Hamid Abdollahyan

@ut.ac.ir

Communication/Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Tehran

Hamid Abdollahyan
Hamid Abdollahyan is a Professor of Communication at the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran. His research interests include new media and cultural differences, Media and Public Sphere, Cultural Studies and Generations' Gap, Consumer Culture and Automobile Industry, Research Methods in Communications Studies, Comparative Dimensions of Sociology, Communication and History, Historical Sociology, Social Networking, Human-computer Interaction, Internet World and its Problematic for Science. His writings have appeared as a book titled Conceptualization of Reality in Historical Sociology; Narrating Absentee-Landlordism in Iran (2004), Comparative Perspectives in Sociology, Anthropology and Communication (2008). He also has published several articles in Journals such as Alternate Routes, Critique; Critical Middle Eastern Studies, WeltTrends, Asian Journal of Social Sciences, Journal of Media and Religion, Iranian Social Science

EDUCATION

PhD in Sociology, from Carleton University

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Arts and Humanities, Sociology and Political Science, Development, Communication

FUTURE PROJECTS

spacialisation

the relations between space and social relations.


Applications Invited

Historical Sociology of Iran

It deals with development issues concerning Iranian land reform and development.


Applications Invited
1257

Scholar Citations

11

Scholar h-index

13

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Propaganda in the Digital Age Global Conflicts, Media, Politics, and Fake News
    Y Kamalipour
    2025
  • An Analysis of Semantic Network: “Social Blame” During the Coronavirus Pandemic in Iran
    H Abdollahyan, S Saleh
    Propaganda in the Digital Age Global Conflicts, Media, Politics, and Fake … , 2025
    2025
  • Studying the Critical Approach in the Novel" The Curse of the Earth" by Jalal Al-Ahmad
    H Abdollahyan
    Journal of Literary Criticism and Rhetoric , 2025
    2025
  • Development of the Theory of Narrative Interpretation of Iran's History: a Critical Approach to Katouzian's Approach to Government and Society in Iran
    H Abdollahyan
    Sociological Review 32 (1), 241-265 , 2025
    2025
  • Measuring the Effectiveness and Penetration of Fake News in the Core and Centrality of the Persian Twitter Chat Network during the Corona: Geopolitical Area of Fake Users
    H Abdollahyan, A Tafreshi, M Bahar
    Interdisciplinary Studies in Media and Culture 14 (1), 121-159 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Geopolitical Area of Fake Users: Measuring the Effectiveness and Penetration of Fake News in the Core and Centrality of the Persian Twitter Chat Network during the Corona
    H Abdollahyan, A Tafreshi, M Bahar
    (RASANE VA FARHANG) 14 (1), 121-159 , 2024
    2024
  • Economic Aspects of Social Media: Facebook’s Potential for Generating Business in Iran
    H Abdollahyan, MS Ansari
    The Palgrave Handbook of Everyday Digital Life, 37-59 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Network Analysis of Twitter Users in Iran; Studying Public Sphere Properties
    H Abdollahyan, S Saleh
    Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology 39 (117 … , 2024
    2024
  • Marvin krohn's network theory, big data, and network analysis: Studying social deviance in social media
    S Mirzaee, A Aliverdinia, H Abdollahyan, ME Riahi
    Sociology of Social Institutions 9 (20), 219-252 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Children's reception of critical concepts in animated movies
    M Alehpour, H Abdollahyan
    Media International Australia 184 (1), 136-149 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 6
  • Historical Sociology of Iran: The Analysis and Interpretation of the Role of Young and Old Politicians in Political Field of Iran, Post-constitutional Revolution Till the 1960s
    H Abdollahyan, S Karimi
    Sociological Review 29 (1), 345-367 , 2022
    2022
  • Analysis and Explanation of the Causal Relationship Between the Online Game Clash of Clans and Behavioral Changes of the Players.
    H Abdollahyan, M Atakhani
    Global Media Journal-Persian Edition 16 (2), 75-105 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Studying Power and Resistance Relations in Contemporary World: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Experience of the 2015 Arbaeen March
    H Abdollahyan, SM Tabatabaei
    Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research 11 (2), 33-67 , 2022
    2022
  • A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING IOT TO IRAN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION
    H Abdollahyan, Z Asadi
    Content, Community & Communication 13 , 2021
    2021
  • A Study on the Representation of the Lifestyle of Iranian Women in Family Magazines’ Advertisements
    F Bazyar, H Abdollahyan, T Azadarmaki, M Navabakhsh
    Cultural Studies & Communication 17 (62), 27-50 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • پدیدارشناسی تجارب زیسته‌ی زنان سالمند تنها از رهاشدگی و طرد ‎
    علی کرمی, ملکی, عبداللهیان, رضائی ‎
    فصلنامه رفاه اجتماعی 21 (80), 245-274 , 2021 ‎
    2021
  • Children’s Reception of Critical Contents in Brave and Frozen
    H Abdollahyan, M Alepour
    Journal of Social Problems of Iran 11 (2), 233-255 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • SPSS Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for normality
    S Tutorials
    2021
    Citations: 12
  • Phenomenology of the lived experiences of lonely aged women from abandonment and rejection
    K Alikarami, A Maleki, H Abdollahyan, M Rezaei
    Social Welfare 21 (80), 233-262 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 13
  • An ethnographic study of communication between humans, nature, and place: In search of a sense of belonging in Abarkouhi Homes, Iran
    H Abdollahyan, F Mohammadi
    Space and Culture 23 (4), 522-535 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 4

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The digital divide
    M Ragnedda, GW Muschert
    Routledge , 2013
    2013.0
    Citations: 857
  • Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: an encyclopedia
    AL Stanton, E Ramsamy, PJ Seybolt, CM Elliott
    SAGE publications , 2012
    2012.0
    Citations: 73
  • Digital inclusion: An international comparative analysis
    G Goggin, H Abdollahyan, MS Ansari, O Ben-Harush, A Chen, L Dalvit, ...
    Bloomsbury Publishing USA , 2018
    2018.0
    Citations: 51
  • The generations gap in contemporary Iran
    H Abdollahyan
    2004.0
    Citations: 28
  • Measuring the functionality of rural management in Iran based on the factors affecting the management process in rural Iran
    H Abdollahyan, S Shariati, E Shooshtarizadeh
    Management Research in Iran 10 (20), 227-267 , 2006
    2006.0
    Citations: 19
  • Conceptualizing occupational prestige: An empirical case study from Iran
    H Abdollahyan, H Nayebi
    Asian Journal of Social Science 37 (2), 192-207 , 2009
    2009.0
    Citations: 17
  • The lived experience of loneliness among aged women (A phenomenological study)
    K Alikarami, A Maleki, H Abdollahyan, M Rezaei
    Women's Strategic Studies 21 (83), 7-30 , 2019
    2019.0
    Citations: 14
  • Phenomenology of the lived experiences of lonely aged women from abandonment and rejection
    K Alikarami, A Maleki, H Abdollahyan, M Rezaei
    Social Welfare 21 (80), 233-262 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 13
  • A survey analysis of digital literacy among undergraduate students of the University of Tehran
    H Abdollahyan, M Ahmadi
    Amity Journal of Media and Communication 1 (1), 1-6 , 2011
    2011.0
    Citations: 13
  • Social stratification and its indices: A critique
    H Nayebi, H Abdollahyan
    Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies 15 (3), 249-263 , 2006
    2006.0
    Citations: 13
  • SPSS Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for normality
    S Tutorials
    2021.0
    Citations: 12
  • An analysis of the influence of radio political campaign messages on voters’ electoral behavior in Kano, Nigeria
    H Abdollahyan, A Machika
    International Journal of Social Sciences (IJSS) 7 (2), 59-72 , 2017
    2017.0
    Citations: 11
  • An analysis of the second-level digital divide in Iran: A case study of University of Tehran undergraduate students
    H Abdollahyan, M Semati, M Ahmadi
    The Digital Divide, 237-250 , 2013
    2013.0
    Citations: 11
  • Media culture in transnational Asia: Convergences and divergences
    M Dodd, R Amit, S Arora, J Jotwani, DWS Lau, WM Wang, J Gagnon, ...
    Rutgers University Press , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 8
  • Gender and generations modes of religiosity: locality versus globality of Iranian media
    H Abdollahyan
    Journal of media and religion 7 (1-2), 4-33 , 2008
    2008.0
    Citations: 8
  • A Qualitative Analysis of Intentional Abortion and Phenomenology of Women's Lived Experience: Some Case Studies of Women in Tehran
    H Abd Elaheian, M FALAH
    JOURNAL OF POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF IRAN 3 (5), 55-80 , 2008
    2008.0
    Citations: 7
  • Children's reception of critical concepts in animated movies
    M Alehpour, H Abdollahyan
    Media International Australia 184 (1), 136-149 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 6
  • Networked publics in Farsi Twitter; an analysis of the Twitter network clusters
    H Abdollahyan, H Kermani
    New Media Studies 6 (22), 70-100 , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 6
  • Conceptualizing gender gap in Iran
    H Abdollahyan
    Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association Congress, Quebec 28 , 2001
    2001.0
    Citations: 6
  • نسلها و نگرشهاي جنسيتي: سنجش آگاهي از تعارض در نگرشهاي جنسيتي ‎
    عبدالهيان حميد ‎
    زن در توسعه و سياست (پژوهش زنان) 2 (3), 57-84 , 0 ‎
    Citations: 6