1. A Trend Study on the Role and Functions of Radio in Iran and North America

Hamid Abdollahyan

Volume 6, Issue 1 , Summer and Autumn 2016, , Pages 69-88

Abstract
  This paper aims at offering a longitudinal study of the functions of the radio in Iran and North America. I launched a comparative study on radio functions in Iran and Canada in 2001. Some of the results indicated that radio in North American had kept its traditional functions while emphasizing its entertaining ...  Read More

2. Evaluation of Structure, Interaction, Anonymity and Self-Representation in Four Social Networks of the Virtual World

Hamid Abdollahian; Mohammad Javad Zohdi; Mahin Sheikh Ansari

Volume 3, Issue 2 , Winter and Spring 2014, , Pages 103-129

Abstract
  This paper studies and compares elements of social networks, including structure, interaction, user anonymity and self-representation, in the following social networks:  a) Yahoo chat rooms, b) Yahoo Groups, c) OkCupid (online dating network), and (d) Facebook. The paper addresses the question as ...  Read More