The Smart Family Institute of Communication          The Harry S. Truman Inatitute

The Department of Communication       Swiss Center for Conflict Research

The Many Faces of Public Opinion

Conference in honor of Prof. Yaacov Shamir, upon his retirement

Conference Chairs

Prof. Tamir Sheafer     Prof. Ifat Maoz

Wednesday, January 2nd 2013, Beit Maiersdorf, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 All proceedings will be English

 

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:Greetings  14:30-14:45

Prof. Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi, Dean, Faculty of Social Science

Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Vice Dean, Faculty of Social Science, Head, Political Communication MA Program and Conference Chair

Prof. Ifat Maoz, Director, Smart Institute, Swiss Center for Conflict Studies, and Conference Chair

16:00-14:45 -Keynote Panel

Chair: Prof. Paul Frosh, Hebrew University

Speaker: Prof. Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor, Vice-Provost for International Affairs, University of Michigan

Attitudes toward Islam’s Place in Political Life Before and After the Arab Spring: Findings from  the Arab Barometer Surveys

 :Respondent: Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld, Hebrew University (Emeritus) and the IDC

Prof. Moshe Maoz, Hebrew University

Q&A

17:45-16:15- Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Chair: Prof.  Menahem Blondheim, Hebrew University

Speakers: Prof. Khalil Shikaki, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research - Is Public Opinion an Impediment to Peace?

Prof. Galia Golan, Hebrew University (emerita) and the IDC – Public Opinion, Conflict Resolution and Israeli-Arab .Peace-making

 Prof. Ifat Maoz, Hebrew University - Threat, Dehumanization and Jewish-Israeli Support for Retaliatory Aggressive .State Policies against Palestinians

Respondent: Prof. Mark Tessler, University of Michigan

  Q&A  

18:15-19:30Public Opinion, Media, Politics and Elections

Chair:  Prof. Tamir Sheafer, Vice Dean, Faculty of Social Science, Head, Political Communication MA Program and Conference Chair

  :Speakers

Prof. Yariv Tsfati, Haifa University - Media Framing as a Potential Mediator between Partisan Selective Exposure and Political Polarization

Dr. Shira Dvir, Netanya Academic College and Prof. Yaacov Shamir, Hebrew University Testing our Quasi-Statistical Sense in Public Opinion Perception

Dr. Mina Zemach, Dahaf Institute – Things You Wanted to Know About the 2013 Election Polls. in Hebrew 

Prof. Elihu Katz, University of Pennsylvania and Hebrew University - Some Problems with the Presidential Debates 2012

Q&A

 

19:30- Evening Reception and Greetings

Chair: Prof. Tamir Sheafer

Speakers: Prof. Menahem Blondheim, Head, The Truman Institute

Prof. Khalil Shikaki, Director, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research

EU Project Manager, Annika Khano, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Dr. Tsfira Grebelsky, Ono Academic College

Prof. Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor, Vice-Provost for International Affairs, University of Michigan

Closing Words: Professor Yaacov Shamir, Hebrew University

 

 

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