April 7, 2016
Dr Efrat Daskal received Best Paper award at the Israel Communication For the Paper: "My Voice Needs to be Heard": Cultural Challengers in the Regulatory Arena
You can listen to a podcast interview with Dr. John on the New Books Network, and you can read an excerpt and responses at the Culture Digitally website.
Apr 1st, 2015
Professor Tamar Liebes, an Emerita and former Chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, passed away in March 2015.
March 24, 2016
PhD student Ranit Grossaug won top Student Paper Award of Media Industry Studies Interest Group, ICA.
For the paper: The "responsible adult"- on media responsibility, off-screen activities and commercial preschool television.
Liron Simatzkin - Ohana has been awarded the Dr. Yuval Shachal Memorial Prize for Top Student Paper by the Israel Communication Association for her paper “New Media, Old Rules:
Do independent fashion blogs produce alternative discourse?”
March 13, 2016
Dr. Elie Friedman has been granted the Israel Science Foundation - Post Doctorate in Social Sciences Abroad scholarship. Dr. Friedman's post-doctoral research will conducted at Lancaster University at the English and Linguistics Deparment. The topic of his study is "Evasion strategies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Authorship and Media Interpretation of Conflict Resolution Documents (1967-2003)"
February 11, 2016
Prof. Paul Frosh received The Hebrew University Rector Prize for 2016, awarded to distinguished scholars for excellence in research, teaching, and contribution to university academic life.