2009
27. 2012, France and the Hated Society: Muslim Experiences, London, IHRC, Saied R. Ameli, Arzu Merali and Ehsan Shahghasem.
28. 2012, Internet, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Hossein Hassani, Mir Hossein Azari, Avat Rezania, Ehsan Shahghasemi, September 10, Iran, Amir Kabir Publishing.
29. 2013, Bluetooth Virtual Community: Formation & Functions, Esmaeel Ramezani & Saied Reza Ameli, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
30. 2012, Globalization Studies: two spatial and two of globalization and..., Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Tehran, SAMT Press.
31. 2013, Once Upon a Hatred: Anti- Muslim Experiences in the US, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Ebrahim Mohseni Ahooei, Arzu Merali, England, IHRC.
32. 2013, Bluetooth Virtual Community: Formation & Functions, Esmaeel Ramezani, Saied R. Ameli, Germany, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
33. 2013, Methods of Research in Media and Cultural Studies, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, University of Tehran Press.
34. 2014, Only Canadian: The experience of hate moderated differential citizen for Muslims, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Arzu merali, England, IHRC press.
35. Public Relations Dual Spacization, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, simay shargh Press.
36. 2015, Two studies spatial latest video games, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Amir Kabir Publishing.
37. 2015, Environment of Hate:The New Normal for Muslims in the UK, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, England, IHRC.
38. 2016, An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Opinion surveys IRIB Research Center.
39. 2016, Central Europe and the other leaning American exception of Muslims, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Amirkabir University of Technology.
40. 2016, Social and cultural dimensions of internationalization of universities, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Institute of Social and Cultural Studies.
41. 2017, Muslim Family and Cyberspace, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Islamic Culture Publishing Office.
42. 2017,Theories and basic concepts of e-government, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Amir Kabir Publishing.
43. 2017, Symbols of a City's Identity, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, University of Tehran Press.
44. 2017, Government Future Studies, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Amir Kabir Publishing.
45. Dual Spacization mode governance pattern, Saeid Reza Ameli Ranani, Iran, Amir Kabir Publishing.
46. 2018, American Exceptionalism Eurocentrism and Otherisation of Muslims, saeid reza ameli,Algorithm Press.
Chapter Books and Introductions
- 2007: Evaluating Iranian Cyberspace
- 2010: Eight Eurocentric Historians, J.M. Blaut
- 2011: “Liberalism and Empire” by Uday Singh Mehta
- 2012: Internet
- 2013: Pox Americana: Exposing the American Empire, co-edited by John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney
- 2013: Religion and Coexistence