Dan Schiller

Dan Schiller studies the social and intellectual history of United States and global communications as a part of the conflicted development of capitalism. After working at the University of Leicester, Temple University, UCLA, and UCSD, Dan Schiller finished his academic career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he is professor emeritus. His books include Telematics and Government; Theorizing Communication: A History; Digital Depression: Information Technology and Economic Crisis; and Digital Capitalism—a term which he coined in the 1990s. His articles and commentaries on contemporary communications have been published widely in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, and he coedits the book series, The Geopolitics of Information, for the University of Illinois Press.