CHAPTERS WITHIN BOOKS:
1) "Public Protest and Systemic Stability in Israel: 1960-1979," in Comparative Jewish Politics..., op. cit., pp. 171-210.
2) "Thunder Before the Storm: Pre-Election Agitation and Post-Election Turmoil," in The Elections in Israel - 1981, ed. Asher Arian (Tel Aviv: Ramot Press, 1983), pp. 191-211.
3) "‘Demoskraty’ in the Mega-Polis: Hyper-Participation in the Post-Industrial Age," in The Future of Politics, ed. William Page (London: Frances Pinter, 1983), pp. 221-229. Reprinted in World Future Society Bulletin (Summer 1983).
4) "Conflict as Communication: Public Protest in Israel, 1950-1982," in Conflict and Consensus in Jewish Politics, eds. Stuart Cohen & Eliezer Don-Yehiya (Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1986), pp. 128-145.
5) "Political Reform in Israel: Lessons from the American Experience" [Hebrew], in The Israeli Political System: Recommendations for Change [Hebrew], ed. Baruch Susser (Tel Aviv: 1987), pp. 62-79.
6) "Israel," MASS MEDIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A Comprehensive Reference Guide, Y.R Kamalipour & H. Mowlana, eds. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994), pp. 109-125. (Co-authored with Amit Schejter)
7) "Israel’s 1992 Media Campaign: Towards the Americanization of Israeli Elections?" in Israel at the Polls, 1992, D.J. Elazar & S. Sandler, eds. (Lanham MD: Rowman Littlefield, 1995), pp. 251-280.
8) "Social Cleavages in Israeli Society in the Twenty-First Century and their Effects on Police Work" [Hebrew], Policing Israel in the Twenty-First Century, vol. 1 (Jerusalem: Jerusalem Center for Israeli Affairs, 1997), pp. 89-113.
9) "Israeli Democracy: How Democratic? How Liberal?" in Fundamental Issues of Israeli Democracy [Hebrew], R. Cohen-Almagor, ed. (Tel Aviv: Sifriat Hapoalim, 1999), pp. 265-284.
10) "The Paradox of Israeli Civil Disobedience and Political Revolt in Light of the Jewish Tradition," Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Tolerance, R. Cohen-Almagor, ed. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000), pp. 114-132.
11) "National vs. Global Public Discourse in the Era of Multi-Channelism: The Introduction of Commercial and Cable Television in Israel as an Empirical Test of Habermas’ Theory," in Beyond Public Speech and Symbols: Explorations in the Rhetoric of Politicians and the Media, C. de Landtsheer & O. Feldman, eds. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000), pp. 100-119. (Co-authored with Mira Moshe)
12) "An Exploratory Model of Media-Government Relations in International Crises: U.S. Involvement in Bosnia, 1992-1995," in Media and Conflict: Framing Issues, Policy Making, Shaping Opinions, E. Gilboa, ed. (Ardsley, NY: Transnational, 2002), pp. 153-173. (Co-authored with Yaeli Bloch)
13) "The Editorial Gap Between Ideal and Real: Do Television News Editors/Journalists Broadcast What They Believe Their Audience Wants?", in Changing Media Markets in Europe and Abroad: New Ways of Handling Information and Entertainment Content, Angela Schorr and Stefan Seltmann, eds. (Lengerich/Berlin, Germany: Pabst Science Publishers, 2006), pp.127-147 (co-authored with Tiki Balas).
14) "Under Fire: Framing Classic and 'New Patriotism' in Israel's Elite and Popular Press during the El-Aqsa Intifada and the World Trade Center Terror Attacks," in T. Pludowski, ed. Terrorism, Media and Society (Torun, Poland & Spokane, WA: Collegium Civitas Press & Marquette Press, 2006), pp. 177-196. (co-authored with Mira Moshe)
15) "Media Functioning during a Violent International Crisis: Differences between Elite and Popular Press Coverage of American Policy in Bosnia (1992-1995)," in Media and Political Violence, H. Nossek, A. Sreberny, P. Sonwalker, eds. (NJ: Hampton Press, 2007), pp. 119-142. (co-authored with Yaeli Bloch-Elkon).
16) "The End of the Traditional Printed Newspaper: Factors of On-Line Journalism that Threaten Traditional, Printed Journalism" [Hebrew] in T. Schwartz-Altschuller, ed., dot.com Journalism: Internet Newspapers in Israel (Jerusalem and Beersheva: Israel Democracy Institute and Burda Center, Ben-Gurion University, 2007), pp. 199-242.
17) "RARE TO MEDIUM: A Full Taxonomy of Elements for Assessing How Well (Done) the Internet's Unique Capabilities are Currently Exploited by e-Magazines," in The Toronto School of Communication Theory: Interpretations, Extensions, Applications, Rita Watson & Menachem Blondheim, eds. (Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press and Toronto University Press, 2008), pp. 272-304. (co-authored with Nava Cohen-Avigdor)
SCHOLARLY BOOK REVIEWS & CONFERENCE PAPER REFEREE (Commissioned):
1) Gideon Aran, Eretz Yisrael: Bein Dat Upolitikah (The Land of Israel: Between Politics and Religion), reviewed in ISRAEL: State and Society, 1948-1988 - Studies in Contemporary Jewry, vol. 5, ed. Peter Medding (Jerusalem: Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 1989), pp. 325-328.
2) Gadi Wolfsfeld, The Politics of Provocation: Participation and Protest in Israel (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1989), reviewed in Studies in Contemporary Jewry, vol. 8, eds. J. Frankel, P. Medding, & E. Mendelsohn (Jerusalem: Jerusalem Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1992).
Shlomo Avineri, Arlosoroff (New York: Grove Press, 1991), reviewed in Israel Studies Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring 1992, pp. 18.
3) Ehud Sprinzak, The Ascendance of Israel’s Radical Right (NY: Oxford University Press, 1991), reviewed in Studies in Contemporary Jewry, vol. 10 (Oxford: Oxford U Press, 1994), pp. 428-430.
4) Rafi Cohen-Almagor, The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance: The Struggle Against Kahanism in Israel (Gainesville, FL: Univ. Of Florida Press, 1994), reviewed in Studies in Contemporary Jewry, vol. 11, ibid. (1995), pp. 340-343.
5) Reuven Kaminer, The Politics of Protest: The Israeli Peace Movement and the Palestinian Intifada (Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 1996), reviewed in Studies in Contemporary Jewry, vol. 16, ibid. (2001), pp. 381-383.
6) Dan Caspi and Yehiel Limor, The In/Outsiders: Mass Media in Israel (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1999), reviewed in Megamot, vol. 41 (4), May 2002, pp. 657-659. [Hebrew]
7) Israel Communication Association: 2003 conference - refereed 2 papers; 2004 conference – refereed 2 papers; since then I referee about 2 papers each conference.
8) International Communication Association (mostly in Communication & Technology Division, as well as Political Communication Division: 2004 conference – refereed 4 papers; 2005 conference – refereed 2 papers; 2006 conference – refereed 10 papers. Since then I average about 6-8 papers per annual conference.
9) Association for Education in Journalism (Mass Communication (AEJMC): since 2004 I have been refereeing about 3-4 papers for each annual conference.
10) Yoram Peri, Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel (Stanford: Stanford U Press, 2004), reviewed in Middle East Journal, vol. 58, #4 (Autumn 2004), pp. 691-692.
11) Yael Yishai, Civil Society in Israel (Jerusalem: Carmel Publications, 2003), reviewed in Megamot, vol. 44, #2 [Hebrew] (2006), pp. 385-387.
12) Gabriel Weimann, Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, The New Challenges (Washington, DC: The Washington Institute of Peace Press, 2006), reviewed in Misgarot Media, vol. 1, #1 [Hebrew] (Fall 2007), pp. 199-203.
13) Tal Samuel-Azran & Dan Caspi (eds.), New Media and Innovative Technologies (Beersheva and Mevasseret Tzion: Burda Center for Innovative Communications – Ben-Gurion University; Tzivonim Publishing, 2008), reviewed in Megamot, vol. 46, #1-2 [Hebrew] (2009), pp. 292-295.
14) Margalit Toledano & David McKie, Public Relations and Nation Building: Influencing Israel (London & NY: Routledge, 2013), reviewed in Qesher [Hebrew] (forthcoming 2013).
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS & MASTERS THESES SUPERVISED (Completed)
[Unless otherwise indicated, all works were undertaken in the Dept. of Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University - in Hebrew]
Doctoral Dissertations:
1) Yigal Aricha, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court – Decision and Policy Making: Three Chief Justices of the Supreme Court – Agranat, Sussman, Landau – Comparative Portraits (1989)
2) Yehiel Limor, The Israel Press Council as a Mechanism of Self-Regulation: A Barking and Biting Two-headed Dog, or a Fig Leaf and Public Relations Device? (2001) (co-supervised with Dr. Dinah Goren)
3) Mira Feuerstein, Media Literacy in Support of Critical Thinking (2002) (University of Liverpool) (in English)
4) Aliza Lavie, Israeli Radio: The Influence of Editorial Decision-Makers’ Gender on News and Current Events Programs – Interviewer Gender and Gender Orientation of Program Topics (2002) (co-supervised with Dr. Dinah Goren)
5) Tiki Balas, A Comparison Between Editors’ News Selection Criteria and Viewers’ Uses and Gratifications of Israeli News and Current Affairs Programs on Public and Commercial Television (2003) (co-supervised with Dr. Dinah Goren)
6) Yaeli Bloch, The Press, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Crises: U.S. Policy in Bosnia (1992-1995) (2003) (co-supervised with Dr. Yehudit Auerbach)
7) Michael Widlansky, PLO Broadcast Media in the Palestinian State-Building Process: Patterns of Influence and Control (2004) (in English)
8) Tali Te’eni-Harari, The Elaboration Likelihood Model for Children: Persuasion and Attitude Change Routes at Various Cognitive Development Stages and Levels of Involvement (2004) (co-supervised with Dr. Shlomo Lampert)
9) Atara Frankel-Faran, Cyber-Anarchism: Anarchic Aspects of the Internet (co-supervised with Prof. Bernard Susser) (2005)
10) Tamar Dotan, Regulating Global Environmental Change: The Formation, Development and Expansion of the World Biological Diversity Regime (2005)
11) Nava Cohen-Avigdor, Utilizing the Special Abilities of the Internet in Women’s Journalism: An Analysis of the Penetration/Growth Stages of e-Magazines and the Self-Defense Stage of Print Magazines (2005)
12) Michal Seletzky, Components of Successful Public Relations for Business and Public and Non-Profit Organizations: Factors Influencing Israel’s National Daily Newspapers to Publish Press Releases Dealing with ‘Soft’ and ‘General’ News (2007)
13) Tsuriel Rashi, Communication and Journalistic Ethics in Judaism: The Public's "Duty to Know" – Theory and Practice (co-supervised with Dr. Moshe Hellinger) (2007)
14) Barry Kinori, A Typology of Quality Television Programming and Viewing Variables (2009)
15) Orly Melamed, Consumption and Creation of User-Generated Responses and Content in the Internet: Uses, Topics and Balance of Gratifications (2013)
Masters Theses:
1) Dov Levitan, Operation "Magic Carpet" as an Historical Continuation of Jewish Emigration from Yemen since 1882: A Socio-Political Analysis of the Immigration and Absorption of the Yemenite Jews in Israel in Modern Times (1983)
2) Daniel Berdugo, The Police Reaction to Demonstrations in Israel and Subsequent Press Coverage (1987)
3) Nehemia Rodrig, Nuclear Images in the Media: A Comparative Content Analysis of Israel and Egypt, 1969-1984 (1987)
4) Aliza Lavie, Public Agenda Setting Among Female and Male Editors in Israel’s Press (1997)
5) Yigal Shemesh, "Whistle-Blowing" Methods Exposing Corruption in Public and Private Administration: The Interrelationship Between Organization and "Whistle-Blower" - An Analysis Using a Theoretical Integrative Model (1997)
6) Nava Cohen-Avigdor, Women Politicians (Compared to Men) in Israeli Women’s Magazines: The Way they were Portrayed During the Knesset Election Years 1959, 1977, 1996 (1998)
7) Michal Seletzki, The Adaptation of Daily Newspapers to the Challenge of Multi-Channel Television, and Their Success in Avoiding a Drop in Readership: Design, Content and Marketing Changes in Israeli National Newspapers, 1989-1994 (1998)
8) Eynat Covasniano, The Information Sources of Soft News in the Israeli Press: Professional Journalism or a Tool for External Public Relations? (1998)
9) Ohad Maor, Foreign News? Coverage of Five Ethnic Conflicts in the Israeli Press (1999)
10) Nava Sharvit, Cross-Ownership, Objectivity, and Balance in Israeli Newspaper Reporting: How Yediot Ahronot, Ma’ariv and Ha’aretz Report on Media Companies Owned by the Conglomerates "Yediot Tikshoret" and "Hachsharat Hayeshuv", 1992-1996 (1999)
11) Tali Harari, Changes in Advertising in Children’s Magazines, 1956-1996 (1999)
12) Edith Manosevitch, Balance in Israeli News Reporting of Controversial Issues (1999)
13) Naomi Itshayek, Changes in Israeli Values as Reflected in Upper Level School Newspapers, 1948-1997 (1999)
14) Nitzan Erez, How Does the Length of a Television News Item Influence Viewer Memory? (1999)
15) Nurit Milman, The Audience’s Trust in the Media: The Level of Credibility (or Lack of It) Felt by Israelis Towards the Media and its Causes (2000) (co-supervised with Dr. Mira Moshe)
16) Keren Wiener, The Effect of Israeli Internet Use on Leisure Time Activity (2000)
17) Merav Bar-Magen Rosenberg, The Reflection of Israeli Society Value Change in Print Advertisements in Israel Since the Country’s Establishment (2000)
18) Lizi Reuveni, Changes in the Amount of Coverage in the Israeli Press of Israeli Prime Ministers’ Health Condition, 1963-1996 (2000)
19) Esther Avraham, The Text of Israeli Songs as a Means of Communication Reflecting Events and Changes in Israeli Society During the Years 1948-1999 (2001)
20) Merav Blum-Gross, Stages of in the Decoding Level of Non-Verbal Messages Transmitted via Body Language, as a Function of Age, Gender and Professional Inclination, in Ages 5-25 (2001)
21) Drora Navon, Setting the Public, Media and Political Agenda on the Local Level (2001)
22) Tamar Dotan, Conditions and Characteristics of the Development of International Regimes for Managing International Ecological Problems (2001) (pre-Doctorate, M.A. Thesis Equivalency)
23) Eran Kendel, The Uzi Meshulam Sect as a Case Study of Interaction Between Terror and Media (2001)
24) Dror Zorea, Types of TV Programs and their Influence on the Exposure Level of Accompanying Ad Commercials (2001)
25) Gad Shabbat, The Political Agenda-Setting Function of the Media: Social Issues in the Media and in the Israeli Parliament (2001) (co-supervised with Dr. Yehiel Limor)
26) Gilad Katz, The Evolution of Revisionist Columnists’ News Commentary from the 1920s to the 1990s (2001)
27) Ronit Lelzer, The Shas Party’s Use of Customers’ Club Strategy (2002)
28) Smadar Salton, Cross-Ownership and TV Criticism in the Israeli Press: Does the Criticism Reflect the Critics’ Opinions or the Economic Interests of the Newspapers, 1993-1998 (2002) (co-supervised with Dr. Yehiel Limor)
29) Sharon Kidon, The Correlation Between the Level of Local Adaptation of Multinational Brand Advertising and Viewer Empathy Towards Them (2002)
30) Dganit Akel-Edelstein, News Coverage of Israel’s President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the Country’s Print Media: 1948-1997 (2002)
31) Dorit Goldberger, The Post-Zionism Debate in the Israeli Press (2002) (co-supervised with Dr. Tirzah Hechter)
32) Galit Abadi, Characteristics of Benefits and Presentation Style in Advertising Promises Adapted to Age Group Stages of Children’s Cognitive Development (2002)
33) Dafna Zak-Teller, Religious Advertising – Examining the Way to the Heart of the Religious Consumer: The Values Governing the Advertising Promise in Advertisements Published in the Religious Press Compared to the Advertising Promise in Secular Press Advertisements (1997-2001) (2003)
34) Dorit Dayan, Ethnic Stereotyping in Israeli Advertising, 1950-2000 (2003)
35) Avi Somekh-Harel, Spokesmanship and the Press: Balance in Local Reporting of Educational Issues in Israel (2003)
36) Yael Levi, The Position of Israeli Secular and Religious Youth Towards Various Issues in the Israeli Reality: Films Made in Secular and Religious Public High-Schools, 1998-2001 (co-supervised with Barry Kinori) (2004)
37) Yoav Weinman, The Use of Sports Metaphors in the Israeli Press, 1949-2003: The Expression of Political Discourse Popularization? (co-supervised with Dr. Hagai Harif) (2004)
38) Ziva Kantor, Changes in the Visual Design of Daily Newspapers in Israel, 1948-1998, as a Reflection of Changes in the Mass Media and Society (co-supervised with Prof. Yehiel Limor) (2005)
39) Matan Neuerman, Intra-Organizational Communication: Is Informational “Push” or “Pull” More Efficient? (co-supervised with Dr. Ruth Amir) (2005)
40) Tsuriel Rashi, Theoretical Perspectives of Mass Communication in the Jewish Halakha and Tradition (co-supervised with Dr. Moshe Hellinger) (pre-Doctorate, M.A. Thesis Equivalency) (2005)
41) Yona Maor, "Body Discourse" – Female Body Image in Israeli Media Discourse: Evolution of the Slimness Ideal, 1967-2002 (co-supervised with Prof. Gabi Bar-Haim, Netanya College) (2005)
42) Nitza Chen, “Rebellious Children”: Parental Perception of Value Messages in the Adolescent Television Series “The Rebels” (co-supervised with Tali Harari-Te’eni) (2005)
43) Dikla Yehoshua-Steinberg, How Parents Perceive their Young Children’s Viewing of Kids’ TV Programs (co-supervised with Tali Harari-Te’eni) (2005)
44) Anat Kundel, The Reality TV Program “A Star is Born”: The Correlation between Audience Perceptions and Attitudes, and the Level of Viewing Involvement (co-supervised with Dr. Netta Ha'ilan) (2005)
45) Leah Kurzweil, “What a Holiday I Have”: Profile of Israeli National and Religious Holidays in Children’s and Teenagers’ TV Programs, 1980-2004 (co-supervised with Dr. Aliza Lavie) (2006)
46) Pninit Ravitch, Differences in Israeli Local Government Internet Sites, 2004: To What Extent do the Online Services Offered Fulfill the Medium’s Potential and Meet the Public’s Expectations? (2006)
47) Sarit Aharonovitch, A Comparison of Press Coverage of the First and Second Intifadas (co-supervised with Dr. Yaeli Bloch-Elkon) (2006)
48) Yosefa Benayim, Gender Differences in Presenting Television News in Israel (co-supervised with Dr. Aliza Lavie) (2007)
49) Shani Zur, Product Placement Effectiveness among Youth (co-supervised with Dr. Tali Teeni-Harari) (2007)
50) Sara Rael, The Image of the Single Woman on Israeli Television (co-supervised with Dr. Linda-Renee Bloch) (2007)
51) Shimrit Hollander-Israel, Simulations of Nationalism: Is The Cup "Ours" or Is It "Theirs"? The Maccabi Tel-Aviv Basketball Team as a National Symbol (2008)
52) Noam Hadad, A Comparison of Radio Coverage of the Post-2006 Election Coalition Negotiations: Galei-Tzahal and Reshet Bet (co-supervised with Atara Frankel-Faran) (2009)
53) Ofer Berenstein, Changes in the Representation of Publicly Elected American Officials in Mainstream American Comic Books (1937-1979) (co-supervised with Dr. Orit Galili) (2010)
54) Tali Friedman, Is It the Public's Right to Know? Censorship, Editing and Non-Publication of Rabbi Abraham Itzhak Ha-Cohen Kook's Manuscripts (co-supervised with Prof. Dov Schwartz) (2012)
55) Sagi Hammel, The Adaptation of Print Newspapers to the Internet Era: Changes in Content, 1993- 2010 in Israel and the U.S. (2013)
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS & MASTERS THESES SUPERVISED (in progress – after approval of research proposal, unless otherwise noted):
[In the Dept. of Political Studies: Communications Program, Bar-Ilan University - in Hebrew]
Doctoral Dissertations
Matan Neuerman, Analyzing Systems of Artificial Group Intelligence on the Intranet Level: Research in an R&D Environment in a Military-Technological Organization (dissertation being refereed)
Gilad Greenwald, News Framing of Women Candidates for Political Leadership in Israel and Australia, 1969 and 2008-2013 (proposal approved)
Tali Friedman, Freedom of Expression of Rabbis and Religious Leaders in Israel (proposal submitted; being refereed)
Masters Theses (in progress)
Chen Sabag Ben-Porat, Usage Patterns of Social Networking Sites (SNS) by MKs and their Parliamentary Assistants (co-supervisor: Dr. Azi Lev-On) (proposal approved)
Harel Chait, Developing a Cost-Benefit Model for Promoting Web Accessibility in Hebrew Websites: Theory and Practice (proposal approved)
Shai Singer, New Tools - Old Use? Facebook Pictures in the Municipal Elections, Israel 2013 (co-supervisor: Dr. Azi Lev-On) (developing thesis proposal)
Osnat Cottan, Constructing a CEO Brand: Updating a theoretical model and testing its validity through two Israeli case studies (developing thesis proposal)
CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
June 1998: Bar-Ilan University, Annual Conference of the Israel Political Science Association (chief organizer as Chairman of the IsPSA).
Dec. 19-20, 2005: Bar-Ilan University, Higher Education and Society, Dec. 19-20. (National conference on the role of Israeli academia vis-à-vis social problems and segments of Israeli society.)
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