This book aims to unravel a paradox: how can a society communicate awe? How can an
event that is so markedly positioned at the limits of human experience (Friedlander, 1992a …

This study explores the ways in which commercial media perceive and manifest their public
mnemonic role. It does so via an exploration of the “memory menu”—the contents and flow …

Israeli television, currently celebrating fifty years of broadcasting, has become one of the
most important content sources on the international TV drama market, when serials such as …

This study compares policy history and the development of cable television in South Korea
and Israel. Tracking the evolution of cable policy in each country, it assesses effects on the …

Hasbara (explaining), the Israeli variant of public diplomacy, is the subject of endless
domestic debate. Israel in the 1960s and 1970s saw many changes in its political and …

Leading up to Israel's eighth decade, its media environment is rich and dynamic; however,
the framework in which these media operate has not been as liberal as the large number of …

Recent research has emphasized the role of regulatory measures in the adoption of new
technologies, specifically mobile telephony. This study describes in detail the three phases …

The description of Israel as an “overburdened polity” was coined by Dan Horowitz and
Moshe Lissak in their seminal book Trouble in Utopia (1989). More than 30 years after the …

This study critiques and analyses the meaning and design of the term “public interest” as it
has been constructed in commercial television policy in Israel. Its main thesis is that the term …

The media and communication rights of Palestinians in Israel are designed to deny them of
collective cultural rights, specifically the right to express their identity through the mass …