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Our Team
Lab Director
Yossi David
Dr. Yossi David is a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on the effect of social bias (Beliefs, Ideologies, Affect, and Stereotypes) on public opinion and social behavior.
Post-Doctoral fellows
Tair Tager-Shafrir
Dr. Tair Tager-Shafrir is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Her research focuses on the effects of gendered language on gender inequality, cognitive gender bias, sexist attitudes, and stereotypes.
PhD students
Amir Koren
Amir Koren is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. His doctoral research focuses on the effects of discrete emotions on political behavior and attitudes.
M.A. Students
Bar Yogev
Bar Yogev is an M.A. student in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Her master's research focuses on understanding the role of integrations with social robots in reducing depression and loneliness.
Shai Abarbanel
Shai Abarbanel is a Master's (M.A.) student in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Her master's research focuses on the intersection of religion and sexuality in popular music video clips.
Stav Naftali
Stav Naftali is an M.A. student in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Her master's research focuses on the perceptions, feelings, and experiences of students regarding the use of Large Language Model (LLM) in academic studies.
Lab Manager
Shani Blustein
Shani Blustein is an M.A. student in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel. She is currently serving as a lab manager. Her research interests include television, culture, gender, and media use.
B.A. Students
Naama Cohen
Ram Mordechai
Tomer Torz
Niv Sade
Tal Afek
Ofir Ken Li
Sapir Avraham
Former members
Post-Doctoral fellows
Baruch Shomron (2021-2023)
Prof. Dr. Baruch Shomron is the Israel Professor in Communication Science at the Department of Communication at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. His research focuses on communication rights, media capabilities, media representations, the digital divide, and health communication, especially regarding marginalized populations.
Yael Bar-Tzedek (2022-2023)
Dr. Yael Bar-Tzedek is the head of the Gender Equity and Diversity Commission and lecturer at the Gender Studies Program at Bar Ilan University. Her research focuses on media representation and social norms regarding sexual and gender violence as well as feminist and queer social movements.
PhD students
Isabella Gonçalves (2020-2024)
Dr. Isabella Gonçalves is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Communication at Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) in Mainz, Germany, and a research associate at the Communication Science Research Group at JGU.
M.A. Students
2019-2020
Tabea Stock
B.A. Students
2021-2023
Ron Baslo
2019-2021
Shannon Srinidaran
2019-2021
Antonia Schulz
2019-2021
Matthis Pechtol
Lab Manager
2022-2023
2023-2024
Nitzan Michaeli
Mor Keleynikov
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