- Free speech and the market state: Race, media and democracy in new liberal times Khiabany, Gholam and Williamson, Milly. 2015. Free speech and the market state: Race, media and democracy in new liberal times. European Journal of Communication, 30(5), pp. 571-586. ISSN 0267-3231
- Technologies of Liberation and/or Otherwise Khiabany, Gholam. 2015. Technologies of Liberation and/or Otherwise. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 47(2), 348 -353. ISSN 0020-7438
- Beyond metropolitanism and nativism: Re-grounding media theory Khiabany, Gholam and Sreberny, Annabelle. 2014. Beyond metropolitanism and nativism: Re-grounding media theory. Asian Journal of Social Science, 41(5), pp. 471-491. ISSN 1568-4849
- State, culture and anti-Muslim racism Williamson, Milly and Khiabany, Gholam. 2011. State, culture and anti-Muslim racism. Global Media and Communication, 7(3), pp. 170-179. ISSN 1742-7665
- The veil and the politics of racism Williamson, Milly and Khiabany, Gholam. 2010. The veil and the politics of racism. Race & Class, 52(2), pp. 85-96. ISSN 0306-3968
- Veiled bodies - naked racism: Culture, politics and race in the Sun Khiabany, Gholam and Williamson, Milly. 2008. Veiled bodies - naked racism: Culture, politics and race in the Sun. Race and Class: a journal of racism, empire and globalisation, 50(2), pp. 69-88. ISSN 0306-3968
- Is There an Islamic Communication? The Persistence of Tradition and the Lure of Modernity Khiabany, Gholam. 2007. Is There an Islamic Communication? The Persistence of Tradition and the Lure of Modernity. Critical Arts: A Journal of South-North Cultural Studies, 21(1), pp. 106-124. ISSN 0256-0046
- Religion and Media in Iran: The Imperative of the Market and the Straightjacket of Islamism Khiabany, Gholam. 2006. Religion and Media in Iran: The Imperative of the Market and the Straightjacket of Islamism. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 3(2),
- Globalization and the Internet: Myths and Realities Khiabany, Gholam. 2003. Globalization and the Internet: Myths and Realities. Trends in Communication, 11(2),
- Red Pepper: a New Model for Alternative Press? Khiabany, Gholam. 2000. Red Pepper: a New Model for Alternative Press? Media, Culture and Society, 22(4), pp. 447-463. ISSN 0163-4437
Dr Gholam Khiabany
Gholam studies the relationship between citizenship, political activism and media and cultural practices.
Staff details
Position
Reader in Media and Communications
Department
Media, Communications and Cultural Studies
g.khiabany (@gold.ac.uk)
Gholam Khiabany's academic career has focused on the relationship between citizenship, political activism and media and cultural practices, including alternative media.
His research interests centre on the media and social change and the relationship between communication, development and democracy with particular reference to the Middle East. Gholam Khiabany is also interested in the debate over multiculturalism, culturalisation of terror, the rise of the security state, and anti-Muslim racism.
He is the author of Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity (Routledge, 2010), co-author of Blogistan with Annabelle Sreberny (I.B.Tauris, 2010), co-editor of Liberalism in Neoliberal Times: Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits (Goldsmiths, 2017), and After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism and Free Speech (Zed, 2017)
He is an editor of the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, and is a member of council of management of the Institute of Race Relations.
Areas of supervision:
Mediated culture in the Middle East; media representation of race, migration and refugees; political activism and alternative/new media; media and religion; political economy of media.
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Media, Democracy and Social Change: Re-imagining Political Communications Davis, Aeron; Fenton, Natalie; Freedman, Des (D. J.)
- Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran Sreberny, Annabelle and Khiabany, Gholam. 2010. Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran. London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781845116064
- Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity Khiabany, Gholam. 2009. Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96289-6
Edited Book
- The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East Khalil, Joe F.; Khiabany, Gholam; Guaaybess, Tourya and Yesil, Bilge, eds. 2023. The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East. New York: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781119637066
- After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism and Free Speech Titley, Gavan; Freedman, Des (D. J.)
- Liberalism in Neoliberal Times: Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits Abraham-Hamanoiel, Alejandro; Freedman, Des (D. J.)
Book Section
- Complexity of political communication in Iran Khiabany, Gholam. 2025. Complexity of political communication in Iran. In: Dina Matar, ed. Reframing Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa. London: Bloomsbury Academic (I.B. Tauris), pp. 19-38. ISBN 9780755653812
- Where is Iranian politics? Between state and nation, inside and outside the polity Sreberny, Annabelle and Khiabany, Gholam. 2023. Where is Iranian politics? Between state and nation, inside and outside the polity. In: Shahram Akbarzadeh, ed. Handbook of Middle East Politics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 126-143. ISBN 9781802205626
- Media and Culture in the Middle East: An Introduction Khiabany, Gholam; Khalil, Joe F.; Guaaybess, Tourya and Yesil, Bilge. 2023. Media and Culture in the Middle East: An Introduction. In: Joe F. Khalil; Gholam Khiabany; Tourya Guaaybess and Bilge Yesil, eds. The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East. New York: Wiley/Blackwell, pp. 1-12. ISBN 9781119637066
Article
- The British State, Citizenship Rights and Gendered Folk Devils: The Case of Shamima Begum Williamson, Milly and Khiabany, Gholam. 2025. The British State, Citizenship Rights and Gendered Folk Devils: The Case of Shamima Begum. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(2), pp. 345-360. ISSN 1367-5494
- Critiquing the Vocabularies of the Marketized University Fenton, Natalie; Freedman, Des (D. J.)
- Refugee crisis, imperialism and pitiless wars on the poor Khiabany, Gholam. 2016. Refugee crisis, imperialism and pitiless wars on the poor. Media, Culture & Society, 38(5), pp. 755-762. ISSN 0163-4437
Conference or Workshop Item
- Critique and Contesting the Vocabularies of the Marketised University Williamson, Milly and Khiabany, Gholam. 2022. 'Critique and Contesting the Vocabularies of the Marketised University'. In: IAMCR Conference. Paris, France.
- State Policy and the Articulation of Racism Williamson, Milly and Khiabany, Gholam. 2019. 'State Policy and the Articulation of Racism'. In: IAMCR 2019. Madrid, Spain 7 - 11 July 2019.
- Freedom of Speech: Ours and Theirs Williamson, Milly and Khiabany, Gholam. 2014. 'Freedom of Speech: Ours and Theirs'. In: ECREA Diaspora Symposium. Brighton, United Kingdom.