Dr. Sharam Alghasi is a professor of media sociology in the School of Communication, Leadership, and Marketing at Kristiania University College in Oslo, Norway. Alghasi holds a PhD in sociology (2009), and his research includes various topics related to the field of media-sociology. His doctoral dissertation deals with the relationship between Iranian-Norwegians’ media consumption and their construction of identity, and adaptation strategies in Norwegian society. His field of inquiry includes issues such as media production/reception, media theories, integration, multiculturalism, nationalism, transnationalism, Islam, and the Norwegian public discourse on “diversity management”.
