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מארחים את ד"ר דמיטרי (דימה) אפשטיין לשיחה על המושג שנדמה שאנחנו פוגשים בכל פינה בשנים האחרונות: פרטיות. האם תאגיד עצום שפועל ואוסף מידע באמצעות אלגוריתם מכבד את זכותנו לפרטיות כפי שאנחנו מבינים אותה? איך, בעצם, אנחנו תופסים אינטואיטיבית את הזכות לפרטיות? או את עצם המושג פרטיות? בפרק נבין שלא כולם מדברים בהכרח על אותו דבר כשהם אומרים "פרטיות", ושתהליכי עומק חברתיים מורכבים משחקים תפקיד מכריע הן בנגישות לפרטיות הולמת והן בהגדרת גבולותיה של זכות לפרטיות. נשוחח על ההבדלים בין גישה "אנכית" לגישה "אופקית" לפרטיות, ונצפה קדימה למידת ההשפעה של מחקר ואקטיביזם אזרחי על שמירת הזכות לפרטיות בעתיד.  דימה הוא מרצה בכיר במחלקה לתקשורת ועיתונאות ובבית הספר למדיניות וממשל, וחבר סגל במרכז לחקר הסייבר. עד לפני כחודש דימה היה יושב ראש איגוד חוקרי ממשל אינטרנט, והוא אחד מן המקימים של רשת בינלאומית למחקר השוואתי של פרטיות. מגיש: יואל בוטביניק

עונה חדשה ושונה לפודקאסט של מכון סמארט: בעונה הזו נקיים דו שיח מעמיק עם חוקרים וחוקרות מהמחלקה לתקשורת ועיתונאות באוניברסיטה העברית על נושאים שעולים מתוך המחקר העכשווי שלהם. והפעם, מארחים את פרופ' ניקולס (ניק) ג'ון לשיחה על קשרים חברתיים בעידן הרשתות החברתיות, דווקא מזווית הסיום שלהם: כיצד פלטפורמות שונות מתמודדות עם הרצון שלנו לנתק קשר עם אדם אחר? מה שונה בניתוק קשר ווירטואלי מניתוק קשר "ממשי"? כמה שליטה יש לנו, בסופו של דבר, על ניהול הקשרים החברתיים שלנו? שאלות כאלו ואחרות על מצב החברתיות שלנו יובילו אותנו לנתח יחד את המושג "חברתיות סינתטית", אותו מפתח ניק בזמן האחרון. ניגע בדוגמאות שונות שממחישות את הצורך במונח שמשלב את אופי הקשרים החברתיים של הרשת ואלו של העולם האמיתי.  ניק הוא פרופסור חבר במחלקה לתקשורת ועיתונאות וחוקר אינטרנט ותרבות דיגיטלית. משמש סגן נשיא - ובקרוב נשיא - של איגוד חוקרי האינטרנט (AoIR). מגיש: יואל בוטביניק.

עונה חדשה ושונה לפודקאסט של מכון סמארט: בעונה הזו נקיים דו שיח מעמיק עם חוקרים וחוקרות מהמחלקה לתקשורת ועיתונאות באוניברסיטה העברית על נושאים שעולים מתוך המחקר העכשווי שלהם.  והפעם, מארחים את פרופ' עמית פינצ'בסקי לשיחה על הדים והדהודים, בעקבות ספרו החדש "אקו". ניגע בשלל הדוגמאות לנוכחות ההד סביבנו - החל ממורשת המיתוס היווני על אקו ונרקיסוס, דרך חדרי תהודה (אקו צ'יימברז) ברשתות החברתיות ועד דרכי התקשורת של עטלפים ודולפינים. ננתח את הרלוונטיות העמוקה שטמונה בהד כמדיום וכמושג לצורך הבנת הדרך  בה מתגבש סובייקט אנושי, ונפתח פתח לתפיסת ההד כביטוי לגישה מוסרית של מענה וזמינות לקריאתו של האחר.  עמית פינצ'בסקי הוא פרופסור מן המניין במחלקה לתקשורת ועיתנאות, ראש מכון סמארט וחוקר תיאוריה ופילוסופיה של תקשורת ומדיה.  מגיש: יואל בוטביניק

Aysha Egbaria is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her dissertation focuses on social media use and religious identity change. Specifically, she focus on the experience of Muslim Arab women who used social media while becoming more religious despite their close environment rejections.

Yonatan Fialkoff is a recent graduate of the doctoral program at the communication department of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His dissertation focuses on the social manifestations, cultural meanings and normative implications concerning the notion of "communication skills." In addition to his research in the field of communication, Yonatan is Head of Strategy in Zzapp Malaria.

Blake Hallinan researches how technologies such as ratings, reviews, engagement metrics, and recommendation systems shape cultural notions of value and worth. Blake is currently a postdoctoral research fellow with the DigitalValues project but will take on a new role in the department as a senior lecturer this fall.

Noa Shakargy is writing her doctoral dissertation on the meditation of literature in the digital age. Noa is also a poet and an editor, she recently published her book titled Internetica - the theory of poetry in the age of Internet, which  was published by the Bialik Institute. נועה שקרג'י משוררת, עורכת וחוקרת. כותבת דוקטורט במחלקה לתקשורת ועיתונאות באוניברסיטה העברית על המדיטיזציה של הספרות בעידן הדיגיטלי. לאחרונה ראה אור ספרה אינטרנטיקה - תורת השירה בעידן האינטרנט בהוצאת מוסד ביאליק.

Dr. Eedan Amit-Danhi studies the political usage of visualizations, graphs and information on social media by various actors. ד"ר עידן עמית-דנחי חוקרת את השימושים הפוליטיים של ויזואליזציות, גרפים ומידע של שחקנים שונים במדיה החברתית

Show notes: This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. * The articles mentioned in the episode: Boxman-Shabtai, L. (2020). Meaning multiplicity across communication subfields: Bridging the gaps. Journal of Communication, 70(3), 401-423. Boxman-Shabtai, L. (2018). Reframing the popular: A new approach to parody. Poetics, 67, 1-12. Boxman-Shabtai, L. (2019). The practice of parodying: YouTube as a hybrid field of cultural production. Media, Culture & Society, 41(1), 3-20. Boxman-Shabtai, L., & Shifman, L. (2014). Evasive targets: Deciphering polysemy in mediated humor. Journal of Communication, 64(5), 977-998. Nissenbaum, A., & Shifman, L. (2017). Internet memes as contested cultural capital: The case of 4chan’s/b/board. New Media & Society, 19(4), 483-501. Nissenbaum, A., & Shifman, L. (2018). Meme templates as expressive repertoires in a globalizing world: A cross-linguistic study. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 23(5), 294-310. Nissenbaum, A., & Shifman, L. (2020). Laughing alone, together: local user-generated satirical responses to a global event. Information, Communication & Society, 1-18. Credits: The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon. Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of the Smart Institute of communication, and to Eedan Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod. The transitional tune was composed and recorded by Amit Pinchevski. "The Ugly Baby" sketch that followed Lilly's discussion about the ugly baby dilemma was featured in BYUtv's sketch comedy show, Studio C: https://www.byutv.org/studioc#

Credits: The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon. Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of the Smart Institute of communication, and to Eedan Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod. The transitional tune was composed and recorded by Amit Pinchevski.

NEW EPISODE ALERT! This time we bring you a detective story told by Prof. Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt and Tali Aharoni. Listen to these smart ladies shed light on the dynamic of trust and the role of ritual in election projections, while demonstrating outstanding storytelling skills. Show notes: This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. Aharoni, T., Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K., Baden, C., & Overbeck, M. (2020). Dynamics of (dis) trust between the news media and their audience: The case of the April 2019 Israeli exit polls. Journalism, 1464884920978105: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1464884920978105 The PROFECI Team's website: http://profeci.net/ Credits: The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon. Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of the Smart Institute of communication, and to Eedan Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod. The transitional tune was composed and recorded by Amit Pinchevski. The detective tune that we play whenever Tali or Keren speak about suspects is called "Pinki Panthers" by Stella Under Umbrella.

In the 8th episode of The Smart Podcast, Prof. Tamir Sheafer and Dr. Eran Amsalem talk about social media, political success and the connection between those two important topics. In this conversation, they are questioning what comes first - is it political success that dictates the success in the social media, or the opposite? Credits This podcast was recorded at the Mount Scopus radio studios with the support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon; Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of The Smart Family Institute of Communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod

In this episode of The Smart Podcast, Dr. Ido Ramati & Hadar Levy-Landsberg talk about the connection of sound and media studies. Show notes: Hadar's master's thesis article about sound in the news: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6334 Levy, H., & Pinchevski, A. (2017). Resounding News: The Acoustic Conventions of Israeli Newscasts. International Journal of Communication, 11, 19. The article Hadar mentioned about the phatic function of sound interface: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444820944851 Levy-Landesberg, H. (2020). Listen up! Phatic thresholds and sound interface design. New Media & Society, 1461444820944851 Ido's article about the mechanical recording of oral Jewish tradition: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/717521 Credits: This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon; Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of the Smart Institute of communication, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod

In this episode of The Smart Podcast, Prof. Christian Baden & Olga Pasitselska talk about how people deal with disinformation - an especially important issue these days Show notes: The podcast mentions several studies, most of which are not yet published. However, some are. For people's tendency to "adjust" claims so they fit their prior beliefs, see: Baden, C., & David, Y. (2018). On Resonance: A study of culture-dependent reinterpretations of extremist violence in Israeli media discourse. Media, Culture & Society , 40 (4), 514-534. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443717734404 Regarding our tendency to reject sources, not arguments, see: Baden, C., & Stalpouskaya, K. (2020). Maintenance of news frames: How US, British and Russian news made sense of unfolding events in the Syrian chemical weapons crisis. Journalism Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1843066 While most of the discussed findings from Ukraine are not yet published, one study about populist narratives is already available: Pasitselska, O., & Baden, C. (2020). Who are ‘the people’? Uses of empty signifiers in propagandistic news discourse. The Journal of Language and Politics, 19(4), 666-690. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/jlp.19057.pas If you don't have access to these titles, you can contact the authors via researchgate.net: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Baden2, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olga_Pasitselska Credits: This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon; Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of the Smart Institute of communication, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod

In this episode, Prof. Zohar Kampf and Roni Danziger talk about a pragmatic definition of flattery, as phrased by Roni. The Article, which was discussed in the episode, is mentioned in the notes. Show notes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2020.09.027 Danziger, R. (2020). The pragmatics of flattery: The strategic use of solidarity-oriented actions. Journal of Pragmatics, 170, 413-425. Credits This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Ori Dror; Special thanks to Tzlil Sharon, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod

In this episode,  Prof. Paul Frosh and Prof. Amit Pinchevski discuss their ongoing collaboration on media witnessing, exploring its development so far and future directions. Show notes ‏Frosh, P. (2019). The Poetics of Digital Media. Cambridge: Polity Press. Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2009). Introduction: Why media witnessing? Why now? In: Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (eds) Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication. Hampshire, New York: Palgrave and McMillan, pp. 1-19. Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2014). Media witnessing and the ripeness of time. Cultural Studies 28(4): 594-610.‏ Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2018). Media and events after media events. Media, Culture & Society 40(1): 135-138.‏ Also check out Paul's and Amit's scholar pages on The Smart Family Institute of Communications Website, for more publications and current projects, or contact them directly: Prof. Paul Frosh | Prof. Amit Pinchevski / @AmitPinchevski Credits This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Ori Dror; Special thanks to Tzlil Sharon, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Unnamed" By Amit Pinchevski Episode's cover photo: freestockcenter - freepik.com

In this episode,  Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann and Lital Henig break down the issue of the famous Instagram sensation: Eva Stories, from various aspects of media studying. Show notes Eva Stories full episodes on YouTube A photo of the Eve Stories billboard ad The Anna Frank video diary on YouTube Ebbrecht, T. (2010). Migrating images: iconic images of the Holocaust and the representation of war in popular film. Shofar, 28(4), 86-103. ‏Frosh, P. (2019). The Poetics of Digital Media. Cambridge: Polity Press. Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2009). Introduction: Why media witnessing? Why now? In: Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (eds) Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication. Hampshire, New York: Palgrave and McMillan, pp. 1-19. Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2014). Media witnessing and the ripeness of time. Cultural Studies 28(4): 594-610.‏ Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2018). Media and events after media events. Media, Culture & Society 40(1): 135-138.‏ Nunes, M. (2017). Selfies, self-witnessing and the ‘out-of-place’ digital citizen. In: Kuntsman, A. (ed) Selfie Citizenship. Cham: Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, pp.109-117. Wieviorka, A. (2006). The Era of the Witness (Stark J, trans). Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press.‏ Reading, A. (2009). Mobile witnessing: Ethics and the camera phone in the ‘war on terror’. Globalizations, 6(1), 61-76.‏ Also check out Tobias's and Lital's scholar pages on The Smart Family Institute of Communications Website, for more publications and current projects, or contact them directly: Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann /@te_hartmann | Lital Henig / @Litalhenig Credits This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Ori Dror; Special thanks to Tzlil Sharon, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing.  Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod

In this episode,  Dr. Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Dr. Maya de Vries Kedem break down the issue of online political participation in various networked platforms, and in different contexts such as age, geographical and political context. Show notes On East Jerusalem Palestinians and their political participation - Like a bridge over troubled water: Using Facebook to mobilize solidarity among East Jerusalem Palestinians during the 2014 war in Gaza  Digital Contestation in Protracted Conflict: The Online Struggle over al-Aqsa Mosque On meso-newspaces and the Israeli WhatsApp group discussing politics - Sustained journalist–audience reciprocity in a meso new-space: The case of a journalistic WhatsApp group Friendship and politics don’t mix? The role of sociability for online political talk On youth political expression in the US context - Youth collective political expression on social media: The role of affordances and memetic dimensions for voicing political views By any media necessary: The new youth activism Also check out Neta's homepage at www.netakv.com and Maya's scholar page on The Smart Family Institute of Communications Website, for more publications and current projects, or contact them directly: Dr. Neta Kligler-Vilenchik: dvrmaya@gmail.com | @Netak Dr. Maya de Vries Kedem: neta.kv@mail.huji.ac.il | @dvrmaya Credits This podcast was recorded at the Mount Scopus radio studios with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon; Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of The Smart Family Institute of Communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod

In the very first episode of The Smart Podcast, Prof. Nicholas John and PhD student Tzlil Sharon talk about the rise of podcasting, the cultural ideals that go with this new medium, and how we learn to make sense of podcasts. Show notes Sharon, T., & John, N. A. (2019). Imagining An Ideal Podcast Listener. Popular Communication, 17(4), 333-347.  Listen to NPR's Invisibilia podcast Read more about NPR's 2016 Generation Listen initiative and Invisibilia listening event  Invisibilia Listening Party Kit  Invisibilia coloring book For more information about the participants' publications and current projects check out Nik's homepage at https://nicholasjohn.huji.ac.il/ and Tzlil's page on The Smart Family Institute of Communications Website, or contact them directly: Dr. Nicholas A. John: n.john@huji.ac.il | @NicholasAJohn Tzlil Sharon: tzlil.sharon@mail.huji.ac.il | @TzlilSharon Credits This podcast was recorded at the Mount Scopus radio studios with the support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon; Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of The Smart Family Institute of Communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod