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AMIT M. SCHEJTER August, 2018
CURRICULM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
• Personal Details Name: Amit M Schejter Address and telephone number at work:
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Communication Studies Ben-Gurion University of the NegevP.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel Tel: 972-8-6477211 Fax: 972-3-6472855 E-mail: [email protected]
• Education
Ll.B. 1982-1986 Hebrew University Law M.S. 1989-1991 Boston University Communications
Adviser: Prof. Julie Dobrow Title of Master’s Thesis: The Effect of Mass Media Public Opinion Polls on the Behavior of Voters, Political Campaigns and the Mass Media Ph.D. 1991-1995 Rutgers University Communications
Adviser: Prof. Jorge Reina Schement Title of Doctoral dissertation: Media Policy as Social Regulatory Policy: The Role of Broadcasting in Shaping National Culture in Israel
• Employment History
2015-present
Professor (Full) Communication Studies
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2014-2018
Department Head Communication Studies
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2014-present
Visiting Professor and co-director, Institute for Information Policy
Telecommunications Penn State University
2012-2015
Associate Professor (tenured)
Communication Studies
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2010-2011
Visiting Professor
Communication Studies
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2009-2014
Associate Professor (tenured) and co-
Telecommunications Penn State University
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director, Institute for Information Policy
2004-2009
Assistant Professor (tenure track)
Telecommunications Penn State University
2003-2004
Attorney -- Cohen Lahat & Co.
2000-2003
Vice President for Regulatory Affairs
-- Cellcom Israel
1997-2000
Lecturer (tenure track)
Communications Tel Aviv University
1993-1997
Director of Legal Affairs and International Relations
-- Israel Broadcasting Authority
1992-93 Senior Advisor to the Minister
-- Ministry of Education and Culture
1989 Minister’s Bureau Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor
-- Ministry of Education and Culture
• Professional Activities
(a) Positions in academic administration 2014 - present Head, Department of Communication
Studies Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2016 - present Chair. Faculty Disciplinary Appeals Court
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2015 - present Faculty Representative, Board of Governors
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2014 - present Member, Faculty Senate Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2012 - 2014 Faculty advisor for undergraduate communication studies minor
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2009 – present
Co-director, Institute for Information Policy
Penn State University
2005 – 2009 Faculty advisor for the student chapter of the National Association of Minorities in Communications
Penn State University
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(b) Professional functions outside university Conferences/workshops organized Date Topic Location
May 2018 “Applying the Capabilities Approach to Media and Communications”
A pre-conference of the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association, Prague
May 2018 “Kafka’s Nightmare: Between Memory, Rights and Memory Rights”
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
September 2017 “Broadband Research in a Changing World: New Technologies, Ideologies and Priorities”
American University, Washington DC
June 2017 “Media and Academia Under Siege”
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
September 2016 “Legal and Policy Issues in Cybersecurity”
George Washington University
May 2016
September 2015
“Freedom of Information in Crisis Zones” “New Media, Old Money: Digital Technology, Social Media and the New Challenges to Campaign Financing”
City University London Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, DC
May 2015 “Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies”
A pre-conference of the 65th annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico
September 2014 “Whose Information is it Anyway?”
New America Foundation, Washington, DC
May 2014 “New Media, News Reporting and the Middle East”
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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May 2014 “The Future of Broadband Regulation”
Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC
September-October 2013 “Media policy and advocacy”
New America Foundation, Washington, DC
May 2013 “Theory of Broadband” Columbia University, New York, NY
September 2012 “Is it working?”: Information Policy Evaluation
New America Foundation, Washington, DC
May 2012 “End of the Phone System”
University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School, Philadelphia, PA
September 2011 “New ICTs + New Media = New Democracy?”
New America Foundation, Washington, DC
May 2011 “Digital Diversity” Fordham University, New York, NY
September, 2010 “Broadband Act of 2011” New America Foundation, Washington, DC
September, 2009 “Beyond Broadband: Data Based Policy for a New Administration”
New America Foundation, Washington, DC
June, 2008 “Academic Research for Media Reform: A Symposium for Scholars”
Minneapolis, MN
(c) Significant professional consulting 2015 The committee for the study of the regulation of the Knesset
Channel (appointed by chairman of the Knesset), member 2014-2017
The advisory committee on monetary sanctions set according to article 37A1 of the communications (telecommunications and broadcasting) law, 1982, member
2014 The committee for regulation of commercial audiovisual services
(appointed by minister of communications), chairman 2002 The committee for the restructuring of regulation of the
telecommunications sector (appointed by minister of communications), industry representative
2001 The committee for the restructuring of regulation of commercial
broadcasting (appointed by minister of communications), member
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1993 The committee for the restructuring of public broadcasting (appointed by minister of education and culture and minister of justice), member
1993 The committee for studying the issue of advertising on cable
television (appointed by minister of communications), chairman (d) Editor or member of editorial board of scientific or professional journal 2013 – present
Member, Editorial Secretariat
DigiWorld Economic Journal (until 2015 known as Communications and Strategies)
2012 Guest editor Media Frames: Journal of the Israel Communications Association, Issue 8: Regulation.
2010 – present
Founding editor Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org)
2009 Guest editor Journal of Communication Inquiry, Volume 33 (4): Media Reform and Public Policy (with Laura Stein).
2009 – 2012
Member, Editorial Board
“Media Frames” The Journal of the Israel Communication Association
2008 – present
Member, Editorial Board
Journal of Communication Inquiry
2008 – present
Member, Editorial Board
Global Media Journal (US edition)
(e) Ad-hoc referee and reviewer Peer-reviewed journals
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Children and Media, Journal of Communication Inquiry, Media Frames (Hebrew), Megamot (Hebrew), Regulation & Governance, The Communication Review, Social Issues in Israel (Hebrew), Global Media Journal (American and Canadian editions), International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, International Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in Media Communications, Popular Communications
Conferences
Member, Student paper competition bi- annual ECREA conference ECREA Member, Program Committee, TPRC 2010-2014 Member, Program Committee, Association for Israel Studies annual conference, 2012 International Communication Association Media Management Division of the AEJMC Graduate Education Interest Group of AEJMC annual conference
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Telecommunication Policy Research Conference student competition “Metaksherim” a graduate student conference Mid-winter conference of the Graduate Education Interest Group of AEJMC Annual conference of the Israel Communication Association
Grants
British Academy, Israel Science Foundation, Arthur W. Page Center of Integrity in Public Communication annual Page Legacy Scholars competition, Social Science Research Council (US), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada
Book proposals
Lawrence Erlbaum, Open University Press (Israel), Oxford University Press, Routledge, Sage, MIT Press
Educational programs
Chair of two committees appointed by the Israeli Council of Higher Education in order to examine new degree granting programs in communication studies Judge in the undergraduate student poster competition, Penn State (2005 – 2009)
(f) Membership in professional/scientific societies 2012-present International Association of Media and Communication Research 1998-present International Communication Association 1996-present Israel Communication Association
• Educational Activities (a) Courses taught Course Level Instituion Communication law Undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev Media activism Undergraduate/graduate
seminar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Introduction to communication studies
undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Communication theory graduate Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Media Industry Regulation
undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Comparative World Media
undergraduate seminar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Disconnected Communities in an Online Society
graduate seminar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Communications For All – activism seminar
graduate and undergraduate
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Media and Democracy undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Telecommunication Regulation
undergraduate Penn State
Media and Information Industries
undergraduate Penn State
Comparative Media Systems
graduate Penn State
World Media Systems undergraduate Penn State Media Activism undergraduate Penn State Introduction to Mass Communication
undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Broadcasting Law and Policy in Israel and the World
undergraduate Tel Aviv University
The Public Interest Standard in Communication Policy
undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University
Media Institutions undergraduate Tel Aviv University Communication and Cultural Policy
undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University
Policy Issues in the Information Society
undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University
Public Broadcasting undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University Regulating Communication Infrastructure
undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Regulating Communication Content
undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Communications and Social Justice
graduate (executive program)
Tel Aviv University
Communications and the Law
graduate (executive program)
University of Haifa
Media Law graduate University of Haifa Communication Law graduate (executive
program) Tel Aviv University
(b) Research students Ph.D. Students Graduation Date
Student’s Name Degree Institution
2009 Ming Kuok Lim Ph.D. Penn State
2009 Worapron Tina Worawongs
Ph.D. Penn State (with Colleen Connolly-Ahern)
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2010 Jonathan Obar Ph.D. Penn State 2013 Nivedita Chaterjee Ph.D. Penn State (with Krishna Jayakar)
2014 Daniela Korbas-Magal
Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (with Zvi Reich)
2016 Sangyong Han Ph.D. Penn State (with Krishna Jayakar) 2016 Noam Tirosh Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2016 (expected)
Michael Todd Ph.D. Penn State (with Bob Richards)
2018 (expected)
Jonathan Mendels Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2018 (expected)
Shula Mola Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2018 (expected)
Ghalia Abu-Kaf Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2019 (expected)
Malka Shacham Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2019 (expected)
Moshe Schwartz Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2020 (expected)
Baruch Shomron Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
M.A. Students Graduation Date
Student’s Name Degree Institution
2014 Shirley Drucker M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (with Nelly Elias)
2015 Moshe Schwartz M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (with Hillel Nosek) (thesis completion)
2016 Baruch Shomron M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2018 (expected)
Inbar Bar Yehuda M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2018 (expected)
Amneh Sharha M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Dissertation/thesis committee member:
Ph.D. Students 2006 Sangho Seo Ph.D. Penn State
2008 Aziz Douai Ph.D. Penn State 2008 Sung Wook Kim Ph.D. Penn State
2009 Juraj Kittler Ph.D. Penn State
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2012 Michael Horning Ph.D. Penn State 2013 Nadia-Ivette
Martinez-Carrillo Ph.D. Penn State
2013 Brandie Martin Ph.D. Penn State
2015 Katherine Reed Allen Ph.D. Penn State 2015-19 Yehuda BarLev Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2016-20 2016-20
Aviv Barnoy Inbal Avraham
Ph.D. Ph.D.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2018-22 Yuval Reinfeld Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev M.A. Students
2008 Patrick Baxter M.A. Penn State 2010 Jon Gobeil M.A. Penn State
2010 India Brown M.A. Penn State Supervisor of independent studies: Kevin Wentzel (2006, Spring); Ryan Coyle (2006, Fall); Alyse Fiori (2006-7, Honors Thesis); Ming Kuok Lim (2006, Summer); Sung Wook Kim (2007, Spring); Brandon Tarbert (2007, Spring); Worapron Tina Worawongs (2007, Summer), Nivedita Chaterjee (2008, Spring), Jonathan Obar (2008, Spring), Michael Horning (2009, Summer); Sangyong Han (2010, Summer), Alan DeLevie (2011, Spring).
• Honors, Citations, Awards 2017 International Association for
Media and Communication Research Communication Policy and Technology Section
Best Paper
2017 Israel Communication Association Outstanding Book of the Year
2015 Penn State University Visiting Paterno Scholar
2011-2012 Penn State University Distinguished Honors Faculty
2009-2011 University of Hamburg/University of Amsterdam
Mundus Scholar
2009 International Communication Association, Law and Policy Division
Top Three Paper
2008 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), Radio Television Division Annual Conference
Best Faculty Paper
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2008 Penn State, College of Communications
Faculty Marshal, Fall commencement
2006-7 Penn State, College of Communications
Deans’ Excellence Award for Integrated Scholarship
1995 Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel)
Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship (declined).
1989 Boston University (Boston, USA) Outstanding Academic and Leadership Achievement Student Award
• Scientific Publications
(a) Books
1.Cohen, A. Lemish, D. & Schejter, A. (2008) The Wonder Phone in the Land of Miracles: Mobile Telephony in Israel. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press
2.Schejter, A. (2009). Muting Israeli Democracy: How Media and Cultural Policy Undermine Free Expression. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press
3.Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (2016). A Justice-Based Approach for New Media
Policy: In the Paths of Righteousness. London: Palgrave-MacMillan 2017 Outstanding Book of the Year Award, Israel Communication Association
(b) Edited Books
1. Schejter, A. (ed.) (2009). … and communications for all: A Policy Agenda for a New Administration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (5 citations) Translated to Chinese as: Information Policy in the Age of the Network Economy. Beijing: Publishing House of Electronic Industry
2. Taylor, R. & Schejter A. (eds.) (2013). Beyond Broadband Access: Developing
Data-Based Information Policy Strategies. New York: Fordham University Press
3. Elias, N., Nimrod, G., Reich, Z. & Schejter, A. (eds.) (2015). Transitions in
Media. Mevasseret Zion: Tzivonim Press [in Hebrew]
4. Kali, Y., Baram-Tsabari, A., & Schejter, A. (eds.) (forthcoming, 2018). Learning in a NetworKed Society. Cham, Switzerland: Springer
(c) Edited Collections
1.Schejter A. & Han, S. (eds.) (2010). Telecommunications, Broadcasting, and
Information: Law, Policy, and Regulation. San Diego, CA: Cognella (a collection of readings designed to accompany an upper-level undergraduate
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course in telecommunications regulation)
(d) Book Chapters
1. Lehman-Wilzig, S. PI & Schejter, A. PI (1994). Mass Media in Israel. in Y. Kamalipour, H. Mowlana (Eds.) Mass Media in the Middle East. (pp. 109-125). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
2. Schejter, A. (1996). Rundfunk in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Internationales Handbuch fur Hornfunk und Fernsehen. (pp. 55-59). Hamburg: Hans Bredow Institut.
3. Schejter, A. (1998). Rundfunk in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Internationales
Handbuch fur Hornfunk und Fernsehen. (pp. 668-672). Hamburg: Hans Bredow Institut.
4. Schejter, A. (1998). The Internet: A Mirage of Public Sphere. In Sivan, Y.
From the MTV Generation to the LLL Generation: The Story of a National Educational Infrastructure. (pp. 263-271) [in Hebrew]. Even Yehuda, Israel: Reches Publishing House
5. Schejter, A. (2000). Rundfunk in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Internationales
Handbuch fur Hornfunk und Fernsehen. (pp. 761-766) Hamburg: Hans Bredow Institut.
6. Schejter, A. PI & Cohen, A. PI (2002). Israel: Chutzpah and Chatter in the
Holyland. In J. Katz & M. Aakhus (Eds.) Perpetual Contact. (pp. 30-42) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
7. Schejter, A. (2002). Medien in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Intenationales
Handbuch fur Medien 2002-2003. (pp. 817-824) Hamburg: Hans Bredow Institut.
8. Schejter, A. (2003). Public broadcasting, the information society and the Internet: a paradigm shift? In M. McCauley, E. Peterson, L. Artz & D. Halleck (Eds.) Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest. (pp. 158-174) Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe
9. Schejter, A. (2004). Medien in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Intenationales Handbuch fur Medien 2004-2005. (pp. 905-911) Hamburg: Hans Bredow Institut.
10. Schejter, A. (2006). Media Law and the rights of the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israeli public service broadcasting. In The Obligations of Public Broadcasting toward the Arab Society: On the Reform in the Israel Broadcasting Authority. (pp. 63-90) Nazareth: Ilam Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel (in Hebrew)
11. Schejter, A. (2007) Online transformation: The Israel Broadcasting Authority
on the Internet – What Goes, What Gets By and What Should Give. In T.
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Schwartz-Altschuller (ed.) Online Journalism in Israel (pp. 51-83) Jerusalem: Israel Democracy Institute and Burda Center for Innovative Communications at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (in Hebrew). Book can be accessed online: http://www.idi.org.il/hebrew/download.asp?id=942 (English language abstracts available as of page 376)
12. Schejter, A. (2008) European Union: Communication Law. Entry in
Donsbach, W. (ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Communication (pp. 1609-1615) Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
13. Schejter, A. (2009) International Benchmarks: The Crisis in U.S. Communications Policy Through a Comparative Lens. In: A. Schejter (ed.) “…and communications for all”: A Policy Agenda for a New Administration. (pp. 57-77) Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Translated to Chinese and reprinted in Information policy in the Age of the Network Society (Taylor, R. and Zheng, B., eds), Beijing: Pubishing House of Electronic Industry (pp. 124-146)
14. Schejter, A. (2009) Medien in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Intenationales Handbuch Medien. (pp. 939-948) Hamburg: Hans Bredow Institut [in German].
15. Schejter, A. PI & Han, S. S (2011) Regulating the media: Four perspectives. In: D. Levi-Faur (ed.) Politics of Regulation Handbook. (pp. 243-253) London: Edward Elgar
16. Schejter, A. PI & Katz-Kimchi, M. PI (2012) “... [and] they formed themselves
into a single unit: The Development of the Israel Broadcasting Authority Website” In: N. Brugger & M. Burns (eds.) Public Service Broadcasters on the Web: A Comprehensive History (pp. 105-117) New York: Peter Lang
17. Schejter, A. (2013) “Rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens: Does democracy count?” In: R. Taylor & A. Schejter (eds.) Beyond Broadband: Developing data-based information policy strategies. (pp. 113-128) New York: Fordham University Press
18. Schejter, A. (2013). ‘I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.’ The regulation of media for and by the Palestinian-Israeli minority. In: D. Caspi & N. Elias (eds.) Media and Ethnic Minorities in the Holy Land. (pp. 117-135). London: Vallentine-Mitchell
19. Schejter, A. PI & Tirosh, N. PI (2014). New Media Policy: The Redistribution of Voice. In: Liu, Y. & Picard, R. (eds.) Policy and Marketing Strategies for Digital Media. (pp. 73-86). London: Routledge
20. Schejter, A PI. & Yemini, M. PI (2016). Media concentration in Israel. In:
Noam, E. (ed.) Who Owns the World's Media? Media Concentration and Ownership around the World. (pp. 942-984). New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press
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21. Kretschmer, S., Correa, T., Rennie, E., Thomas, J., Robinson, L., Salgado, S.,
Schejter, A., Ben-Harush, O., Tirosh, N., Mola, S., Mendels, J. Shazam, M., Abu-Kaf, G., Yang, Q., & Yates, S. (2016). The digital divide: Worldwide challenges for communication across the life span in the digital age. In: J. Nussbaum (ed.) Communication across the life span (pp. 123-148). New York: Peter Lang
22. Tirosh, N. PI & Schejter, A. PI (2016). “…please grant success to the journey
on which I have come”: successful and unsuccessful media reform strategies in Israel. In: Obar, J., Freedman, D., Martens, C. & McChesney, R. (eds.) Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives. (pp. 252-267). New York: Fordham University Press
23. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (2017). Much discourse about justice:
Contemporary media policy in the age of abundance, mobility, interactivity, and multimediality. In: T. Eberwein, G. Melischek, J. Seethaler & C. Wenzel (eds.) Medienwandel – Wandel der Demokratie? Das demokratische Potenzial der sozialen Medien | Changing media – changing democracy? The democratic potential of social media (pp. 283-300). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
24. Schejter, A., Ben Harush, O., & Tirosh, N. (2017). The Effect of the Transformation in Digital Media on the Digital Divide. In: Friedrichsen, M., Kamalipour, Y. (eds.). Digital Transformation in Journalism and News Media: Media Management, Media Convergence and Globalization (pp. 235-246). Berlin: Springer
25. Schejter, A. (2017). Israel: A critical-legal history of public broadcasting
financing. In: C. Herzog, H. Hilker, L. Novy and O. Torun (eds.) Transparency and Funding of Public Service Media: Die deutsche Debatte im internationalen Kontext (pp. 119-132). Wiesbaden: Springer
26. Schejter, A., Ben Harush, O. & Tirosh, N. (forthcoming, 2018). “Nothing is
ever truly new”: The persisting digital exclusion in Israel, 2002-2013. In: M. Rangedda (ed.) Digital Inclusion: Be on the Right Side of the Digital Divide. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
27. Schejter, A. (forthcoming, 2018). Media regulation and policy. In: P.M. Napoli (ed.). Mediated Communication. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
28. Kidron, A., Tirosh, N., Kali, Y. & Schejter, A. (forthcoming, 2018). Democracy, communication and education in the twenty-first century. In: Kali, Y., Baram-Tsabari, A., & Schejter, A. (eds.) (forthcoming, 2018). Learning in a Networked Society. Cham, Switzerland: Springer
29. Baram-Tsabari, A. & Schejter, A. (forthcoming, 2018). New media: A double-edged sword in support of public engagement with science. In: Kali, Y., Baram-Tsabari, A., & Schejter, A. (eds.) (forthcoming, 2018). Learning in a Networked Society. Cham, Switzerland: Springer
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(e) Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals
1. Schejter, A. (1996). The Cultural Obligations of Broadcast Television in Israel. Gazette, 56(3), 183-200
2. Schejter, A. (1999). From a Tool for National Cohesion, to a Manifestation of National Conflict: The Evolution of Cable Television Policy in Israel, 1986-1998. Communication Law and Policy, 4(2), 177-200
3. Schejter, A. (1999). The Fairness Doctrine is Dead and Living in Israel.
Federal Communications Law Journal 51(3), 281-300
4. Schejter, A. PI & Borenstein, K. PI (2003). 3G Where Art Thou? On What Can and Can't be Learned from the UMTS Spectrum Auctions in Europe. Communications & Strategies 50(2), 215-235
5. Schejter, A. (2005) Service public, societe de l’information et Internet.
Mediamorphoses (January, 2005) 161-169 (in French)
6. Schejter, A. (2005) “The people shall dwell alone”: The effect of transfontier broadcasting on freedom of speech and information in Israel. “ North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation 31(2), 337-376
7. Schejter, A. (2006). “Art Thou For Us, or For Our Adversaries?” Communicative Action and the Regulation of Product Placement: A Comparative Study and a Tool for Analysis. Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, 15(1), 89-119.
8. Schejter, A. (2006) Israeli cellular telecommunications policy.
Telecommunications Policy, 30(1), 14-28.
9. Schejter, A. PI & Yemini, M. PI (2007) "'Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue:' Network neutrality, the First Amendment and John Rawls’ Theory of Justice". Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, 14(1), 137-174.
10. Schejter, A. (2007) “The Pillar of Fire by Night, to Shew Them Light:” Israeli
Broadcasting, the Supreme Court, and the Zionist Narrative. Media, Culture & Society, 29(6), 916-933.
11. Schejter, A. (2007) “Jacob’s Voice, Esau’s Hands:” Transparency as a First Amendment Right in an Age of Deceit and Impersonation. Hofstra Law Review 35(2), 1489-1518.
12. Schejter, A. PI & Lee, S. PI (2007) The Evolution of Cable Regulatory Policies and their Consequences: Comparing South Korea and Israel. Journal of Media Economics, 20(1), 1-28.
13. Schejter, A. PI, Kittler, J. S, Lim, M. S, Balaji, M. S & Douai, A. S (2007) “Let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one
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another's speech:” Developing a Model for Comparative Analysis and Normative Assessment of Minority Media Rights. Global Media Journal, 6(10) (http://lass.purduecal.edu/cca/gmj/sp07/gmj-sp07-schejter-kittler-lim-douai-balaji.htm)
14. Schejter, A. (2008) ‘The Stranger that Dwelleth With You Shall Be Unto You as One Born Among You’ - Israeli Media Law and The Cultural Rights of the Palestinian Israeli Minority. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 1, 156-179.
15. Schejter, A. PI & Davidson, R. PI (2008) “. . . and money is the answer for all things”: The News Corp.—Dow Jones Merger and the Separation of Editorial and Business Practices. International Journal of Communication, 2, 515-542. (online at http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/251/174)
16. Schejter, A. PI & Yemini, M. PI (2009) “Eyes have they, but they see not”:
Israeli election laws, freedom of expression, and the need for transparent speech. Communication Law and Policy 14, 411-452
17. Schejter, A. PI & Elavsky, C.M. C, (2009) “…and the children of Israel sang this song”: The Role of Israeli law and policy in the advancement of Israeli music. Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online 7(2), 131-153 http://www.biu.ac.il/hu/mu/min-ad/
18. Schejter, A. PI & Obar, J. S (2009) “Tell it not in Harrisburg, Publish it not in the Streets of Tampa”: Framing, Media Ownership, and the Public Interest. Journalism Studies, 10(5), 577-593.
19. Schejter, A. (2009) “From all my teachers I have grown wise, and from my students more than anyone else”: What lessons can the US learn from broadband policies in Europe? International Communication Gazette, 71(5), 429-445.
20. Schejter, A. PI, Serenko, A. PI, Turel, O. PI, and Zahaf, M. PI (2010) Policy
implications of market segmentation as a determinant of fixed-mobile service substitution: What it means for carriers and policymakers. Telematics and Informatics 27, 90-102.
21. Obar, J. S & Schejter, A. PI (2010) Inclusion or Illusion: An analysis of the
FCC’s public hearings on media ownership 2006-2007. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 54(2), 212-227.
22. Davidson, R. PI & Schejter, A. PI (2011). “Their deeds are the deeds of Zimri;
but they expect a reward like Phineas”: Neoliberal and multicultural discourses in the development of Israeli DTT policy. Communication, Culture and Critique, 4, 1-22
23. Connolly-Ahern, C. PI, Schejter, A. PI & Obar, J. S (2012). The poor man’s lamb revisited? Assessing the state of LPFM at its 10th anniversary. The Communication Review, 15(1), 21-44
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24. Schejter, A. PI & Tirosh, N. PI (2012). Social media new and old in the Al-
‘Arakeeb conflict – a case study. The Information Society, 28, 304-315
25. Schejter, A. PI & Cohen, A. PI (2013). Mobile Phone Usage as an Indicator of Solidarity: Israelis at War in 2006 and 2009. Mobile Media & Communication, 1(2), 174-195
26. Schejter, A. PI & Tirosh, N. PI (2015). “What is wrong cannot be made right”? – Why has media reform been sidelined in the debate over “social justice” in Israel. Critical Studies in Media Communication 32 (1), 16-32
Reprinted in: Decherney, P. & Pickard, V. (eds) (2015). The future of Internet policy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge (pp. 112-128)
27. Schejter, A.PI & Yemini, M. PI (2015). "a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them": media and telecommunications ownership trends in Israel 1984-2013. Telecommunications Policy 39, 112-126.
28. Tirosh, N. PI & Schejter, A. PI (2015). 'I will perpetuate your memory through
all generations': Institutionalization of Collective Memory by Law in Israel. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics 11(1), 21-35.
29. Schejter, A. PI & Tirosh, N. PI (2015) “seek the meek, seek the just”: Social
media and social justice. Telecommunications Policy 39, 796-803.
30. Schejter, A.PI & Tirosh, N. PI (2016) Audiovisual regulation transition in Israel: A view from within. International Journal of Digital Television 7(1), 39-63.
31. Tirosh, N. PI & Schejter A. PI (2017) “Information is like your daily bread”:
The role of media and telecommunications in the life of refugees in Israel. Hagira - Israel Journal of Migration 7, 1-25. (link)
(f) Other Published Work
1. Rogel N., & Schejter, A. (1995). Guidelines for Broadcasting News and
Current Affairs. Jerusalem: Israel Broadcasting Authority.
2. Schejter, A. (2000) Media and minorities in Israel. In Diffusion EBU (pp. 38-39) (English and French editions) (2000)
3. Schejter, A. (2000) Israel. In Television 2000: European key facts (Paris: IP)
4. Schejter, A. (2000) Storming the target: Recommendations to general Raphael
Vardi, appointed by the prime minister to study the crisis in public broadcasting. 24 The Seventh Eye
5. Himelboim, I. and Schejter, A. (2001). Changes in the Television Market in
Israel. In Television 2001, International Key Facts. Germany: RTL-IP
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6. Schejter, A. (2001-02). Freedom of Speech. In the Technological Education
Division of the Ministry of Education curriculum on “Communication and Society.”
7. Schejter, A. (2009) Telecommunications policy at the dawn of the Obama
Administration. Intermedia 37(4), 38-42 available at http://www.iicom.org/intermedia/Obama%20Administration%20policy.pdf
8. Schejter, A. (2009) Book Review of “Broadcasting, Voice and
Accountability.” In Global Media and Communication 5(1), 113-115
9. Schejter, A. (2009) Book Review of “Pirate Radio in Israel.” Media Frames: The Journal of the Israel Communication Association 3, 141-146 [In Hebrew]
10. Stein, L. & Schejter, A. (2009). Interview with Robert McChesney. Journal of
Communication Inquiry 33(4), 310-317
11. Schejter, A. (2011) “For the earth shall be full of knowledge”: Freedom of expression in an age of myriad opinions and channels of expression. Kesher: Journal of Media and Communications History in Israel and the Jewish World 42 (Autumn, 2011), 14-22 [in Hebrew]
12. Schejter, A. (2012) Has Israel completed its transition from a broadcasting
state to a regulatory state? Special Editor’s introduction. Media Frames: The Journal of the Israel Communications Association 8, 11-27 [in Hebrew]
13. Schejter, A. (2013). Book Review of “Inside the Box: Embedded Branding in
Israeli Commercial Television” Media Frames: The Journal of the Israel Communication Association [In Hebrew]
14. Schejter, A. (2014). Book Review of “Disability and Information
Technology: A Comparative Study in Media Regulation” Communication & Strategies 96,
15. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (2015). When a Social Justice Movement Neglects
the Call for Media Reform. Communication Currents 10(3). Available online at https://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArchive.aspx
• Presentations
(a) Invited plenary lectures at conferences/meeting
1. Schejter, A. (October, 1997) Fragmenting audiences and the case for public
funding. An invited panel with Professor Marc Raboy and Mr. Jean Bernard Munch at the Public Broadcasters International (PBI) annual meeting, Washington DC
2. Schejter, A. (December, 1998) Where has the public interest gone? The
regulation of new technologies. Presented at Haifa University, Haifa Israel
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3. Panel participant, Israel Sociological Society annual meeting, Rishon LeZiyon,
Israel (1999)
4. Schejter, A. (February, 1999) Television on cable and satellite – after the courts before competition. A panel discussion hosted by the Israel Management Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
5. Schejter, A. (June, 2000) Who needs the press? Presented at the conference on
“Ethics, Communications and the Criminal Process” of the Institute of Legal Training for Attorneys and Legal Advisers of the Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, Israel.
6. Schejter, A. (2000, July) Public Broadcasting, the Information Society and
the Internet: A Paradigm Shift? Paper presented at a conference on “Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest,” University of Maine, Orono, Me. USA
7. Schejter, A. (October, 2000) “Digital Economy” German Israeli young
leadership exchange held at the Bundestag (panel including chairwoman of the Bundestag), narrator, Berlin, Germany
8. Schejter, A. (July, 2002) Regulatory aspects of M-commerce. Presented at the
“Mobile Corporate Applications Convention,” organized by LOGTEL, Tel Aviv, Israel
9. Schejter, A. (November, 2002). Entering the fixed inland market: opportunity
or sheer madness? Presented at the “Telecom Israel 2002,” the bi-annual conference and exhibition organized the Israeli Ministry of Communication, Tel Aviv, Israel (http://www.kenes.com/telecom2002/index_thurs.asp)
10. Schejter, A. (February, 2003) Requesting authority – the establishment of a
new telecommunications authority. A seminar on the establishment of a non-governmental regulator (organized by “Globes Initiatives”), Tel Aviv, Israel
11. Schejter, A. (January, 2004) The new telecommunications authority and the
State: What it should be and what it actually is. Presented at “The new telecommunications authority: the law, the market and the public discourse.” A conference under the auspices of the Center for Law & Technology, the Faculty of Law, Haifa University, Israel
12. Schejter, A. (March, 2004) The Internet and self regulation: A match made in
heaven? Presented at the 8th annual conference of the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL), Tel Aviv, Israel
13. Schejter, A. (June, 2004) The 4th Israeli Citizen Consensus Conference: The
Media in Israel – Whose is the Sky. Held at the Knesset Expert witness. Jerusalem, Israel
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14. Schejter, A. (December, 2005) “Public Broadcasting in the Information Society” a presentation at the Israel Democracy Institute in honor of Professor Dan Caspi’s 60th birthday. Jerusalem, Israel
15. Schejter, A. (December, 2005) “"Israeli media law and minority rights - a
critical view" presented at a conference on "Communication rights as collective, political and cultural rights" organized by “I’lam – the Media Center for Arab-Palestinians in Israel.” Nazareth, Israel
16. Schejter, A. (December, 2006) “Comparative Models for Minority
Representation in Public Broadcasting Systems” presented at a conference on “Media Rights as Human Rights” organized by “I’lam – the Media Center for Arab-Palestinians in Israel.” Tel Aviv, Israel.
17. Schejter, A. (February, 2007) “The Persistence of the Digital Divide: Causes
and Remedies – A Comparative International Perspective” presented at the Annual Consumer Assembly of the Consumer Federation of America, Washington, DC
18. Schejter, A. (March, 2008) “Social content placement and commercial product
placement: Moral and ethical implications” presented at “From Hollywood to Tel Aviv” a conference organized by the Social Marketing Program at Tel Aviv University and the Israeli Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel.
19. Schejter, A. (November, 2008) “…and communications for all” -- A
Communications Policy Agenda for the New Administration: Principles for a Socially Inclusive Communication Policy.” Sponsored by the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide and to be presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
20. Schejter, A. (May, 2009) Policy Issues panel discussion at the Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research conference at Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA
21. Schejter, A. (May, 2010) Enabling democratic participation while shaping
national identity: The case of Israeli media regulation. A Mundus Scholar lecture at the University of Amsterdam, Holland, and at the University of Hamburg, Germany
22. Schejter, A. (May, 2010) The metaphor is the message: How technological,
economic, cultural and democratic considerations shape the media. A guest lecture at the University of Amsterdam, Holland
23. Schejter, A. (May, 2010) The National Broadband Plan: Has the U.S. Learned
from European Broadband Policies? A presentation made at OPTA, the national telecommunications regulator of the Netherlands, The Hague
24. Schejter, A. (December, 2010) Limited democracy: Israeli media as a closed
system. A roundtable presentation at the invitation of Agenda – the Israeli Center for Strategic Communications, Keshev, the Center for the Protection of
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Democracy in Israel, The Walter Lebach Center for Jewish-Arab Co-Existence in Education and I’lam, the Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel. Held at Tel Aviv University
25. Schejter, A. (December, 2010) Like all Minorities? The Foundations of the
Definition of “Minoritiness” as a Basis for Media Policymaking. A roundtable presentation at the Invitation of the Herzog Center for Media, Society and Politics at Tel Aviv University and the Burda Center for Innovative Communications at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Held at Tel Aviv University
26. Schejter, A. (January, 2011) Mobile Phones and Security Events in Israel:
Facts and Policy Implications. A public presentation at the Center for Media and Communication Studies, Central European University, Budapest
27. Schejter, A. (November, 2011) “Social media and social justice.” Presented at
“Governance of Social Media” – A Quello Center workshop. Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
28. Schejter, A. (March, 2012) “New media policy: The redistribution of voice.”
Presented at “The Digital Media and New Media Platforms: Policy and Marketing Strategies” conference hosted by the International Master’s Program in International Communication Studies (IMICS), National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
29. Schejter, A. (April, 2012). “Balancing academic and professional careers.” An
invited panel at the 16th annual conference of the Israel Communication Association, Tel Aviv, Israel.
30. Schejter, A. (July, 2012). “The State of the Law: Media Law in Israel, 2012” Presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Durban, South Africa
31. Schejter, A. (April, 2013) “Building Digital Bridges” Presented at “Digital
Inclusion in Texas: A conference for providers, decision makers and persons interested in best practices and public policy around digital inclusion.” The University of Texas at Austin
32. Schejter, A. (July, 2013). “Jacob’s voice – Esau’s hands: Transparency and
justice in communications. Presented at “Transparent? The obligations of media in Israel. A plenary session at the Open University, Ra’anana, Israel
33. Schejter, A. (October, 2013). Keynote panel speaker. 2013 Workshop of the
ECREA’s Communication Law and Policy Section: “Communication & Media Policy in Europe: Assessing the Past, Setting Agendas for the Future.” University of Salford, Manchester, UK
34. Schejter, A. (October, 2014). Plenary panel speaker. 7th annual conference of
the International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA),
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“Managing Online Media: Into the Next Stage of Digital.” University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
35. Schejter, A. (April, 2015). Invited speaker at conference on “European Media Policy 2015: New Contexts, New Approaches.” University of Helsinki, Finland
36. Schejter, A. (May, 2015). Invited speaker at a “BlueSky Workshop on
Convergent Media Policy - Rethinking Regulation for Multimedia Platform” at the 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association “Communication Across the Life Span,” San Juan, Puerto Rico.
37. Schejter, A. (February, 2018). Invited speaker at “Content Producers: Incentives, Motivations, and Value Creation” A symposium held at the University of Haifa.
38. Schejter, A. (April, 2018). Invited speaker at “Closing Digital Gaps for Information Accessibility on Health and Welfare for Marginalized Communities.” A seminar and roundtable held at Tel Aviv University.
(b) Peer-reviewed papers presented at conferences/meeting
1. Schejter, A. (1999, May) Embracing Differences in Israeli Political Speech:
Fairness or Impartiality? Presentation in a jointly submitted theme session with Professor Theodore Glasser, Professor Harvey Jassem, Professor Susan Drucker and Gary Gumpert at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, Ca. USA
2. Schejter, A. (1999, September) Less News is Good News: Fifty Years of
Communication Policy in a Volatile Democracy. Paper presented at TPRC the annual Telecommunication Policy Research Conference, Alexandria, Va. USA
3. Schejter, A. & A. Cohen (1999, December) The Wonder-Phone in the Holy
Land: Contact, Chatter and Chutzpah. Paper presented at "Perceptual contact: Mobile communication, private talk and public performance," Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. USA.
4. Schejter, A. (2000, June) Public Broadcasting, the Information Society
and the Internet. Paper accepted to the Banff Television Festival, Banff, Canada. (did not participate)
5. Schejter, A. (2000, July) "Like All the Nations?": Encountering the emergence
of translated international channels on Israeli digital multi-channel platforms. Presented at the annual conference of the International Telecommunication Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
6. Schejter, A. (2000, September) Public Service Internet? Public Service Broadcasting and the Internet: An Int'l Comparative Study. Presented at TPRC the annual Telecommunication Policy research Conference, Alexandria, Va. USA
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7. Cohen, A., D. Lemish & A. Schejter (2001, May) The Mobile Phone and the End of Privacy, Guilt, and Shame. Presented (by D. Lemish & A. Cohen) at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C. USA
8. Schejter, A. & K. Bornshten (2003, March) 3G Where Art Thou? On what can
and can't be learnt yet from the 3G spectrum allotment process, 1999-2002. Presented (by K. Bornshten) at the annual conference of the Euro Communication Policy Research, Barcelona, Spain.
9. Schejter, A. (2004, April) Musing about commercial success, national
character and regulation of the cellular phone market in Israel. Presentation in a jointly submitted panel with Professor Akiba Cohen and Professor Dafna Lemish at the annual conference of the Israel Communication Association, Netanya Israel.
10. Schejter, A. (2004, October) On regulatory measures and national character: What has affected the proliferation of cellular phone in Israel. Paper presented at “Mobile Communication and Social Change” Seoul, South Korea
11. Schejter, A. (2005, May) The Internet and the telephone: Can two walk
together, except they be agreed. Presentation at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, as part of a panel on The Regulatory Challenges of Converging Communications Technologies and Markets: Perspectives from Asia, Europe and America with the participation of professors Yu-Li Liu, Carlene Maitland, Peter Humphreys and Seamus Simpson) New York, NY. USA
12. Schejter, A. (2006, February) The match and the pillar of fire: The Israeli
Supreme Court, broadcasting law and the Zionist narrative. Presented at "ImaginNATION: The Cultural Praxis of Zionism", a conference held at Arizona State University in Tempe, Az. USA
13. Schejter, A. J. Kittler, M. Lim & A. Douai (2006, September) Integration,
Segregation or Self-Segregation: A Conceptual Model for Comparative Analysis and Normative Assessment of Minority Media Rights. Presented at the 6th annual “Global Fusion” conference in Chicago, Il. USA
14. Schejter, A. (2006, November) “The Pillar of Fire by Night, to Shew Them Light:” Israeli Broadcasting, the Supreme Court, and the Zionist Narrative. Presented at the 92nd Annual Convention of the National Communication Association in San Antonio, Tx. USA
15. Schejter, A. (2007, January) Broadband Penetration, Competition in
Telecommunication Markets and the European Union: Lessons to be Learned for Universal Service Reform in the U.S? Presented at the Social Science Research Council Media Policy Research Pre-conference to the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tn. USA
16. Schejter A., A. Douai, M. Lim & J. Kittler (2007, April) The Multi-Step Flow
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Model Of Propaganda And Its Effect On The Portrayal Of Hostilities Between Nation-States And Non-State Organizations Over Traditional Print Media: A Comparative Analysis. Presented (by M. Lim) at the Media, War and Conflict Launch Conference at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wi. USA
17. Schejter, A. & Yemini, M. (2007, June) To see or not to see: Israeli election
laws, freedom of expression, and the need for speech transparency. Presented at the WAPOR Regional Seminar, Jerusalem-Haifa, Israel
18. Schejter, A. (2007, June) ‘The Stranger that Dwelleth With You Shall Be Unto
You as One Born Among You ‘ - Israeli Media Law and The Cultural Rights of the Palestinian Israeli Minority. Presented at the annual conference of the Association for Israel Studies at the Open University, Ra’anana, Israel
19. Schejter, A., & Yemini, M. (2007, August) “Justice, and only justice, you shall
pursue:” Network neutrality, the First Amendment and John Rawls’ Theory of Justice. Presented at the Law and Policy Division at the 90th Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Washington, D.C. USA
20. Schejter, A. (2007, September) “From all my teachers I have grown wise, and from my students more than anyone else:” What Lessons can the U.S. learn from Broadband Policies in Europe? Presented at the 35th TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arlington, Va. USA
21. Schejter, A. (2007, September) “They have mouths, but they speak not” – The
regulation of broadcasting during election times: a comparative study and a democracy-enabling theoretical framework. Presented at the 7th annual “Global Fusion” conference, St. Louis, Mo. USA
22. Schejter, A. (October, 2007) “Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue:”
freedom of expression in the age of abundance and the practical application of John Rawls’ theory of justice. Presented at “Enclosure, Emancipatory Communication and the Global City,” an international conference of the Union for Democratic Communications, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
23. Schejter, A. & Obar, J. (2007, October) Conflict of Public Interest: An
analysis of the recent FCC hearings on media consolidation and the local media's coverage. Presented (by J. Obar) at “Convergence and Society: Media Ownership, Control, and Consolidation” a conference held at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. USA
24. Schejter, A. (November, 2007) ‘The Stranger that Dwelleth With You Shall
Be Unto You as One Born Among You’ - Israeli Media Law and The Cultural Rights of the Palestinian Israeli Minority. Accepted to the International and Intercultural Division of the 2007 National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Il. USA (not presented).
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25. Schejter, A. & Elavsky, C.M. (April, 2008) “A song for David”: The Role of Israeli law in the advancement of Israeli music. Presented at “Hearing Israel: Music, Culture and History at 60,” a conference held at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. USA
26. Maltz, J. & Schejter, A. (April, 2008). “To them I will give in My house and
within My walls a memorial”: Israeli public memory and the legacy of non-Jewish saviors. Presented at “Memorialization, Community, and Justice,” a conference held at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. USA
27. Bird, B., Baukus, M., Elavsky, C.M., Hagopian, K., Haigh, M., Parsons, P. &
Schejter, A. (May, 2008). “Public scholarship at Penn State: A multidimensional program of education, scholarship and civic engagement.” Presented at “Bridging Scholar/Activist Divides in the Field of Communications,” an ICA Half-Day Pre-Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
28. Cohen, A. & Schejter, A. (May, 2008). Big Talkers: Six Decades of Israelis on
the Phone. Presented (by A. Cohen) at the annual conference of the Association for Israel Studies, New York, NY. USA
29. Schejter, A. (June, 2008). “Public Scholarship and the Land Grant University:
a Case Study and an Ongoing Quest for Answers.” Accepted to “Beyond the Academy: Engaging Public Life,” George Mason University, Arlington, Va. USA (not presented)
30. Schejter, A. & Obar, J. (June, 2008). “Tell it not in Harrisburg, publish it not
in the streets of Tampa: Framing, media ownership, and the public interest.” presented (by J.Obar) at “Academic Research for Media Reform: A Symposium for Scholars,” Minneapolis, Mn. USA
31. Schejter, A. & Obar, J. (August, 2008). “Tell it not in Harrisburg, publish it
not in the streets of Tampa: Framing, media ownership, and the public interest.” presented (by J.Obar) at the 91st Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Chicago, Il. USA (Top Faculty Paper, Radio Television Journalism Division)
32. Schejter, A. (August, 2008). “"Learn to imitate the ways of the nations:"
International benchmarks for universal broadband policy.” A contribution to a competitively selected panel presentation on “Universal Broadband and Competitiveness in the Information Economy,” organized by professor Krishna Jayakar. Presented at the 91st Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Chicago, Il. USA
33. Obar, J. & Schejter, A. (August, 2008). “Inclusion or illusion? An analysis of
the FCC’s public hearings on media ownership 2006-2007.” Presented in a scholar-to-scholar poster session at the 91st Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Chicago, Il. USA
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34. Schejter, A. (September, 2008) Moderator and organizer of “The Future of
Communication Policy in the New Presidential Administration” a panel reviewing the mid- and long-term recommendations for a comprehensive U.S. communication policy agenda to be presented to the new administration by a working group of 16 U.S. scholars under the auspices of the IIP at Penn State. Presented at the 36th TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arlington, Va. USA
35. Schejter, A. & Elavsky, C.M. (May, 2009) “…and the children of Israel sang
this song”: The Role of Israeli law and policy in the advancement of Israeli music. Presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Il. USA (Top three paper, Law and Policy Division)
36. Schejter, A. (May, 2009) “International Benchmarks: The Crisis in U.S.
Communications Policy Through a Comparative Lens” Presented in "...and communications for all:" A Policy Agenda for the New Administration. A panel with the participation of W. McChesney, K. Montgomery, P. Napoli, S. Strover and E. Wilson. Presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Il. USA
37. Schejter, A. & Yemini, M. (May, 2009) “Eyes have they, but they see not”:
Israeli election laws, freedom of expression, and the need for speech transparency. Presented in a scholar-to-scholar poster presentation at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Il. USA
38. Connolly-Ahern, C., Schejter, A., Obar, J., & Martinez-Carrillo, N.
(September, 2009) ”A Slice of the Pie: Examining the State of the Low Power FM Radio Service in 2009.” Presented at the 37th TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arlington, Va. USA
39. Schejter, A. (September, 2009) “Rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers
of fifties, and rulers of tens”*: Does Democracy Count? Presented at “Beyond Broadband Access: Data-Based Information Policy For a New Administration.” An experts workshop held at the New America Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
40. Schejter, A. (October, 2009) "Communication training and civic engagement:
Theoretical challenges and practical solutions." Presented at V NCA-FELAFACS Communication Conference of the Americas (FELAFACS XIII Latin American Social Communication Schools Conferences), Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, Cuba
41. Cohen, A., Schejter, A. & Drang, F. (October, 2009) “"The people have fled from the battle”(or have they?): Mobile phone use on the Israeli home front during the Second Lebanon war (2006) and operation “Cast Lead” (2009).” Presented at “Mobile communication and social policy,” an international
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conference, Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ, USA
42. Schejter, A. & Yemini, M. (March, 2010) “Media concentration in Israel.”
Presented at the international conference on media concentration, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
43. Cohen, A., & Schejter, A. (June, 2010) “Mobile phone use on the Israeli home front during 2006 Lebanon war and 2009 Gaza conflict” Presented (by A. Cohen) at the 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Singapore
44. Jayakar, K., Taylor, R., & Schejter, A. (August, 2010) “Modeling access charge reform: Achieving parity between interstate and intrastate long-distance telephony.” Presented (By K. Jayakar) at the 94th Annual AEJMC Conference, Denver, CO.
45. Schejter, A. & Obar, J. (October, 2010) ““Media Ownership in a Comparative Perspective: When Normative Theory Matters.” Accepted for presentation at “ECREA 2010,” the 3rd European Communication Conference, Hamburg, Germany
46. Schejter, A. & Yemini, M. (October, 2010) “Media concentration in Israel.” Presented at a panel on “International Media Concentration” at the 38th TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arlington, Va. USA
47. Taylor, R., Jayakar, K. & Schejter, A. (October, 2010) “Access Stimulation”: Subsidizing Rural Customers with Porn, or Saving Rural Service? Presented (by R. Taylor) at the 38th TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arlington, Va. USA
48. Schejter, A. & Yemini, M. (January, 2011) “Media concentration in Israel – Part II.” Presented at the international conference on media concentration, Universite Paris Dauphine, Paris, France
49. Davidson, R, & Schejter, A. (May, 2011). "Neoliberal and Multicultural Discourses in the Development of Israeli DTT Policy." Presented (by R. Davidson) at the 61st annual conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.
50. Schejter, A. & Obar, J. (May, 2011). "Comparing Media Ownership Regimes: The Fine Contours That Differentiate Among the American, British and Canadian Media Systems." Presented (by J. Obar) at the 61st annual conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.
51. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (October, 2011). “Social media new and old in the Al ‘Arakeeb conflict: A case study. Presented at the 10th annual Global Fusion conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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52. Schejter, A. (November, 2011). “Woodcutters and water carriers*”: The role of media and telecommunications in the life of migrant workers and political asylum seekers in Israel. Presented at “Integration and Immigrants' Participation – an International conference.” Reykjavik, Iceland.
53. Schejter, A. (November, 2011). “National identity formation as a cultural
policy: Can ethnic particularity and democracy co-exist?” Presented at the annual conference organized by “Cultural Trends,” London, UK.
54. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (November, 2011). “Social media new and old in the Al ‘Arakeeb conflict: A case study.” Presented at the Royal Irish Academy Conference for International Affairs 2011, Dublin, Ireland
55. Schejter, A. & Yemini, M. (April, 2012). “Media concentration in Israel 1984-2008.” Presented at the 16th annual conference of the Israel Communication Association, Tel Aviv, Israel
56. Schejter, A. & Losey, J. (May, 2012). “Understanding the democratic capacity of networked communications.” Presented (by J. Losey) at Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. The 4th ICTs and Society Conference. Uppsala University, Sweden
57. Schejter, A. (June, 2012) “Woodcutters and water carriers”: The role of media and telecommunications in the life of migrant workers and political asylum seekers in Israel. Presented at the annual Association for Israel Studies conference, Haifa, Israel
58. Schejter, A. (July, 2012) The role of media and telecommunications in the life of teachers in Bedouin schools in Israel. Presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Durban, South Africa
59. Schejter, A. & Yemini, M. (July, 2012) “a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them”: media and telecommunications ownership trends in Israel 1984-2008. Presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Durban, South Africa
60. Schejter, A. (July, 2012) “Woodcutters and water carriers”: The role of media and telecommunications in the life of migrant workers and political asylum seekers in Israel. Presented at the 6th annual Global Communication Association conference, Lusaka, Zambia
61. Schejter, A. & Nonnecke, B. (September, 2012) "If you build it – will they come?” Understanding the information needs of users of BTOP funded broadband Internet public computer centers. Presented at the 40th TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arlington, Va. USA
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62. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (June, 2013) “What is wrong cannot be made right”? Why has media reform been sidelined in the debate over social justice in Israel. Presented at “Strategies for Media Reform – An international workshop.” A preconference of the 63rd annual conference of the International Communication Association, held at Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
63. Schejter, A. (July, 2013). New Media; old politics: On the inability to form a single regulator in the Israeli media and telecommunications environment. Presented at the conference on ‘Media Policy and Regulation: Activating Voices, Illuminating Silences,’ University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
64. Tirosh, N. & Schejter, A. (November, 2013). “The reason I can [still] find hope is that I keep this one thing in mind:” The role of collective memory building in ICT supported democratization. Presented (jointly) at “New Media and Participation” A conference supported by the COST Action IS0906, ‘Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies’ and organised by the Faculty of Communications, Bahcesehir University, Galata / Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
65. Tirosh, N. & Schejter, A. (April, 2014). Collective memory, new media, and the refugee experience. Presented (jointly) at “In the Frame? Public and Political Discourses of Migration” a conference organized by the Power, Discourse and Society Research Cluster, University of Limerick, Ireland
66. Schejter, A. & Tirosh N. (September, 2014). Social justice as an organizing
principle for contemporary media policy. Presented at TPRC 42, The Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy. Arlington, VA, USA
67. Schejter, A. & Nonnecke, B. (September, 2014). BTOP and Bottom-Up Insights for Closing the Digital Divide. A panel presentation at TPRC 42, The Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy. Arlington, VA, USA
68. Tirosh, N. & Schejter, A. (September, 2014), New media and the right to memory in multicultural societies. Presented (by N. Tirosh) at the “Digital Memories” Working Group Meeting of the COST network “In Search of Transcultural Memory in Europe.” Budapest, Central European University
69. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (November, 2014). Much discourse about democracy: Contemporary media policy in the age of abundance, mobility, interactivity and convergence. Presented at “Changing Media – Changing Democracy? Exploring the Democratic Potential of Social Media,” the 20th Anniversary Conference of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences Along with the 4th Research Conference of the Austrian Research Association - Working Group on the Future of Democracy & the 2014 Workshop of the Network “Media Structures.” Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences
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70. Schejter, A., Ben-Harush, O., Tirosh, N., Mola, S., Mendels, J., & Shacham, M. (January, 2015). Introducing a Needs-Based Approach to Digital Policy. Presented at the annual conference of the Media, Communications, and Cultural Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Newcastle, UK
71. Tirosh, N. & Schejter, A. (May, 2015). I-Nakba and the Right to Memory:
Remembering the Unremembered Through New Media. An interactive paper presentation presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association “Communication Across the Life Span,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
72. Tirosh. N. & Schejter, A. (May, 2015). Identity Construction Across the
Lifespan: Realizing the Right to Memory in Communication Law and Policy. Presented in a CLAP Division Conference Theme Session at the 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association “Communication Across the Life Span,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
73. Schejter, A., Ben-Harush, O., Tirosh, N., Mola, S., Mendels, J., Shaham, M.,
Abu-Kaf, G., (May, 2015). “…Be Openhanded Toward Your Fellow Israelites Who Are Poor and Needy in Your Land”: A Need-Based Approach to Digital Divide Policy Across the Life Span. Presented in “The Digital Divide: Worldwide Challenges for Communication Across the Life Span in the Digital Age,” a Conference Theme Session at the 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association “Communication Across the Life Span,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
74. Schejter, A., Ben Harush, O., & Tirosh, N. (July, 2015). The Effect of the
Transformation in Digital Media on the Digital Divide. Presented at the 10th Global Communication Association Conference, Berlin
75. Schejter, A., Ben Harush, O., & Tirosh, N. (September, 2015). The Persisting
Digital Divide in Israel. Presented at TPRC 43, The Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy. Arlington, VA, USA
76. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (November, 2015). A view from within on the
dynamics of OTT regulation in Israel. Presented at the 2015 Workshop of the ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section Communication & Media Policy in Europe: Policy Challenges in the Austerity & Surveillance Environment, Ljubljana
77. Tirosh, N. & Schejter, A. (November, 2015). "Media use and memory
building among African refugees in Israel." Presented at the 101st annual convention of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV
78. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (July, 2016). The right to remember and to forget as
a communication right to memory: individual and collective concerns. Presented at “Communication: Right or Duty,” an IAMCR pre-conference hosted by the the IAMCR Law Section and the International Forum for the Development of Communication Law and Ethics (FIEDI), University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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79. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (November, 2016). Introducing Rawlsian and Senian
distributive justice philosophies to new media policy. Presented at “Cleaning the House: Testing critical concepts on communication and society” an ECREA 2016 preconference, Prague
80. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (November, 2016). Imagining the Internet: The use
of metaphors, images and similes in the argumentation over the future of online audiovisual services. Presented at the 6th European Communication Conference (ECREA 2016), Prague
81. Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (January, 2017). Social media and social justice.
Presented at the MeCSSA Annual Conference, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
82. Tirosh, N. & Schejter, A. (May, 2017). A right to memory as an individual and
collective right. Presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association. San Diego, USA
83. Abu-Kaf, G., Schejter, A. & Abu Jaffar, M. (July, 2017). Mobile
communications among the Bedouin in Israel: an empirical demonstration of deliberate discrimination. Presented at IAMCR 2017, Cartagena, Colombia.
84. Mendels, J. & Schejter, A. (July, 2017). Digital role-playing games,
capabilities, and the redistribution of power: Integrating Boal, Freire and Sen. To be presented at IAMCR 2017, Cartagena, Colombia.
85. Abu-Kaf, G., Schejter, A. & Abu Jaffar, M. (September, 2017). The Bedouin
Divide. Presented at TPRC 45 The Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy. Arlington, VA, USA
86. Schejter, A. (September, 2017). “Israel Today”: The assault on freedom of the
media and cultural expression in Israel. Presented at the 2017 Workshop of the ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section, Norwich, UK
87. Schejter, A. (October, 2017). Digital transition and audiovisual quality
content: Challenges, dynamics and solutions. Presented at The International Conference on Futures of Media. Colombo, Sri Lanka
88. Schejter A. (May, 2018). Human Rights as a Mechanism for the Realization of Capabilities: The Case of the Right to Communicate. Presented at “Applying the Capabilities Approach to Media and Communication.” An ICA 2018 Preconference sponsored by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State and the Journal of Information Policy, Prague
89. Schwartz, M. & Schejter, A. (June, 2018). The Public Interest Standard in Israeli Commercial Broadcasting Law. Presented at the IAMCR 2018 conference in Eugene, OR.
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90. Schejter, A. (June, 2018). The Media Regulation Paradox at 70: Recent Changes in Israeli Communication Law. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Association for Israel Studies, Berkeley, CA.
91. Schejter, A. (September, 2018). Addressing the Right to Communicate as a Capability. Presented at TPRC 46 The Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy. Washington, DC, USA
92. Han, S., & Schejter, A. (September, 2018) Keep Calm and Fight on: A Comparative Study of Network Neutrality in the United States, South Korea and Israel. Presented (by S. Han) at TPRC 46 The Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy. Washington, DC, USA
(c) Invited Presentations at Universities and Institutions
1. Schejter, A. (December, 2005) “A culture of transparency or a culture of deceit: a comparison of international product placement regulation policies and what it reveals about the underlying assumptions of media regulators.” Ben Gurion University, Burda Center for Innovative Communications, Beer Sheva, Israel
2. Schejter, A. (December, 2005) “The people shall dwell alone: The effect of
transborder broadcasting on freedom of information in Israel” Tel Aviv University, Department of Communications, Tel Aviv Israel
3. Schejter, A. (December, 2005) “A culture of transparency or a culture of deceit: a comparison of international product placement regulation policies and what it reveals about the underlying assumptions of media regulators.” Jezreel Valley Academic College, Department of Communications, Jezreel Valley, Israel
4. Schejter, A. (April, 2008). ‘The Stranger that Dwelleth With You Shall Be Unto You as One Born Among You ‘ - Israeli Media Law and The Cultural Rights of the Palestinian Israeli Minority. University of Virginia, Department of Media Studies, Charlottesville, VA.
5. Schejter, A. (March, 2011) “The Jewish People rose in the Land of Israel;
Have the Israeli People risen in the State of Israel? Mythic elements in Israeli cultural legislation. Tel Aviv University, Department of Communications, Tel Aviv, Israel
6. Schejter A. (November, 2013). “Social media and social justice”. The
outstanding student forum at Sapir Academic College, Sderot, Israel
7. Schejter, A. (April, 2014) “Social media and social justice.” Department of sociology, political science and communications at the Open University, Ra’anana, Israel
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8. Schejter, A. (February, 2016). Keynote speaker at the University of Southern California Anneberg School of Communication and Journalism’s Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg and Third Space Initiative program on “The Media Impact on Social Justice in the Middle East and Israel.”
9. Schejter, A. (March, 2016). Social media and social justice in Israel: Sounding
the voice of the marginalized. University of California, Berkeley Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).
10. Schejter, A. (October, 2016). Media and justice: A new framework. University
of Fribourg, Department of Media and Communication, Switzerland.
11. Schejter A. (November, 2016). Keynote speaker at the Jezreel Valley Academic College event on “Where do we go from here? Regulatory changes in the Israeli media”.
12. Schejter, A. (December, 2016). Respondent to presentation by Prof. Yochai
Benkler in an event on “Degress of Freedom: Power and Freedom in the Digital Age.” The Cyber Forum of the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa.
13. Schejter, A. (December, 2016). Social media and social justice: A new
framework. Tel Aviv University, Department of Communications, Tel Aviv, Israel
14. Schejter, A. (January, 2017). Justice as a framework for analyzing the role of
new media in Israeli social movements. Presented in “The Public Sphere” – a joint workshop of Ben-Gurion University and the University of Salamanca, Ben-Gurion College, Sede Boker
15. Schejter, A. (October, 2017). Media and justice: A new framework. Lasell
College, Boston, MA
16. Schejter, A. (October, 2017). Media and justice: A new framework. Boston College, Boston, MA.
17. Schejter, A. (October, 2017). Media and justice: A new framework.
“Mediating Care and Justice” lecture series, hosted by the communication department, the journalism department and the school of public policy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• Grants 2005-6 Granting institution: Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Communications Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI, Mary Beth Oliver CO-PI, Matt McAllister CO-PI,
and John Christman CO-PI Subject: "The Ethical Aspects of Product Placement." Annual amount: $10,000 Total amount: $10,000
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Comments: “Arthur W. Page Scholar” 2006-7 Granting institution: Penn State University, President Grant for Research Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: Media and election laws Annual amount: $500 Total amount: $500
2006-7 Granting institution: Second Authority for Radio and Television (Jerusalem, Israel) Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI, Moran Yemini CO-PI Subject: Media and election laws Annual amount: $4,000 Total amount: $4,000 Comments: Zevulun Hammer Memorial Scholarship
2007-8 Granting institution: Media Democracy Fund Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: Future of American Communication Working Group Annual amount: $110,000 Total amount: $110,000
2008-9 Granting institution: Social Science Research Council Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: Low Power FM and Localism Annual amount: $7,500 Total amount: $7,500
2009 Granting institution: AT&T Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI, Richard Taylor CO-PI, Krishna Jayakar CO-PI Subject: Reforming Intrastate Access Charges Annual amount: $57,500 Total amount: $57,500
2010-12 Granting institution: Ford Foundation Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: “Making Policy Research Accessible” Annual amount: $150,000 Total amount: $300,000
2010 Granting institution: Media Democracy Fund Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI, Krishna Jayakar CO-PI Subject: Small Businesses and Broadband Annual amount: $20,000
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Total amount: $20,000 2012-14 Granting institution: Ford Foundation + Media Democracy Fund Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: Continued support for “Making Policy Research Accessible” Annual amount: Ford: $30,000; MDF: $10,000 Total amount: Ford: $60,000; MDF: $20,000
2012-13 Granting institution: Council for Higher Education (Israel) (“MALAG”) Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: “Communications for all: an activism promoting graduate
course” Annual amount: $10,000 Total amount: $10,000
2013-18 Granting institution: Israel Science Foundation + Committee for Budgeting and
Planning Israeli Centers of Research Excellence (ICORE) Project
Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI, Yael Kali (University of Haifa)PI, Dani Ben-Zvi (University of Haifa)PI, Sheizaf Rafaeli (University of Haifa)
PI, Tamar Weiss (University of Haifa) PI, Niva Elkin-Koren (University of Haifa) PI, Sarit Barzilai (University of Haifa) PI, Oren Golan (University of Haifa) PI, Ayelet Baram-Tzabari (Technion) PI, Nelly Elias (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
PI, Iris Tabak (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) PI, Oren Zuckerman (IDC) PI
Subject: “Learning in a NetworKed Society (LINKS)” Annual amount: $160,000 (total grant: $2,000,000) Total amount: $800,000 (total grant: $10,000,000)
2013 Granting institution: Penn State Center – Engaging Pittsburgh Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: “Building Digital Bridges” Annual amount: $5,000 Total amount: $5,000
2013-17 Granting institution: European Union - Marie Curie Career Integration Grant Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: “Building Digital Bridges” Annual amount: $30,000 Total amount: $120,000
2013-14 Granting institution: Council for Higher Education (Israel) (“MALAG”) Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: “Communications for all: an activism promoting graduate
course” Annual amount: $8,000
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Total amount: $8,000 2014-15 Granting institution: Council for Higher Education (Israel) (“MALAG”) Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: “Communications for all: an activism promoting graduate
course” Annual amount: $8,000 Total amount: $8,000
2015 Granting institution: Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Communications Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI, Noam TiroshS Subject: “Media use and memory building among African Refugees in
Israel” Annual amount: $8,000 Total amount: $8,000
2016-17 Granting institution: Council for Higher Education (Israel) (“MALAG”) Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI Subject: “Communications for all: an activism promoting graduate
course” Annual amount: $8,000 Total amount: $8,000
2017 Granting institution: Ministry of Science, Technology and Space Names of grantees: Amit Schejter PI, Avi Marciano PI, Rivka Neriya Ben Shahar PI Subject: “The Capabilities Divide” Annual amount: Total amount:
$56,000 $56,000
Granting institution:
Sol Leshin Program for Collaboration Between Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and University of California at Los Angeles
Names of grantees: Noam TiroshPI, Neil Weinstock NetanelPI, Amit SchejterPI
Subject: “Kafka’s Nightmare: Between Memory, Rights and Memory Rights”
Annual amount: $3,000 Total amount: $3,000
2018 Granting institution: Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University Names of grantees: Noam TiroshPI, Amit SchejterPI
Subject: “The Right to Memory as a Human Right” Annual amount: NIS 10,000 Total amount: NIS 10,000