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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Smart Family Institute of Communication מכון לוי אשכול לחקר החברה, הכלכלה והמדיניות בישראל The Levi Eshkol Institute For Social, Economic and Political
Department of Communication and Journalism Department of Political Science
Political Communication in Israel and in the International Arena Conference in honor of Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld, upon his retirement Conference Chairs: Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Prof. Ifat Maoz, and Dr. Eli Avraham
Wednesday, January 4th 2012, Beit Maeirsdorf, Room 405, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus Campus
click the links to listen 9:15-9:45- Gathering (light refreshments) 9:45-10:15- Greetings: Prof. Avner De-Shalit, Dean, Faculty of Social Science Prof. Mario Sznajder, Chair, Department of Political Science Prof. Menahem Blondheim, Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism Prof. Ifat Maoz, Director, Smart Institute and Conference Chair Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Head, Political Communication MA program and Conference Chair Dr. Eli Avraham, Conference Chair
10:15-11:45- Political Communication and political and cultural processes in Israel Chair: Professor Mario Sznajder, Hebrew University Participants: Dr. Eitan Alimi, Hebrew University - Struggling to remain relevant: On the theoretical and methodological advantages of movement-based media analysis for explaining engagement in political violence. Dr. Paul Frosh, Hebrew University - Carnage and resilience: Israeli television coverage of Palestinian suicide bombings. Dr. Zohar Kampf & Prof Tamar Liebes, Hebrew University - Personalizing war: why new actors enter the media by the front-door? Ms. Meital Balmas, Hebrew University- Leaders first, countries after: Political personalization in the international media arena. Respondent: Prof. Elihu Katz, Hebrew University 11:45-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:30- Political Communication, conflict and peace Chair: Dr. Esther Schely-Neuman, Hebrew University Participants: Prof. Yariv Tsfati & Adi Chotiner, Haifa University - Why does partisan selective exposure promote political polarization? Exploring climate of opinion perceptions as a possible mediating mechanism. Dr. Eli Avraham, Haifa University - Battling stereotypes of terror and wars: Media strategies for image restoration of Middle Eastern countries. Dr. Elad Segev, Tel-Aviv University & Prof. Menahem Blondheim, Hebrew University- Why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict conquers global headlines: A chapter in journalistic geosophy. Respondents: Prof. Joshua Meyrowitz, University of New Hampshire, Prof. Jacob Shamir, Hebrew University
13:30-14:15 Break
14:15-16:00 -Keynote Panel I: Political Communication in Israel and in the international arena- New models and research directions Chair: Prof. Scott Althaus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Participants: Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Hebrew University - Political communication in comparative perspective Prof. Ifat Maoz, Hebrew University- "The face of the enemy"- Visual cues, news framing and support for peace in intractable conflict: an experimental approach. Prof. Scott Althaus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Do “we” have a stake in this war? A worldwide test of Huntington’s clash of civilizations hypothesis using open-source intelligence. Respondent: Prof. Gabriel Weimann, Haifa University
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-18:15- Keynote Panel II: Political Communication: The state of the art and new models Chair: Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Hebrew University Participants: Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld, Hebrew University - The Politics-Media-Politics Principle: What works and what still needs work. Prof. Robert Entman, George Washington University - Media, inequality and incivility in the US and Israel. Respondent: Prof. Scott Althaus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 18:30 Evening Reception, Remarks in Honor of Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld
Recoding and web production by Mt. Scopus Radio Multimedia - Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld's dream come true
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