September 2020
CURRICULUM VITAE
DAFNA LEMISH
Associate Dean for Programs Distinguished Professor School of Communication and Information Rutgers The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 [email protected]
Education 1982, Ph.D. Communication, Ohio State University 1977, M.A. Communication, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 1974, B.A. Geography and Education (Minor), Tel Aviv University, Israel
Military Service
1969-1971 Veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) at the rank of Sergeant
Academic Appointments July 2019- Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Programs School of Communication and Information Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
October 2016- Professor and Associate Dean for Programs June-2019 School of Communication and Information Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
2014-2016 Professor and Dean, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts Southern Illinois University, IL
2012-2014 Professor and Interim-Dean, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University, IL.
2010-2012 Professor and Chair, Department of Radio, Television, and Digital Media, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University, IL.
2008-2010 Visiting Scholar, The Center on Media and Child Health, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
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1995-2010 Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University, Israel. (1996 Senior Lecturer with tenure; 2002 Associate Professor; 2008 Full Professor)
2001-2006 Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Sep 2006 Visiting Scholar, Danish Research Center on Education and Advanced Media Materials, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
July-Sept 2004 Visiting Scholar, International Institute for Youth and Educational TV (IZI), Munich, Germany.
1990-1996 Senior Lecturer, The New School of Media Studies, Academic College of Management; Head of the Community and Education Media Division, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1993 Research Scholar, The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. (Spring semester)
1988-1990 Director, The Institute for Media and the Family (NGO), Haifa, Israel. 1987, 1989,1993 Visiting Lecturer, Broadcast Communication Arts, San Francisco State University, CA (Fall Semesters and Summer Semester).
1983-1990 Lecturer, Oranim Academic College of Education, Tivon, Israel. 1982-1983 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Research on Children and Television, Department of Human Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 1980-1982 Editorial Assistant, Journal of Broadcasting, Ohio State University. 1979-1980 Research Assistant, Center for Developmental Disabilities, Ohio State University. 1978-1979 Research Assistant, School of Journalism, Ohio State University. 1977-1979 Instructor, Jewish and Near Eastern Studies, Ohio State University. 1975-1977 Training Coordinator, Israel Education Television, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1973-1974 Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 1972-1973 Associate Editor, Student Association Newspaper, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 1971-1972 Publications Assistant, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Interests and Specialties Children and media Gender representations Construction of gender identities Immigration, media and identities Qualitative methods
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Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research 2020
Rutgers Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellow for the 2017-18 academic year.
The Charles Klotzer International Media Literacy Award, The Gateway Media Literacy Partners, 2015
Inaugural recipient of the Senior Scholar Award of the Children, Media and Adolescents Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), Phoenix Arizona, 2012.
“Master Lecturer” the International Communication Association (ICA), Phoenix Arizona 2012.
Nominated for President of the International Communication Association (ICA), 2011.
Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA), July 2010.
The first recipient of the Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship, The Feminist Scholarship Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), 2009.
Visiting Scholar Fellowship, The Center on Media and Child Health, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Public Health School, Boston, MA., 2008-2010
The Rector’s [Provost] Distinguished Course Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, Spring Semester 2008.
Active Scholar Award Grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 2008.
Active Scholar Award Grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 2007.
Active Scholar Award Grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 2006.
Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Danish Research Center on Education and Advanced Media Materials, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, September 2006.
The Rector's [Provost] Award for Excellence in Teaching, Tel Aviv University, 2001.
Scholars Fellowship Program, The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 1993.
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Center for the Research of the Influences of Television on Children (CRITC), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1982.
The Sonkin Memorial Award for Peace and International Understanding, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1981.
The Walter Emery Award for Excellence, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1981. . 4
Scholarship for Excellence, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1974.
Scholarship for Excellence, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1973.
Research Grants Awarded Aging+Communication+Technologies (ACT) Canada: Grant to study “Senior mediators: How grandparents mediate young children’s media use” (With Nelly Elias and Galit Nimrod, Ben Gurion University, Israel), 2017 ($8,000).
Binational Science Foundation United States Israel (BSF): Grant to study interactive mobile media use by children and their parents in public places: A cross-cultural comparison of behaviors and communication patterns (with Nelly Elias, Ben Gurion University, Israel), 2017 ($220,000)
Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (IZI), Munich, Germany: Grant to sponsor two MCMA students’ participation and research during the Prix Jeunesse International Festival of Quality television for Children, 2012 (€6,000)
Sesame Workshop: Grant to study implementation of Shalom Sesame DVDs in Jewish homes, 2011 ($7,000)
Israeli Science Foundation: Grant to study online humor and Israeli Students: The Construction of National, Ethnic, and Gender Identities with Limor Shifman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2010 ($50,000)
The International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI), Munich, Germany: Grant to study representations of families in children’s television cross-culturally, 2008 (€4,000)
The International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI), Munich, Germany: Grant to study gender in children's television cross-culturally, 2008 (€5,000)
Israeli Science Foundation: Grant to study children and news, 2006-2008 ($45,000)
Israeli Internet Association: Grant to study Israeli-Children-Go-Online, 2006 ($14,000)
The Herzog Institute for Communication, Society and Politics, Tel Aviv University, Israel: Grant to study the media's coverage of violence against women, 2005 ($2,500)
The International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI), Munich, Germany: Grant to study children and humor, 2005 (€10,000)
Denmark-Israel Foundation: Grant to study media and immigrant children, 2004 ($4,000) Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (IZI), Munich, Germany: Grant to study gender on children's television globally, 2004 (€5,000)
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Burda Center, Ben Gurion University, Israel: Grant to study media and immigrant children (with Nelly Elias), 2004 ($4,000)
The International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI), Munich, Germany: Grant to study children, media and the war in Iraq, 2003 (€4,000)
Cellcom, Ltd., Israel: Grant to study social implications of cellular telephony in Israel (with Akiba A. Cohen), 2002-2005 ($75,000)
The International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI), Munich, Germany: Grant to study children's make believe worlds, 2001 (€10,000)
Tel Aviv University, Israel: Seed grant to study Arab children and the media environment, 1998 ($1,250)
Rothschild Foundation, Ministry of Communication, and School of Education Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: Grant to study young people and media environment (with Tamar Liebes), 1996 ($15,000)
Ministry of Communication, Israel: Grant to study effects of TV violence on children, 1995 ($4,000)
Membership on Editorial Boards of Journals 2019- Journal of Children and Media (upon stepping down as editor) 2014-2018, 1998-1999 Journal of Communication 2011-2013 Human Communication Research 2010-current Global Media Journal-American Edition 2008-current Communication Theory 2007-2010 Journal of Global Mass Communication 2007-current Communication, Culture & Critique 2007-current Journal of Girlhood Studies 2006-2009 New Media & Society 2004-2016 Communication Yearbook 2001-current Feminist Media Studies
Additional Occasional Journal Reviewer Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education Asian Women Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Communications: European Journal of Research Communication Review Critical Studies in Media Communication . 6
Critical Studies in Television Dapim- Journal of educational research and scholarship (Hebrew) Human Communication Research Israeli Sociology (Hebrew) Israel Studies Israel Studies Review Journal of Advertising Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic media Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Journal of Cultural Geography Journal of Family Affairs Journal of Israeli History Journal of Learning and Media Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Journalism Media Frames: Israeli Journal of Communication (Hebrew) Media International Australia Megamot (Hebrew) Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women Studies Patuach (Hebrew) Popular Music and Society Sex Roles: A Journal of Research Spanish Journal of Psychology Stigma and Health The Communication Review Western Journal of Communication Women's Studies International Forum Women’s Studies in Communication
Review of Book Proposals and Book Manuscripts for Publishers
Blackwell-Wiley Columbia University Press Hampton Press Lawrence Erlbaum MIT Press Open University UK Oxford University Press Palgrave McMillan Peter Lang Polity Routledge Wayne State Press Yale University Press
Hebrew Publishers
Kibbutz Meuchad, Tel Aviv Magnes, Hebrew University of Jerusalem . 7
Mofet Publishing, Tel Aviv Open University Israel Ramot, Tel Aviv University Resling, Tel Aviv
Review of Competitive Grants
Bi-National US-Israel Foundation, BSF (Advisory Board member 2020-current) CRC/TRR- Initiative Bremen-Hamburg, Germany Flanders Research Authority Fulbright Scholar Program German-Israel-Foundation Israeli Science Foundation, Israel Israeli Communication Association Grants, Israel Katholieke Universitet Niegmegen, The Netherlands Katholieke Universitet Leuven, Belgium Quebec-Flanders Bilateral Research Cooperation Program NOW Talent Programme – Vidi scheme, The Netherland Second Broadcasting Authority, Israel The British Academy, UK
Promotion, Tenure, Dissertations, and Award Reviews
Bar Ilan University, Israel Ben Gurion University, Israel Cardiff University, UK College of Management, Israel DePaul University, US Emek Izrael College, Israel Flinders University, Australia Haifa University, Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Howard University, US Indiana University, US Interdisciplinary Center Herzlia, Israel James Madison University, US Kinert College, Israel, US King’s College London, UK Netanya Academic College, Israel Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, US Sapir Academic College, Israel Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore Southern Illinois University, US Tel Aviv University, Israel Texas Tech University, US The International Communication Association Fellows Book Awards The International Communication Association Teresa Award for Feminist Scholarship International Communication Association Fellow recognition . 8
The Prix Jeunesse International Gender Award The Spinoza Prize, The Netherlands Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands University of Illinois, US University of Massachusetts Amherst, US University of Michigan, US University of Newcastle, UK University of Oregon, US University of Pennsylvania, US University of Pittsburgh, US University of Sunshine Coast, Australia University of Washington-Tacoma, US
Annual Conference Papers Review
Children, Adolescents and Media Division – ICA Feminist Media Studies – ICA Israeli Association of Communication Researchers - ISCA
Institutional Reviews
2014 - Eight Hong Kong public research universities, Hong Kong, Member of International Research Assessment Trial Committee of the Faculties of Social Sciences
2012 - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, International Review Committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Other Reviews
EU Horizon 2020 project reports Children Online: Research and Evidence (CO:RE) (2020- 2022), coordinated by Prof Uwe Hasebrink, Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung. Academic publications
Books
16. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (Eds.) (proposal under review). Children and media worldwide in a time of a pandemic. New York, NY: Peter Lang
15. Lemish, D. (Ed.) (contracted for 2022). The Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media (revised 2nd edition). New York and Abingdon: Routledge.
14. Park, J. & Lemish, D. (2019). KakaoTalk and Facebook: Korean American youth constructing hybrid identities. New York, NY: Peter Lang. 176 pages.
13. Götz, M., Lemish, D., Holler, A. (2019). Fear in front of the screen: Children’s fears, nightmares and thrills. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield. 249 pages
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12. Lemish, D. & Götz, M. (Eds.) (2017). Beyond the stereotypes? Boys, girls, and their images. The International Clearinghouse of Children, Youth and Media, University of Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordicom. 254 pages.
11. Lemish, D., Jordan, A., & Rideout, V. (Eds.) (2017). Children, adolescents and media: The future of research and action. NY: Routledge. 286 pages.
10. Lemish, D. (2015). Children and media: A global perspective. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell. 278 pages Translations: Arabic (2019), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
9. Lemish, D. (Ed.) (2013). The Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media. New York and Abingdon: Routledge. 499 pages
8. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (Eds.) (2012). Sexy girls, heroes and funny losers: Gender representations in children´s TV around the world. New York, NY: Peter Lang. 207 pages
7. Lemish, D. (2010). Screening gender in children's TV: The views of producers around the world. New York and Abingdon: Routledge. 222 pages
6. Cohen, A.A., Lemish, D., & Schejter, A. (2008). The wonder phone in the land of miracles: Mobile telephony in Israel. Newark, NJ: Hampton Press. 230 pages
5. Lemish, D. (2007). Children and television: A Global perspective. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. 257 pages
Translations: Greek (2009) by Motibo Publishing SA – Topos Books Russian (2009) by Pokelenie Publishing Ltd. Italian (2008) by Raffaello Cortina Editore Polish (2008) by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Serbian (2008) by CLIO Publishing Company
4. Lemish, D. & Götz, M. (Eds.) (2007). Children and media in times of war and conflict. Newark, NJ: Hampton Press. 363 pages
3. Götz, M. Lemish, D. Aidman, A., & Moon, H. (2005). Media and the make-believe worlds of children: When Harry Potter meets Pokémon in Disneyland. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 229 pages
2. Lemish, D. (2003). Growing up with television: The little screen in the lives of children and youth. Tel Aviv: The Open University of Israel (Hebrew). 502 pages
(Revised 2013). Growing-up with television and the internet: The screens in the lives of children and youth. Tel Aviv: The Open University of Israel (Hebrew). 502+30
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1. Tufte, B. Lavender, & T. Lemish, D. (Eds.) (2003). Media education around the globe: Policies and practices. Newark, NJ: Hampton Press. 200 pages
Journal Editor Journal of Children and Media. Refereed international academic journal, 4 issues annually. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group of Routledge (Founding and Editor since 2006, Co-Editor Amy Jordan since Summer 2012, stepped down December 2018).
Journal Guest Editor The media gendering of war and conflict. Feminist Media Studies, 5(3), November 2005.
Refereed Journal articles 65. Nimrod, G., Elias, N., & Lemish, D. (forthcoming). Mediating grannies: Caring for young grandchildren’s digital media use. Essachess: Journal for Communication Studies special issue on "Ageing and Digital Communication." Guest editors: L. Ivan, & A. Duduciuc.
64. Lemish, D. & Elias, N. (September 2020). We decided we don’t want children. We will let them know tonight:” Parental humor on social media in a time of the Coronavirus pandemic. International Journal of Communication, 14, 1-27
63. Elias, N., Lemish, D., Dalyot, S., & Folegel, D. (2020 online, forthcoming in print 2021) “Where are you?” An observational exploration of parental technoference in public places. Journal of Children and Media, 15 https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2020.1815228
62. Lemish, D., Elias, N., & Floegel, D. (2020). “Look at me!” Parental use of mobile phones at the playground. Mobile Media & Communication, 8(2), 170-187. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/HSVGHMJEGRMCUBV4EA4J/full
61. Gozansky, Y. & Lemish, D. (2019 online). Still “about boys and girls”: What has changed a decade later in gender representation in television programming for children in Israel? Migdar [Gender], 6, (Hebrew). https://www.migdarjournal.com/blank-6
60. Nimrod, G., Elias, N., & Lemish, D. (2019 online). Grandparenting with media: Styles of mediating grandchildren’s media use. Journal of Family Studies https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AFFWMJWPZGZVSDHTVF3S/full?target=10.1080/13229 400.2019.1679660
59. Katz, I., Lemish, D., Cohen, R., & Arden, A. (2019). When parents are inconsistent: Parenting style and adolescents' involvement in cyberbullying. Journal of Adolescence, 74, 1-12.
58. Elias, N., Nimrod, G., & Lemish, D. (2019). The ultimate treat? Young children’s media use under their grandparents’ care. Journal of Children and Media, 13(4), 472-483.
57. Nimrod, G., Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2019). Measuring mediation of children’s media use. International Journal of Communication, 13(1-17). . 11
56. Lachover, E. & Lemish, D. (2018). Women in Israeli journalism: Forwards and backwards. Israeli Affairs, 24(3), 500-518.
55. Livingstone, S., Lemish, D., Lim, S., Bulger, M., Cabello, P., Claro, M., Cabello, T., Khalil, J., Kumpulainen, K., Nayar, U.S., Nayar, P., Park, J., Tan, M.M., Prinsloo, J. Wei, B. (2017). Global perspectives on children’s digital opportunities: An emerging research and policy agenda. Pediatrics, 140, S(2)137-S141.
54. Dill-Shackleford, K.E., Ramasubramanian, S., Behm-Morawitz, E., Scharrer, E., Burgess, M.C.R., & Lemish, D. (2017). Social group stories in the media and child development. Pediatrics, 140, S(2) 157-S161.
53. Lemish, D. & Pick-Alony, R. (2014). The gendered nature of news consumption by children and youth. Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 11(1), 174-198.
52. Tirosh-Alon, M. & Lemish, D. (2014). “If I was making the news”: What do children want from news. Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 11(1), 108-129.
51. Lemish, D. & Pick-Alony, R. (2014). Inhabiting two worlds: The role of news in the lives of Jewish and Arab children and youth in Israel. The International Communication Gazette, 76(2), 128-151.
50. Fisch, S.M., Lemish, D., Spezia, E., Seigel, D., Fisch, S.R.D., Aladé, F., and Kasdan, D. (2013). Shalom Sesame: Using media to promote Jewish education and identity. Journal of Jewish Education, 79,297-314
49. Shalev, S. & Lemish, D. (2013). “Infertile motherhood”: The television construction of surrogacy. Feminist Media Studies, 13(2), 321-336.
48. Shalev, S. & Lemish, D. (2012). “Dynamic infertility”: The contribution of news coverage of reproductive Technologies to gender politics. Feminist Media Studies, 12(3), 371-388.
47. Dhoest, A., Cola, M., Mauri Brusa, M., & Lemish, D. (2012). Studying ethnic minorities’ media uses: Comparative conceptual and methodological reflections. Communication, Culture & Critique, 5, 372-391.
46. Lemish, D. & Muhlbauer, V. (2012). “Can’t have it all”: Representations of older women in popular culture. Women & Therapy, 35(3-4), 165-180.
45. Lemish, D. (2011). “Can’t talk about sex”: Producers of children’s television around the world speak out. Sex Education Journal, 11(3), 267-278. Reprinted in: Attwood, F. & Smith, C. (Eds.) (2014). Investigating young people’s sexual cultures. London, UK: Routledge.
44. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2011). Between three worlds: Host, homeland, and global media in the lives of Russian immigrant families in Israel and Germany. Journal of Family Issues, 32(9), 1245-1274.
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43. Shalev, S. & Lemish. D. (2011). Women as consumers of reproductive technology: Media representation versus reality. Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought, 5(1), 1-23. http://escholar.salve.edu/jift/vol5/iss1/2/
42. Levin-Zamir, D., Lemish, D. & Gofin, R. (2011). Media health literacy (MHL): Development and measurement of the concept among adolescents. Health Education Research. 26(2), 323-335.
41. Lemish, D. (2011). About boys and girls: Mapping gender and family in television programming for children in Israel. Media Frames, 6, 61-88. (Hebrew)
40. Elias, N., Lemish, D., & Khovorostianov, N. (2011). “Britney Spears remained in Russia:” Dynamics of musical preferences in the integration of immigrant adolescents. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37(1), 61-77.
39. Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (2011) '“Mars and Venus” in virtual space: Post-feminist humor and the Internet. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 28(3), 253-273.
38. Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (2010). Between feminism and fun(ny)mism: Analyzing gender in popular internet humor. Information, Communication and Society, 13(6), 870-891.
37. Shifman, L & Lemish, D. (2010). Blondejokes.com: The new generation. Society, 47(1), 19- 22.
36. Lemish, D., Ribak, R., & Alony, R. (2009). Israeli children go on line: A reason for a moral panic? Megamot (Trends), 46(1-2), 137-163. (in Hebrew)
35. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2009). Spinning the web of identity: Internet's roles in immigrant adolescents' search of identity. New Media & Society, 11(4), 1-19.
34. Lemish, D. & Reznik, S. (2008). To laugh or not to laugh? Performing girlhood through humor. Girlhood Studies, 1(1), 114-137.
33. Klin, A. & Lemish, D. (2008). Mental disorders stigma in the media: Review of studies on production, content, and influences. Journal of Health Communication, 13(5), 434-449.
32. Bloch, L-R. & Lemish, D. (2008). Persuasion through insult: The “F” word in Israeli media. Media, Culture, and Society, 30(2), 239-256.
31. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2008). Media uses in immigrant families: Torn between “inward” and “outward” paths of integration. International Communication Gazette, 70(1), 21-40.
30. Klin, A. & Lemish, D. (2007). Media: A double-edge sword for advancing mental health. Kidum Ha'briut (Health Promotion), 1(1), 22-33. (in Hebrew)
29. Bloch, L-R. & Lemish, D. (2005). I know I’m a freierit, but: The gendered nature of a key cultural frame. Journal of Communication, 55(1), 38-55.
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28. Lemish, D. & Cohen, A. (2005). On the gendered nature of mobile phone culture in Israel. Sex Roles, 52(7/8), 511-525.
27. Lemish, D. (2004). My kind of campfire: The Eurovision song contest and Israeli gay men. Popular Communication, 2(1), 41-63. Reprinted with modifications: Lemish, D. (2007). Gay brotherhood: Israeli gay men and the Eurovision Song Contest. In I. Raykoff & R. Tobin (Eds.), A song for Europe: Popular music and politics in the Eurovision Song Contest (pp. 123- 134). Aldershot: Ashgate.
26. Lemish, D & Lahav, I. (2004). Much ado about nothing? Masculinities in Israeli advertising. Feminist Media Studies, 4(2), 149-165.
25. Lemish, D. (2003). Spice World: Constructing femininity the popular way. Popular Music and Society 26(1), 17-29. Reprinted in Hawkins, S. (Ed.)(2011). Pop music and easy listening. Surrey, UK: Ashgate
24. Bloch, L.R. & Lemish, D. (2003). The megaphone effect: International culture via the US of A. Communication Yearbook, 27, 159-190. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
23. Lahav, I. & Lemish, D. (2003). Romantic, sensitive and with a sense of humor: Representations of masculinity in Israeli advertising. Megamot (Trends), 42(4), 671-691 (Hebrew).
22. Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2003). Real time versus survey measures in research on mobile phone use. New Media and Society, 5(2), 167-183. Reprinted in Kim, S.D. (Ed.). (2006). When mobile came: The cultural and social impact. Korea: Communication Books.
21. Tidhar, C. & Lemish, D. (2003). The making of television: Young viewers’ developing perceptions. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 47(3), 375-393.
20. Lemish, D. & Drob, G. (2002). “All the time his wife:” Portrayals of first ladies in the Israeli press. Parliamentary Affairs, 55(1), 129-142. Reprinted in Ross, K. (Ed.) (2002), Women, politics, and change (pp. 129-142). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
19. Lemish, D. (2002). Gender at the forefront: Feminist perspectives on action theoretical approaches in communication research. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 27(1), 63-78.
18. Lemish, D. (2002). Normalizing inequality: Portrayals of women in Israeli media. The Journal of Israeli History, 21(1-2), 110-125. Reprinted in: Naveh, H. (ed.) (2003). Israeli family and community: Women’s time (pp. 110-125). London, UK: Vallentine Mitchelle,
Lemish, D. & Tidhar, C. (2001). How global does it get? The Teletubbies in Israel. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 45(4), 558-574.
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17. Lemish, D. (2000). The whore and the other: Israeli images of female immigrants from the former USSR. Gender and Society, 14(2), 333-349. Reprinted in: Caspi, D. and Elias, N. (Eds.) (2014). Ethnic minorities and media in the Holy Land (pp. 13-26). London and Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell. 16. Lemish, D. & Barzel, I. (2000). “Four Mothers:” The womb in the public sphere European Journal of Communication, 15(2), 147-169. Reprinted in: McQuail, D., Golding, P., & de Bens, E. (Eds.), (2005), Communication theory & research: An EJC anthology (pp. 125-138). London, UK: Sage.
15. Lemish, D. & Tidhar, C. (1999). Still marginal: Women in Israel’s 1996 television election campaign. Sex Roles, 41, 389-412.
14. Bloch, L.R. & Lemish, D. (1999). Disposable love: The rise and fall of a virtual pet. New Media & Society, 1(3), 283-303.
13. Lemish, D. & Tidhar, C. (1999). Where have all the young girls gone? Women and Language, XXII (2), 27-32.
12. Lemish, D. (1998). “Girls can be wrestlers too”: Gender differences in the consumption of a television wrestling series. Sex Roles, 38(9/10), 833-849.
11. Lemish, D., Drotner, K. Liebes, T. Maigret, E. & Stald, G. (1998). Global culture in practice: A look at children and adolescents in Denmark, France and Israel. European Journal of Communication, 13, 539-556.
10. Lemish, D. (1998). What is news? A cross cultural examination of kindergartners’ understanding of News. Communications: European Journal of Communication Research, 23, 491-504. Reprinted in: Renckstorf, K., McQuail, D. & Jankowski, N. (eds.), Television news research: Recent European approaches and findings. Communications Monograph 2. Berlin, Germany: Quintessence Publishing.
9. Lemish, D. (1997). Kindergartners' understandings of television: A cross cultural comparison. Communication Studies, 48(2), 109-126.
8. Lemish, D. (1997). The school as a wrestling arena: The modeling of a television series. Communication: European Journal of Communication Research, 22(4), 395-418. A Hebrew version published in Dvarim Achadim, 1, 11-132.
7. Lemish, D. & Tidhar, C. (1991). The silenced majority: Women in Israel's 1988 television election campaign. Women and Language, XIV, 13-21.
6. Lemish D. & Rice, M.L. (1986). Television as a talking picture book: A prop for language acquisition. Journal of Child Language, 13, 251-274.
5. Lemish, D. (1985). Soap opera viewing in college: A naturalistic inquiry Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 29, 275-293.
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4. Lemish, P. & Lemish, D. (1982). A guide to the literature of qualitative research. Journal of Broadcasting, 26, 839-846.
3. Lemish, D. (1982). The rules of viewing television in public places. Journal of Broadcasting, 26, 757-781. Reprinted in: Gunter, B. & Machin, D. (2009), Benchmarks in communication: Media audiences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2. Becker, L. Underwood, P. & Lemish, D. (1981). Western wire services and news of the US in the Yugoslav press. Gazzette, 28, 1981, 105-115.
1. Wartella, E., Alexander, A. & Lemish, D. (1979). The mass media environment of children. American Behavioral Scientist, 23, 33-52.
Book Chapters 72. Lemish, D. (forthcoming, 2021). Feminist editing of a mainstream journal: Reckoning with process and content related challenges. In S. Eckert & I. Bachmann (Eds.), Reflections on feminist communication and media scholarship: Theory, method, impact. New York, NY: Routledge. 71. Elias, N., Lemish, D., & Nimrod, G. (forthcoming 2021). Grandparental mediation of children’s digital media use. In L. Green & D. Holloway (Eds.), The Routledge companion to digital media and children. NY: Routledge.
70. Lemish, D. (2019). Children and television. In J. Wasko & E. Meehan (Eds.), A companion to television, 2nd edition. MA: Wiley.
69. Lemish, D. & Elias, N. (2019). Perpetuating gender stereotypes from birth: Analysis of TV programs for viewers in diapers. In C. Hermansoon & J. Zepernick (Eds.), Palgrave Handbook of Children’s film and Television (pp. 487-505). New York, NY: Palgrave
68. Lemish, D., Floegel, D., & Lentz, M., (2018). Fiery gingers: Red-headed girls in children’s popular culture. In S. Barak-Brandes & A. Kama (Eds.), Feminist interrogations of women's head hair: A crown of glory and shame (pp. 23-38). New York, NY: Routledge.
67. Lemish, D. & Götz, M. (2017). Beyond the stereotypes? Introduction. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.), Beyond the stereotypes? Boys, girls, and their images (pp. 9-17). University of Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordicom.
66. Elias, N., Sulkin, I., & Lemish, D. (2017). Gender segregation on BabyTV: Old-time stereotypes for the very young. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.), Beyond the stereotypes? Boys, girls, and their images (pp. 95-104). University of Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordicom.
65. Lemish, D. (2017). Innovations in gender representation in children’s television: The PRIX JEUNESSE 2016 gender prize competition. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.), Beyond the stereotypes? Boys, girls, and their images (pp. 21-32). University of Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordicom. . 16
64. Lemish, D. & Nimrod, G. (2015). From the womb to the tomb: Conceptual similarities in studying the youngest and the oldest of audiences. In F, Zeller, C. Ponte, & B. O’Neill (Eds.), Revitalising audience research: Innovations in European audience research (pp. 145-158). London, UK: Routledge
63. Lachover, E. & Lemish, D. (2015). The feminization of journalism in Israel: A thesis, research, and re-examination. In, N. Elias, G. Nimrod, Z. Riek, & A. Schejter (Eds.), Passages in communication (pp. 151-174). Israel: Tzivonim. (Hebrew) Reprinted: The Seventh Eye August 14, 2015 (in Hebrew).
62. Lemish, D. & Alon-Tirosh, M. (2014). “I was really scared”: A cross-cultural comparison of reconstructing childhood fearful viewing experiences. In M. Moshe (Ed.), The emotion industry (pp. 137-157). New York, NY: Science Publishers, Inc.
61. Lemish, D. (2014). Using media to aid children in war, crisis, and vulnerable circumstances. In Romer, D. & Jordan, A. (Eds.), Media and the wellbeing of children and adolescents (pp. 162-171). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
60. Lemish, D. (2014). Boys are… Girls are….: How children’s media and merchandizing construct gender. In C. Carter, L. Steiner, & L. McLaughlin (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Media and Gender (pp. 179-189). New York, NY: Routledge.
59. Lemish, D. (2014). Audience transformations and social integration: Building bridges and making a real difference in the world – Report of the WG4 dialogue with stakeholders. In G. Patriarche, H. Bilandzic, N. Carpentier, C. Ponte, K.C. Schrøder, & F. Zeller (Eds.), Building bridges: Pathways to a greater societal significance for audience research (pp. 131-136). EU: COST. http://www.cost.eu
58. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2013). Together and separately: Media in the lives of immigrant families from FSU. In Y. Lerner and R. Faldchi (Eds.), The pragmatics of an immigrating culture (pp. 231-255). Jerusalem, Israel: Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. (Hebrew)
57. Lemish, D. & Götz, M. (2013). Conflict, media and child well-being. In A, Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Fornes, & J. E. Korbin (Eds.), Handbook of child well-being: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective (Volume 4, pp. 2013-2029). Dorcrecht, Germany: Springer.
56. Lemish, D. (2013). Von pra-bis postfeministisch gendervorstellungen von knderfernsehverantwortlichen weltweit (From pre- to post-feminist ideas on gender of children's TV producers around the world). In M. Götz (Ed.) Die Fernsehheld(inn)en der Mӓdchen und Jungen: Geschlechterspezifische Studien zum Kinderfernsehen (The TV hero(in)es of girls and boys: Gender specific studies on children's TV) (pp.779-802). Munich, Germany: KoPäd. (German) Based on Lemish (2010). Screening gender (Ibid).
55. Lemish, D. (2013). Von der idealfamilie bis “kinder allein zu haus”: Darstellung von familien im internationalen kinderfernsechn. In M. Götz (Ed.) Die Fernsehheld(inn)en der Mӓdchen und Jungen: Geschlechterspezifische Studien zum Kinderfernsehen (The TV hero(in)es of girls and . 17 boys: Gender specific studies on children's TV) (pp. 139-153). Munich, Germany: KoPäd. (German) Based on Lemish (2010). Screening gender (Ibid).
54. Lemish, D. (2013). Introduction: Children, adolescents, and media: Creating a shared scholarly arena. In D. Lemish (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media (pp. 1-10). New York and Abingdon: Routledge.
53. Lemish, D. (2013). Feminist theory approaches to the study of children and media. In D. Lemish (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media (pp. 68-74). New York and Abingdon: Routledge.
52. Lemish, D. & Kolucki, B. (2013). Media and early childhood development. In P. L. Britto, P. L. Engle, & C. M. Super (Eds.), Handbook of early childhood development research and its impact on global policy (pp. 329-347). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Reprinted (2013) in Turkiue Cocuk ve Medya Kongresi: Bildiriler Kitabi, Cilt 2, (pp. 13-34). Istanbul: Kasim. (Turkish)
51. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (2012). Introduction. In M. Götz & D. Lemish, (Eds.), Sexy Girls, Heroes and Funny Losers: Gender representations in children´s TV around the world (pp. 1-8). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
50. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (2012). Gender representations in children’s television worldwide: A comparative study of 24 countries. In M. Götz & D. Lemish (Eds.), Sexy Girls, Heroes and Funny Losers: Gender representations in children´s TV around the world (pp. 9-48). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
49. Lemish, D, (2012). “Without a family”: Representations of families in children’s TV around the world. In M. Götz & D. Lemish (Eds.) Sexy Girls, Heroes and Funny Losers: Gender representations in children´s TV around the world (pp. 151-168). New York: Peter Lang. Reprinted: Lemish, D. (2013). Von der idealfamilie bis “kinder allein zu haus”: Darstellung von familien im internationalen kinderfernsechn. In M. Götz (Ed.) Die Fernsehheld(inn)en der Mӓdchen und Jungen: Geschlechterspezifische Studien zum Kinderfernsehen (The TV hero(in)es of girls and boys: Gender specific studies on children's TV) (pp. 139-153). Munich, Germany: KoPäd. (German)
48. Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (2011). Virtually blonde: Blonde jokes in the digital age and the discourse of post feminism. In K. Ross (Ed.), Gender, sex and the media (pp. 88-194). New York, NY: Blackwell.
47. Lemish, D. (2011). “What’s TV good for?” Views of producers of television for children around the world. In V. Mayer (Ed.), Blackwell’s international companion to media studies: Production (pp. 535-556). New York, NY: Blackwell.
46. Lemish, D. (2011). Eight Principles for change in television for children: The views of producers around the world. In C. von Feilitzen, U. Carlsoon & C. Bucht (eds.), New questions, new insights, new approaches: Contributions to the research forum at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth 2010 (pp. 19-28). The Clearinghouse on Media for Children Yearbook. Gotborg, Sweden: Nordicom. . 18
Based on Lemish (2010). Screening gender (Ibid). Reprinted (2013) in Turkiue Cocuk ve Medya Kongresi: Bildiriler Kitabi, Cilt 2, (pp. 35-47). Istanbul, Turkey: Kasim. (Turkish).
45. Reznik, S. & Lemish, D. (2011). Falling in love with "High School Musical": Girls' talk about romantic perceptions. In M.C. Kearney (Ed.), Mediated Girlhoods (pp. 151- 170). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
44. Lemish, D. (2011). The Future of childhood in the global television market. In G. Dines & J. M. Humez (Eds.), Gender, race and class in media: A text reader (Third Edition) (pp. 355- 364). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Reprinted in the fourth, fifth and sixth edition, 2020
43. Lemish, D. (2010). Family representations in the media: Far and near relationships. In V. Muhlbauer & L. Kulik (Eds.), Working families in Israel (pp. 89-115). Tel Aviv, Israel: College of Management Publishing. (Hebrew)
42. Lemish, D. & Elias, N. (2010). “One meets through clothing:” The role of fashion in the identity formation of Former Soviet Union migrant Youth in Israel. In D. Buckingham and V. Tingstad (Eds.), Childhood and consumer culture (pp. 244-258). London: Palgrave.
41. Lemish, D. (2010). Forward. In S.R. Mazzarella, (Ed.), Girl wide web 2.0: Revisiting girls, the internet, and the negotiation of identity (pp.ix-xiii). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
40. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2008). When all else fail: The internet and adolescent-immigrants. In K. Drotner (Ed.), Informal learning and digital media: Constructions, contexts and consequences (pp. 139-157). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
38. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2008). The internet life of Former Soviet Union adolescents in Israel. In I. Rydin & U. Sjöberg (Eds.). Mediated crossroads: Identity, youth culture and ethnicity - Theoretical and methodological challenges (pp.173-192). Göteborg, Sweden: Nordicom, Göteborg University
37. Lemish, D. (2008). The mediated playground: Media in early childhood. In K. Drotner & S. Livingstone (Eds.), International handbook of children, media and culture (pp. 152-167). London, UK: Sage.
36. Lemish, D. (2007). How do researchers study young people and the media? In S.R. Mazzarella (Ed.), Kid stuff: 20 questions about youth and the media (pp. 73-86). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishers. Reprinted with minor changes in: N. A. Jennings & S. R. Mazzarella (Eds.) (2018), 20 Questions about youth and the media (2nd ed.) (pp. 73-86). New York: Peter Lang.
35. Lemish, D. (2007). The Politics of exclusion: Representations of women and violence against them. In D. Caspi (Ed.), Communication and politics in Israel (pp. 185-207). Jerusalem, Israel: Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. (Hebrew)
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34. Lemish, D. (2007). “This is our war”: Israeli children domesticating the war in Iraq. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.), Children and media at times of war and conflict (pp. 57-74). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
33. Lemish, D. (2007). Israeli children's television going to war with Iraq. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.,), Children and media at times of war and conflict (pp. 201-213). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
32. Lemish, D. & Götz, M. (2007). Introduction: Studying children and media at times of war and conflict. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.), Children and media at times of war and conflict (pp. 1-12). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
31. Lemish, D. & Götz, M. (2007). Towards better use of media for children at times of conflict and war: Concluding notes. In D. Lemish & M. Götz (Eds.,), Children and media at times of war and conflict (pp. 333-340). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
30. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2007). Re-inventing identities: The Internet in the lives of immigrant youth. In D. Caspi & T. Azran (Eds.), New media and innovative technologies (pp. 188-210). Beer Sheva, Israel: Burda Research Center and Ben Gurion University.
29. Lemish, D. (2006). Media Representations. In U. Ram and N. Berkowitz (Eds.), In/Equality (pp. 100-107). Beer Sheva, Israel: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press. (in Hebrew).
28. Cohen, A.A & Lemish, D. (2005). When the bombs go off the mobiles ring: The aftermath of terrorist attacks. In K. Nyiri (Ed.), A sense of place: The global and the local in mobile communication (pp. 91-102). Budapest, Hungary: Passagen Verlag.
27. Lemish, D. & Cohen, A.A. (2005). “Tell me about your mobile and I’ll tell you who you are:” Israelis talk about themselves. In R. Ling (Ed.), Mobile communications: Re-negotiation of the Social sphere (pp. 187-202). London, UK: Springer-Verlag ltd.
26. Lemish, D. (2005). Kulturelle Spuren in de Fantasien der Kinder – Kinder zwischen lokaler und globaler Kultur (Cultural traces in the fantasies of children-children between local and global culture). In M. Götz (Ed.), Mit Pokémon in Harry Potters Welf: Medien in den Fantasien von Kindern (With Pokémon in Harry Potter’s world: Media and the fantasies of children (pp. 237-247). Munich, Germany: Kopaed. (German) Based on Götz et al (2005). Media and the Make-believe worlds (Ibid).
25. Lemish, D. (2005). Die Fantasiewelten in einer von Kopnflikten geprägten Gesellschaft: Die israelischen Fallbeispiele (The fantasy worlds of a deeply conflicted society: Israeli case studies. In Ibid, (pp. 290-299). (German) Based on Götz et al (2005). Media and the Make-believe worlds (Ibid).
24. Lemish, D. (2005). Von Kosmia und Ra’utshka im Harry Potter Land wie ein israelishcer Junge sich Harry Potter aneignet (From Kosmia and Ra’utshka in Harry Potter land: How an Israeli boy appropriates Harry Potter). In Ibid (pp. 300- 310). (German) Based on Götz et al (2005). Media and the Make-believe worlds (Ibid).
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23. Lemish, D. & Götz, M. (2005). Mit Laserschwert und Sissi-Kleid – Medienspuren in den Fantasien der Kinder und ihre Bedeutung (With laser sword and Sissi dress: Media traces in the fantasies of children and their meanings). In Ibid (pp. 141-164) (in German). Based on Götz et al (2005). Media and the Make-believe worlds (Ibid).
22. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (2005). Die Fantasien von Mäddchen und Jungen: Ein quantitativer Ǖberblick (The fantasies of girls and boys: A quantitative overview). In Ibid (pp. 179-182). (German) Based on Götz et al (2005). Media and the Make-believe worlds (Ibid).
22. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (2005). “Ich bin eine Elfe” – Fantasien und ihre Medienspuren bei Mädchen ( “I am an elf”: Fantasies and their media traces). In Ibid (pp. 183-208). (German) Based on Götz et al (2005). Media and the Make-believe worlds (Ibid).
21. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (2005). “Ich war ein Raptor, ein riesiger Dinosaurier…” Die Fantasien von Jungen und ihre Medienspuren ( “I was a raptor in the age of dinosaurs:” The fantasies of children and their media traces). In Ibid (pp. 207-234). (German). Based on Götz et al (2005). Media and the Make-believe worlds (Ibid).
20. Lemish, D. & Bloch, L.R. (2004). Pokémon in Israel. In J. Tobin (Ed.), Pikachu's global adventure: Making sense of the rise and fall of Pokémon (pp. 165-186). Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
19. Lemish, D. (2004). Exclusion or marginality? Portrayals of women in the Israeli media. In K. Ross & C. Byerly (Eds.), Women and media (pp. 39-59). New York, NY Blackwell
18. Lemish, D. (2004). “Fly blue and white”: Patriotism in Israeli advertising. In A. Ben-Amos & D. Bar Tal (Eds.), Patriotism in Israel (pp. 317-337). Tel Aviv, Israel: Hakibutz Ha’meuchad and Dyunon. (Hebrew)
17. Lemish, D. (2003). Kindergartners’ understandings of television: The early development of television literacy. In B. Tufte, T. Lavender & D. Lemish (Eds.), Media education: Policy and practice (pp. 67-90). Newark, NJ: Hampton Press.
16. Lemish, D. (2003).Glocalizing media education. In B. Tufte, T. Lavender & D. Lemish (Eds.), Media education: Policy and practice (pp. 173-180). Newark, NJ: Hampton Press.
15. Lemish, D. (2002). Between here and there: Israeli children living cultural globalization. In C.V. Feilitzen & U. Carlsson (Eds.), Children, young people and media globalization (pp. 125- 134). Goteborg, Sweden: Goteborg University Press, The UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children Youth and Media.
14. Lemish, D., Liebes, T. and Seidmann, V. (2001). Gendered media meaning and use. In S. Livingstone & M. Bovill (Eds.), Children and their changing media environment (pp. 263-282). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
13. Livingstone, S. & Lemish, D. (2001). Doing comparative research with children and young people. In S. Livingstone & M. Bovill (Eds.), Children and their changing media environment (pp. 31-50). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. . 21
12. Lemish, D. (2000). “If you are not there –you don’t exist”: Advertising as a peeking hole to Israeli Society. In H. Herzog (Ed.), Fifty years: Reflection of a society (pp. 539-559). Tel Aviv University, Israel: Ramot. (Hebrew)
11. Lemish, D. (1999). “America, the beautiful:” Israeli children's perceptions of the US through a wrestling television series. In Y.R. Kamalipour (Ed.), Images of the U.S. around the world: A multicultural perspective (pp. 295-308). New York, NY: SUNY Press.
10. Lemish, D. (1998). The ripple effect: Pornographic images of women in Israeli advertising. In S. French (Ed.), Interpersonal violence, health and gender Politics (pp. 285- 295). Toronto, Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
9. Lemish, D. (1998). Fighting against television violence: An Israeli case study. In U. Carlsson & C.V. Feilitzen (Eds.), Children and media violence: Yearbook 1997 of the UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen (pp. 125-138). Goteborg, Sweden: Goteborg University Press.
8. Lemish, D. (1998). Spice Girls’ talk: A case study in the development of gendered identity. In S.A. Inness (Ed.), Millennium girls: Today’s girls around the world (pp. 145-167). New York, NY: Rowman and Littlefield. Reprinted (2000) in Patuach, 4, 21-44. (Hebrew)
7. Lemish, D. & Lemish, P. (1997). A much debated consensus: Media literacy in Israel. In Kubey, R. and Ruben, B. (Eds.) Media literacy in the information age (pp. 213-228). New York, NY: Transaction Publishers.
6. Lemish, D. (1997). Equal communication rights: A feminist perspective on Israeli media. In D. Caspi (Ed.) Media and democracy in Israel (pp. 119-139). Jerusalem, Israel: Van-Leer and Kibbutz Meuchad. (Hebrew)
5. Lemish, D. (1996). Israelische Schuken als Wrestling-Kampfplatz (Television wrestling in the lives of Israeli children. In B. Bachmair & G. Kress (Eds.), Hollen-Inzyenierung Wrestling: Bedeutungs - und Rezeptionsanalyse eines Kontroversen Genres. (Hell-Staged Wrestling: Meaning and reception analysis of controversial genres) (pp. 145-159). Munchen, Germany: Kopad. (German) Based on: Lemish (1997). The school as a wrestling arena (Ibid).
4. Tidhar, C. & Lemish, D. (1993). Israeli broadcasting media facing the Scud missile attacks. In T. McCain & L. Shyles (Eds.), The 1000 hour war: Communication in the Gulf War (pp. 111- 126). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
3. Tidhar, C. and Lemish, D. (1993). Women in the Intifada: A television news perspective. In A. Cohen and G. Wolfsfeld (Eds.) Framing the Intifada: People and media (pp. 142-159). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
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2. Lemish, D. (1993). Critical television viewing: Ad added benefit of community television. In A. Tamir (Ed.), A different television: Open channels in the community (pp. 45-53). Tel Aviv, Israel: Sifriyat Ha’minhal. (Hebrew)
1. Lemish, D. (1987). Viewers in diapers: The early development of television viewing. In T. Lindlof (Ed.), Natural audiences: Qualitative research of media uses and effects (pp. 33-57). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Encyclopedia Entries 17. Lemish, D. (2020). Childhood representations in media and advertising. In E. Burman & D. Cook (Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia of children and childhood studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
16. Lemish, D. (2019). Girl in popular culture. In K. Ross, F. Attwood, V. Cardo, J. Mercer, & S. Moorti (Eds.), Encyclopedia of gender, media and communication. New York, NY: Wiley- Blackwell.
15. Lemish, D. (2019). Media and children as a discipline. In R. Hobbs and P.l Mihailidis (Eds.), International encyclopedia of media literacy. New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Online.
14. Lemish, D. (2017). Audience effects: Children/adolescents. In P. Rössler, C. A. Hoffner, & L. van Zoonen (Eds.), International encyclopedia of media effects. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118783764.wbieme0134/full
13. Lemish, D. (2014). Gender, representation in media. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), Concise Encyclopedia of Communication. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Online.
12. Lemish, D. (2008). Fantasy-reality distinction. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), International encyclopedia of communication (Volume IV, pp. 1738-1741). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
11. Lemish, D. (2008). Gender, representation in media. Ibid (Volume V, pp. 1945-1951).
10. Lemish, D. (2008). The Spice Girls. In C. Mitchell & J. Reid-Walsh (Eds.), Girls’ culture: An encyclopedia (Volume 2, pp. 550-552). Montreal, Canada: McGill University.
9. Lemish, D. (2007). Journal of Children and Media. In R.S. New & M. Cochran (Eds.), Early childhood education: International encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood. Online.
8. Lemish, D. (2007). Gender roles in music. In J. J. Arnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media (pp. 365-367). London: Sage.
7. Lemish, D. (2007). Gender media use. Ibid (pp. 361-362).
6. Lemish, D. (2007). Preschoolers, media impact on developmental needs of. Ibid (pp. 668- 671).
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5. Lemish, D. (2007). Infants and toddlers: Developmental needs and media interactions. Ibid (pp. 407-410).
4. Lemish, D. (2007). News and children’s responses. Ibid (pp. 624-625).
3. Lemish, D. (2007). Fantasy and media effects. Ibid (pp. 326-328).
2. Lemish, D. (2006). The Eurovision and homosexuality. In D. Gerstner (Ed.), Encyclopedia of contemporary Queer culture (pp. 205-206). New York, NY: Routledge.
1. Lemish, D. (2006). Dana International. Ibid (p. 303).
Instructional Textbooks (Refereed)
5. Kolucki, B. & Lemish, D. (2011). Communicating with children: Principles and practices to nurture, inspire, excite, educate and heal. New York, NY: UNICEF. (Book 80 pages and website) Translated to date into: Arabic, Bosnian, Croatian, French, Serbian, Turkish
4. Lemish, D. (Ed.) (2007). Growing up with television: The little screen in the lives of children and youth: A Reader. Tel Aviv, Israel: The Open University of Israel (Hebrew and English). 375 pages
3. Lemish, D. (1994). Free to view: A second look at television. Even Yehuda, Israel: Reches Publishing House Educational Projects. (Hebrew). 186 pages
2. Lemish, D. (1992). Between reality and fantasy: The media in our lives. A set of two textbooks and two teacher guides for grades 3-6. Jerusalem, Israel: The Ministry of Education. (Hebrew) 112 pages, 99 pages, 48 pages, 62 pages
1. Lemish, D. (1989). Please meet television: Introduction to critical viewing. Haifa, Israel: Instructional Center for Youth. (Hebrew)
Book Reviews
9. Lemish, D. (2015). Exclusion: Mediated representations of ‘others’, by A. Kama and A. First, Resling Publishing. Media Frames, 15, 81-84. (Hebrew)
8. Lemish, D. (2011). Children Speaking, edited by S. Blum-Kulka and M. Hamo. Media Frames, 7, 121-125. (Hebrew)
7. Lemish, D. (2009). Readers' voices: The act of reading in the multi-media environment by H. Adoni and H. Nossek. Megamot 46(1-2). (Hebrew)
6. Lemish D. (2007). Meeting the enemy in the living room edited by T. Liebes and P. Frosh. Social Security, 75, 142-145. (Hebrew)
5. Lemish, D. (2007). Women in Israeli Academics by N. Toren. Israeli Sociology, 8(2), 177- 180. (Hebrew) . 24
4. Lemish, D. (2006). Children’s learning from educational television: Sesame Street and beyond by S. M. Fish. Journal of Human Development, 49, 54-57.
3. Lemish, D. (2004). American dreams, Hebrew subtitles: Globalization from the receiving end by T. Liebes. Political Communication, 21(4), 514-515.
2. Lemish, D. (2003). Small Screens: Television for children edited by D. Buckingham and young people and new media by S. Livingstone. Feminist Media Studies, 3(2), 235-238.
1. Lemish, D. (2000). Growing up girls: Popular culture and the construction of identity by S. Mazzarella and N. Pecora. Journal of Communication, 50(3), 183-185.
Non-Refereed Journal Articles and Other Publications (Selected)
36. Götz, M., Mendel, C., Lemish, D. et al (June, 2020). Children, COVID-19 and the media A study on the challenges children are facing in the 2020 Coronavirus crisis. TelevIZIon, 33E, 4-9. http://www.br- online.de/jugend/izi/english/publication/televizion/33_2020_E/Goetz_Mendel_Lemish- Children_COVID-19_and_the_media.pdf
35. Lemish, D. (6 July 2020). The media in our children’s lives – have our views changed? Baha’i Chair for World Peace ö, University of Maryland. http://blog.umd.edu/bahaichair/
34. Lemish D. (22 June 2020). Where is home? In S. Ramasubramanian (Ed.). Quarantined Across Borders Blog Series. Media Rise. Accessible at: https://www.mediarisenow.org/qab Republished in Texas A&M University institutional repository (http://oaktrust.tamu.edu/)
33. Lemish, D, (2 April 2020). TV, video games and other media could actually help your children while we’re all staying at home | Opinion. Star Ledger. https://www.nj.com/oinion/2020/04/tv-video-games-and-other-media-could-actually-help-your- children-while-were-all-staying-at-home-opinion.html
Known translation: Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian https://www.sgu.ru/structure/fps/rcpp/news/2020-06-15/priglashennyy-ekspert-dafna-lemish
32. Lemish, D. & Russo Johnson, C. (2019). The landscape of children’s TV in the US and Canada. White paper available at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c0da585da02bc56793a0b31/t/5cb8ce1b15fcc0e19f3e16b 9/1555615269351/The+Landscape+of+Children%27s+TV.pdf
31. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (2019). What scared you as a child? https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/story-insights-blogs/2019/1/12/what-scared-you-as-a- child
Reprinted: "Have you ever been afraid in front of the screen as a child?" https://circlearound.com/post/what-scared-you-as-a-child-2
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30. Lemish, D. (2019). “A Room of Our Own”: Farewell Comments on Editing the Journal of Children and Media. Journal of Children and Media, 13(1), 116-126. 29. Götz, M., Hofmann, O., Mendel, C., Lemish, D., Scherr, S., Russo-Johnson, C., Sanabria, E., Prommer, E., Gozansky, Y., Huang, K., & Whitaker L. (2018) Whose story is being told? Results of an analysis of children’s TV in 8 countries. TelevIZIon, 31E, 61-65.
28. Lemish, D., Jordan, A. & Rideout, V. (2016). JOCAM Bridges: Editors’ introduction to the special anniversary issue part 2. Journal of Children and Media, 10(2), 1-3.
27. Lemish, D., Jordan, A. & Rideout, V. (2016). JOCAM Next: Editors’ introduction to the special anniversary issue part 1. Journal of Children and Media, 10(1), 1-3.
26. Lemish, D. (2016). Boys, girls, and their media experiences: The construction of gender identity. TelevIZIon, 29(E), 28-30.
25. Lemish, D. (2015). Dan in the media. Forward. In N. Elias, G. Nimrod, Z. Reik and A. Schejter (Eds.). Communication passages (pp. 9-11). Mevasert Jerusalem: Zivonim. (Hebrew)
24. Roundtable with Lemish D. (2013). Beyond ‘the west to the rest’: A roundtable on global children’s media flow. Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture, 4(3), 211-220.
23. Lemish, D. (2014). Audience transformations and social integration: Building bridges and making a real difference in the world – Report of the WG4 dialogue with stakeholders. In G. Patriarche, H. Bilandzic, N. Carpentier, C. PoK.C. Schrøder, & F. Zeller (Eds.), Building bridges: Pathways to a greater societal significance for audience research (pp. 131-136). EU: COST. http://www.cost.eu
22. Lemish, D, Bansal, N., & Cao, H. (2012). The 33 most discussed finalists of Prix Jeunesse International 2010: Arguments of over 400 experts from 60 countries. Munich, Germany: IZI. 123 pages
21. Lemish, D. (2012). Popular screen culture and childhood. Forum, 3, 28-31. Krakwow, Poland: Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK). (Polish)
20. Lemish, D. (2011). Wenn kínder krieg und katastrophen in den medien sehen. TelevIZIon, 24(2), 35-39. (German)
19. Lemish, D. (2009). Television as a “safe space” for children: The views of producers around the world. Communication Research Trend, 28(3), 17-21.
18. Lemish, D. (2009). Convention on television broadcasting for children and youth: A case study of academic-professional collaboration in Israel. Communication Research Trend, 28(3), 31-33.
17. Lemish, D. (2009). Guest editor introduction: The media gendering of war and conflict. Feminist Media Studies, 5(3), 275-280.
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16. Götz, M., & Lemish, D. (2008). Media and the make believe worlds of boys and girls. TelevIZIon, 21(E), 42-44.
15. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2008). Medien, Migrationserfahrung und Adoleszenz: Die Rolle von Fernsehen und Internet für russischstämmige 6- bis 18-Jährige in Deutschland und Israel. TelevIZIon, 21(1), 24-28. (German) Reprinted: Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2010). Media, migration experience and adolescence. TelevIZIon, special issue on diversity in children's TV, 23(E), 9-15.
14. Götz, M., Hofman, O., Brosius, H.B., Carter, C., Chan, K., Dobnald, S.H., Fisherkeller, J., Frenette, M., Kolbjørnsen, T. Lemish, D., Lustyik, K., McMilin, D.C., Walma van der Molen, J.H., Pecora, N., Prinsloo, J., Pestaj, M., Rivero, P.R., Mereilles, A.H., Saeys, F., Scherr, S., & Zhang, H. (2008). Gender in children’s television worldwide. TelevIZIon, 21(E), 4-9.
13. Götz, M., Bulbulia, F., Fisch, S., Lemish, D., Messenger-Davies, M., Schauer, R., & Homer, B. (2006). Is that funny anywhere else? TelevIZIon, 19(E), 35-40.
12. Lemish, D. (2006). Rethinking childhood. Panim, 37, 14-21. (Hebrew)
11. Lemish, D. (2006). Was bedeutet Gender? TelevIZIon, 19(1), 10-15. Reprinted (2008) in What does gender mean. TelevIZIon, 21(E), 58-62
10. Lemish, D. (2004). This war is our war! Israeli children’s perceptions of the war in Iraq, TelevIZIon, 17(E), 40-44.
9. Lemish, D. (2004). Preparing for war: Israeli’s children’s TV in times of war. TelevIZIon, 17(E), 14-17.
8. Götz, M., Lemish, D., Aidman, A. & Moon, H. (2003). The role of media in children’s make- believe worlds. TelevIZIon, 16(1), 28-39.
7. Lemish, D. (2002). The media, the whore and the Madonna. Panim, 22, 84-93. (Hebrew).
6. Lemish, D. & Tidhar, C.E. (1999). Mothers close to life: An Israeli case study. TelevIZIon, 12(2), 39-46.
5. Lemish, D. (Ed.) (1992). Communication and education special issue of Topics in Education, 2 (Hebrew).
4. Lemish, D. (1992). Introduction: Communication, education and what’s in between. Topics in Education, 2, 9-13. (Hebrew)
3. Lemish, D. (1992). Advertising as an educational challenge. Topics in Education, 2, 92-96. (Hebrew)
2. Lemish, D. (1992). Drama in the living room: Television as a means to teaching drama. Topics in Education, 1, 91-97. (Hebrew)
1. Lemish-Barkai, D. (1977). Half a star: Poetry. Tel Aviv: Traklin. (Hebrew) . 27
Presentations in Academic Conferences
102. Nimrod, G., Lemish, D., & Elias, N. (accepted for October 2020). The senior mediators: Grandparental mediation of children’s media use in a cross-cultural perspective. To be presented at the 8th European Communication Conference, Braga, Portugal.
101. Elias, N., Lemish, D., Dalyot, S., & Floegel, D. (accepted for October 2020). A cross- cultural comparison of child-parent interactions during smartphone use in public places. To be presented at the 8th European Communication Conference, Braga, Portugal. (canceled due to COVID-19)
100. Park, J. & Lemish, D. (accepted for June 2020). Smartphone use by Korean American Youth and the construction of Hybrid identities. To be presented at the 9th Child and Teen Consumption conference, Rutgers University-Camden. (canceled due to COVID-19)
99. Elias, N., Lemish, D., & Rovner-Lev, G. (accepted for June 2020). Alone together? Children’s and parents’ smartphone use in eateries. Paper to be presented at the Digital Childhood conference, Milan, Italy (canceled due to COVID-19).
98. Park, J. & Lemish, D. (accepted for June 2020). Inward and Outward: Smart-phones in the Lives of Korean American Youth. To be presented at the Information, Communication & Society (iCS) conference: Constructing young selves in a digital media ecology: Youth cultures, practices and identity. Athens, Greece: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). (canceled due to COVID-19)
97. Götz, M., Lemish, D., Hofmann, L. & Scherr, S. (accepted for April 2020). When the Back Stage Becomes the Front Stage: A cross-cultural analysis of gender inequalities in children’s TV industries and its impact on representations. Paper to be presented at the Media Industries 2020: Global Currents and Contradictions, King’s College London, UK. (canceled due to COVID-19)
96. Elias, N. (presented by her), Lemish, D., & Nimrod, G. (February 2020). Grandparental mediation in a digital environment. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Israeli Gerontology Society, Tel Aviv, Israel (Hebrew). 95. Elias, N., Lemish, D., & Floegel, D. (September 2019). “Where are you?”: Parental technoference in public places and its impact on children’s safety and emotional wellbeing. Paper presented at the ECREA Children, Youth and Media conference, Salamanca, Spain.
94. Elias, N., Lemish, D., & Nimrod, G. (September 2019). Grandparental mediation of children's digital media use. Paper presented at the ECREA Children, Youth and Media conference, Salamanca, Spain.
93. Nimrod, G. (presented by her), Elias, N., & Lemish, D. (August, 2019). Grandparenting with media. Paper presented (by Nimrod) at the annual conference of the European Sociological Association, Manchester UK.
92. Elias, N., Lemish, D., Rovner-Levi, G., Floegel, D., and Delmonaco, D. . 28
(July 2019). Food for thought: Family mobile phone use in eateries. Paper presented (by Rovner-Levi) at the annual conference of IAMCR, Madrid Spain.
91. Nimrod, G., Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (May, 2019). Measuring mediation of children’s media use. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Washington DC.
90. Katz, I., Lemish, D., Cohen, R., & Arden, A. (May 2019). When parents are inconsistent: Parenting style and adolescents' involvement in cyberbullying. Paper presented (by Katz) At the 7th International Self-Determination Theory Conference (SDT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
89. Elias, N., Nimrod, G., & Lemish, D. (April, 2019). Candy and screens: Children’s media consumption when under their grandparents’ watch. Paper presented (by Elias) at the annual conference of the Israeli Communication Association. Hadassah College, Jerusalem (in Hebrew).
88. Götz, M., Holler, A., & Lemish, D. (December, 2017). Children’s screen-related fear, nightmare and thrill experiences. Paper presented at the Children’s Global Media Summit, Manchester, UK.
87. Lachover, E. & Lemish, D. (July, 2017). Women in Israeli journalism: Forwards and backwards. Paper presented (by Lachover) at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Cartagena, Colombia.
86. Elias, N., Sulkin, I., & Lemish, D. (April, 2017). Gender segregation on BabyTV: Old-time stereotypes for the very young. Paper presented (by Sulkin) at the annual conference of the Israeli Communication Association (ISCA). Sapir College, Israel. (Hebrew)
85. Lemish, D. (October 2016). What happens next? The 10th anniversary of the Journal of Children and Media. Chair and panel participant at the meeting on Technology and Media in Children’s Development of the Society for Research in Child Development. Irvine, California: University of California Irvine, USA.
84. Lemish, D. (June 2016). JOCAM NEXT – A forward looking agenda for Children, Adolescents and Media research. Chair and panel presentation at the International Communication Association Annual conference, Fukuoka Japan. 83. Lemish, D. (June 2016). A safe haven in the ICA sea. Panel presentation in the Feminist Scholarship Division of ICA is 30: What do we gather from the past and how do we plan for the future? International Communication Association Annual conference, Fukuoka Japan.
82. Sulkin, I., Elias, N., & Lemish, D. (April 2016). Strawberry Shortcake vs. Vick the Viking: Gender representations on preschoolers’ TV. Paper presented (by Sulkin) at the Children's Media Cultures and early childhood. Université Paris 13, Paris France. . 29
81. Lemish, D. & Alony-Pick, R. (May 2014). The gendered nature of news consumption by children and youth. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual conference, Seattle, WA.
80. Lemish, D. (November 2013). Gender representations in children’s media: Eight working principles for change. Paper presented at the First Congress on Children and Media in Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey.
79. Kolucki, B. & Lemish, D. (November 2013). Media and early child development. Paper presented at the First Congress on Children and Media in Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey.
78. Lemish, D. (October 2013). Submitting to academic journal. Workshop presentation to the annual conference of Global Fusion, Carbondale Il, US.
77. Lemish, D. & Pick Alony, R. (June 2013). Inhibiting two worlds: The role of news in the lives of Jewish and Arab children and youth in Israel. International Communication Association Annual Conference, London, UK.
76. Lemish, D. (June 2013). "Getting to know you" - students meeting children. Participant in a preconference on: Teaching CAM: Pedagogical Issues and Practical Strategies for Sharing Theory and Research Related to Children, Adolescents and Media. International Communication Association Annual Conference, London, UK.
75. Lachover, E. & Lemish, D. (April 2013). Revisiting the feminization of Israeli news profession thesis and research. Paper presented in the Passages in the media conference. Ben Gurion University, Israel (Hebrew).
74. Lemish, D. & Nimrod, G. (presented by her) (April 2013). From the womb to the tomb: Conceptual similarities in studying the youngest and the oldest of audiences. Paper presented at the COST Action Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies bi-annual meeting. Tempera, Finland.
74. Lemish, D. & Pick Alony, R. (April 2013) “I was afraid he would do that to me”: Girls consuming news about sexual crimes - An Israeli case study. The inaugural conference of the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Illinois, USA.
73. Fisch, S., Lemish, D. Spezia, E. Siegel, D. Fisch, S.R.D. Aladé, F. & Kasdan, D. (April 2013). Shalom Sesame: Can media promote Jewish Education and identity among preschoolers and their families? Poster presented (by Fisch) at the SRCD Biennial Meeting Seattle, Washington, USA.
72. Fisch, S. & Lemish, D. (June 2012). Shalom Sesame: Using media to promote Jewish education and identity. Paper presented (by Fisch) at the 26th Annual New Research in Jewish Education (NRJE) conference at Hebrew College in Newton Centre, MA, USA.
71. Lemish, D., (May 2012) (Chair of extended session and presenter). Communicating with children: Principles and practices to nurture, inspire, excite, educate and heal (with B. . 30
Kolucki,B, Obergon, R. & Cole, C.). International Communication Association Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA.
70. Dhoest, A., Cola, M., Mauri Brusa, M., & Lemish, D. (May 2012). Studying ethnic minorities’ media uses: Comparative conceptual and methodological reflections. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
69. Lemish, D. (May 2012) (participant in an extended session). Feminist mentoring. Feminist Scholarship Division. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
68. Lemish, D. (May 2011). The making of a feminist editor: Reflections on my own editorial practices. Round table on: Editing feminism and feminist editing: Exploring the politics of feminism in the editorial process. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
67. Lemish, D. (May 2011). The role of parents in the media lives of young children (Session Chair). International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
66. Lemish, D. (May 2011). Theorizing about media and the construction of gendered childhoods. Miniplenary: ICA Fellows Panel. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
65. Lemish, D. (May 2011). Explorations of media’s influence in the lives of Asian children and youth. (Session Respondent). International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
64. Lemish, D. (May 2011). The role of news in the lives of Israeli children: Telling age, gender and ethnic differences. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
63. Lemish, D. and Nelly Elias (May 2011). Using factual media content by immigrant adolescents: A shift from television to the internet. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
62. Lemish, D. (May 2011). Preconference: Media, Child Health and Wellbeing: Setting the Research Agenda. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA. (co-chair of pre-conference with Michael Rich).
61. Lemish, D. (April 2011). “Screening gender on children’s television” – New books in communication panel. Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference. University of Haifa, Israel. (Hebrew)
60. Lemish, D. (April 2011). On studying the role of media in the lives of minority children: Challenges, methodological explorations and some insights. New Challenges and Methodological Innovations in European Media Audience Research. COST in partnership with ECREA, IAMCR and ICA. University of Zagreb, Croatia.
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59. Lemish, D. (March 2011). The big No: Sex and sexualities on children’s television globally: Producers around the world speak. Global Feminist Media Studies Conference. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
58. Lemish, D. & Varda Muhlbauer (September 2010). “Can’t have it all”: Representations of midlife women in popular culture. Symposium on women, power and aging. Pace University, New York, NY, USA.
57. Lemish, D. (June 2010). What’s TV good for?: Views of producers of television for Children around the world. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Singapore.
56. Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (March 2010). On-line humor about gender. Paper Presented (by Shifman) at the first Interdisciplinary conference, The Israeli Society for Humor Studies. Ashkelon, Israel. (Hebrew)
55. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (November 2009). Media in the lives of immigrant families: The Case of Russian-speaking immigrants in Israel and Germany. Paper presented (by Elias) at the conference Diaspora, Migration and Media: Crossing Boundaries, New Directions organized by the Diaspora, Migration and Media section of the European Communication Research Association Utrecht University, Germany
54. Lemish, D. & Kolucki, B (November 2009). Lessons learned from UNICEF international experience on communicating with children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Philadelphia, PA, USA.
53. Lemish, D., Ribak, R., & Alony, R. (June 2009). Israeli children online: From moral panic to responsible parenting. Paper accepted for presentation at the EU Kids Go Online conference, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
52. Lemish, D. (May 2009). Eight principles for new gender images on children’s TV: Producers around the world speak. Paper presented at the Global Girls Studies: Media and Pedagogical Approaches conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
51. Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (May 2009). “Mars and Venus” in virtual space: Post-feminist humor and the Internet. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, USA.
50. Lemish, D. (May 2009). “Without family”: The portrayals of families in children’s television around the world. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, USA.
49. Levin-Zamir, D., Lemish, D. & Gofin, R. (May 2009). Media health literacy: Development and measurement of the concept among Israeli adolescents. Paper presented at the Media and Healthy Developments in Adolescence, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
48. Elias, N., Lemish, D. & Khovorostianov, N. (November 2008). “Britney Spears remained in Russia:” Dynamics of musical preferences in the integration of immigrant adolescents. Paper presented (by Elias) at ECREA’s 2nd European Communication Conference, Barcelona, Spain. . 32
47. Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (July 2008). The “Wonder Phone” in the land of miracles: A security net for traumatic existential crises. Paper presented (by Cohen) at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Stockholm, Sweden.
46. Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (May 2008). Between feminism and fun(ny)mism: Analyzing gender in popular Internet humor. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Montreal, Canada.
45. Lemish, D. & Elias, N. (April 2008). The role of fashion in identity formation of immigrant youth from the Former Soviet Union to Israel. Paper presented at the Child and Teen Consumption conference, University of Trondhiem, Norway.
44. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (September 2007). Internet's roles in the lives of immigrant adolescents: The case of Former Soviet Union youth in Israel. Paper presented at the conference of the Diaspora, Migration, University of Leeds, UK.
43. Lemish, D. & Götz , M. (July 2007). The gendered nature of children's television-related humor. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Paris, France.
42. Elias, N., Lemish, D., & Khvorostianov, N. (July 2007) Spinning the web of identity: Internet's roles in immigrant adolescents' search of identity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Paris, France.
41. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (June 2007). Internet uses and a search of identity amongst the FSU immigrant adolescents in Israel. Paper presented (by Elias) in the international workshop on Media, Youth Culture and Ethnicity: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges, Halmstad University, Sweden.
40. Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (June 2007). Upgrading from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0: An analysis of prominent Internet comic texts about gender. Paper presented (by Shifman) at The 19th International ISHS Humor Conference, Salve Regina University Newport Rhode Island, RI, USA.
39. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (June 2007). Media uses in immigrant families: Torn between “inward” and “outward” paths of integration. Paper presented at the annual conference of Israel Studies Conference, Open University, Israel. (Hebrew)
38. Lemish, D. (May 2007). Children from Germany, Ireland, Israel, South Africa and the USA discuss and judge comedy programs. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Francisco, CA, USA.
37. Homer, B., Fisch, S. (presented by him) Galiardo, E., Zabolotnaia1, S., Lemish, D.Messenger Davies, M. Götz, M., Schauer, R., & Bulbulia, F. (March 2007). The emergence of gender difference in empathy across seven cultures. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). Boston, MA, USA. . 33
36. Elias, N., Lemish, D. & Khvorostianov, N. (February 2007). Re-inventing identities: The Internet in the Lives of Immigrant Youth. Paper presented at the International Conference on Children and New Media, Holy Cross College, Tamil Nadu, India.
35. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (September 2006). When all fails: The Internet and informal learning of adolescent-immigrants. Paper presented at the DREAM conference on Internet and Informal Learning, Odense, Denmark.
34. Lemish, D. (June 2006). Feminists' thinking: How did we get here? Presentation at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Dresden, Germany.
33. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (June 2006). Between three cultures: Media in the lives of Immigrant children in Israel and Germany. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Dresden, Germany.
32. Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (May 2006). Between three cultures: Media in the lives of immigrant children in Israel and Germany. Paper presented (by lias) at the The Annual Conference of IPP Social Sciences "Trans-disciplinary Migration and Biographical Research, Frankfurt, Germany.
31. Fisch, S.M., Homer, B., Galiardo, E., Zabolotnaia, Lemish, D., Messenger-Davies, M., S., Goetz, M., Schauer, R., & Bulboa, F. (May 2006). Age, gender, and empathy: A cross-cultural comparison. Poster presented (by Fisch) at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY, USA.
30. Lemish, D. (November 2005). Israeli children’s television going to war with Iraq. Paper presented at the First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
29. Lemish, D. (July 2005). The rational and methodology of the Global Media Monitoring Project. Symposium discussion at the International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR), Taipei Taiwan.
28. Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (April 2005). Parents, children and the third person effect. Paper presented (by Cohen) at the Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age conference, Budapest, Hungary.
27. Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (June 2004). Mobiles in the aftermath of terror in Israel: Medical personnel, victims and the media. Paper presented at the workshop on Mobile Technologies and Health: benefits and risks, Udine, Italy.
26. Lemish, D. & Reznik, S. (May 2004). What makes Israeli children laugh? The role of the media in children’s humor. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, USA.
25. Lemish, D. (May 2004). Fighting a lost battle? Reflections on modest feminist achievements in Israeli media. Symposium at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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24. Lemish, D. (May 2004). War talk: Israeli and American children’s understandings. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, USA.
23. Cohen, A. & Lemish, D. (May 2004). From flat tires to suicide bombings: Mobile phones and emergencies. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, USA.
22. Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (June 2004). When the bombs go off the mobiles ring: The aftermath of terrorist attacks. Paper presented (by Cohen) at the Global and the Local in Mobile Communication: Places, Images, People, Connections conference. Budapest, Hungary.
21. Lemish, D. (May 2003). Researching children’s make-believe worlds: Notes from a cross- cultural study. Paper presented at annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, CA, USA.
20. Lemish, D. & Cohen, A.A. (December 2003). On the gendered nature of mobile phone culture in Israel. The Gender & ICT Symposium, Brussels Belgium.
19. Lemish, D. & Cohen, A.A. (June 2003). Tell me about your mobile and I’ll tell you who you are: Israelis talk about themselves. Paper presented at the Front Stage/Back Stage – Social Implications of Mobile Phone. The 4th International Conference on Mobile Communication, Grimstad, Norway.
18. Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (July 2002). Calling like there’s no tomorrow: Some observations on mobile phone culture in Israel. Paper presented (by Cohen) at the annual conference of the International Communication Association. Seoul, South Korea.
17. Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2002). Mobile phone use in Israel: Survey research and real time interactive voice response measures. Paper presented (by Cohen) at the international conference on Social and Cultural Impact/Meaning of Mobile Communication, Chunchon, South Korea.
16. Lemish, D. (August 2002). Children’s media related fantasies: A cross cultural comparison between Germany, Israel, Korea, and the USA. Paper presented at the International Conference on Children’s Toys, Games and Media, London, UK.
15. Götz, M. & Lemish, D. (July 2002). Gender in children’s media-related fantasies: A cross- cultural comparison. Paper presented at the International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR), Barcelona, Spain.
14. Cohen, A.A., Lemish, D., & Schejter, A. (May 2001). The mobile phone and the end of privacy, guilt and shame. International Communication Association annual conference, Washington DC, USA.
13. Lemish, D. (March 2001). Masculinity in Israeli advertising. Paper presented at the International Conference on Gender and Consumption, Tel Aviv, Israel. (Hebrew)
12. Lemish, D. (April 2000). The Spice Girls as a case study of girls' culture. Paper presented at the International Forum of Children and Media Researchers, Sydney, Australia. . 35
11. Lemish, D. (July 2000). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico.
10. Lemish, D. (May 1999). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, USA.
9. Lemish, D. (July 1998). Still Marginal: Women in Israel’s 1996 Television Election Campaign Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, Glasgow, UK.
8. Lemish, D. (May 1997). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.
7. Lemish, D. (May 1996). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, USA.
6. Lemish, D. (May 1995). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
5. Lemish, D. (July 1994). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, Seoul, Korea.
4. Lemish, D. (May 1993). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Washington DC, USA.
3. Lemish, D. (May 1992). The Ripple Effect: Pornographic images of women in Israeli advertising. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Miami, FL, USA.
2. Lemish, D. (June 1991). [missing information]. International Television Studies Conference. London, UK.
1. Lemish, D. (July 1990). [missing information]. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland.
Invited keynotes, lectures, talks, and symposia participation
104. COVID guidelines for children’s media content. Panel participant. Center for Scholars and Storytellers virtual symposium. (June 26, 2020).
103. Children, media and COVID-19: Researchers in commitment to children. Panel participant. Virtual Prix Jeunesse International (moved from Munich Germany due to COVID-19) (June 7, 2020).
102. Feminist Communication Scholarship: Theory, Method, Impact – Insights From FSD’s Teresa Award Winners. Panel participant. International Communication Association virtual conference (moved from Australia due to COVID-19) (May 24, 2020).
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101. Bridging feminism with children and media: A personal scholarly journey. Masterclass presentation at FCSH, Nova University (September 23, 2019), Lisbon, Portugal.
100. Research on children, youth and the media: Present and future workshop, moderator at FCSH, Nova University (September 23, 2019), Lisbon, Portugal.
99. Tips for writing research statements and teaching philosophies. Job market bootcamp for Ph.D. students (September 13, 2019). School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University.
98. The landscape of children’s TV in the US. Presentation to the 2nd workshop of the Center for Scholars and Storytellers (June 24, 2019), UCLA.
97. The landscape of children’s TV in the US: A comparison between PBS and commercial TV. Presentation to the PBS leadership team (June 17, 2019). Washington, DC.
96. Candy and screens: Grandchildren’s media uses under their grandparents’ watch. (With Elias and Nimrod, presented by them). Presentation during a symposium, Department of Communication Studies, Ben Gurion University (December 2018), Israel (in Hebrew).
95. Mobile phones and families: Umbilical cords, babysitters, or disruptors? Plenary presentation during conference entitled: Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey: Thriving Communities Transform Lives (November 28, 2018), Rutgers University.
94. Whose story are we telling? Plenary presentation during the Prix Jeunesse International bi- annual meeting (May 29, 2018), Munich, Germany.
93. Fear in front of the screen: Reconstructing childhood experiences – participant in a panel on media and children during a Ph.D. recruitment day (March 23rd, 2018), School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. 92. Behind the scenes of editorial review – 2 workshops for the Writing Center (March 13, 14, 2018), Rutgers University, NJ, USA. 91. Submitting and reviewing for academic journals – participant in a Ph.D. colloquium (December 1st, 2017), School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. 90. Media literacy in hostile information environments – participant in a symposium (June 2017). Data & Society Research Institute, New York, NY, USA.
89. The contribution of feminist studies to the field of children and media – new faculty presentation (October 4, 2016), Rutgers University, NJ, USA.
88. Learning about the role of media in the construction of childhood: A personal research journey (September 2016). Learning outside the lines: Children and youth in an interconnected world, An International Conference. The Baha’i Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
87. Panel participant: The history of children’s television (December 2015). Fifty years anniversary conference of IZI. Bavarian Broadcasting Cooperation, Munich, Germany. . 37
86. Keynote presentation: Media in early childhood: What do we need to know? (November, 2015). Gateway Media Literacy Partners Annual conference. Webster University, St Louis, MO, USA.
85. Moderator of screening of WEB (October 2015). Perils and promises: Documentary film evening. Digital media and the developing mind, The Sackler colloquium, The National Academy of Sciences, Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, USA.
84. Keynote presentation: Fear in front of the screen: Retrospective view of childhood television experiences (July 2015). The Story of Children’s Television International Conference. University of Warwick, UK.
83. Responded for session: From hook-up to pregnancy: Sex, sexuality, and media (May 2015). The annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
82. Chair of ICA Fellows Panel – I (May 2015). The annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
81. Chair of ICA Fellows Panel – II (May 2015). The annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
80. epresentations of childhood (January 2015). Plenary address at the annual conference of the Media Communication and Culture Studies (MeCCSA), Newcastle, UK.
79. All you need is love: Representations of romantic love on children’s television (June 2014). Panel presentation on Emotion in children’s TV. Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
78. Is fear from television universal? Results from an international comparison (June 2014). Panel presentation on children’s fearful reactions to television. Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
77. Advertising sells emotions (June 2014). Brief individual presentation. Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
76. Chair of a panel entitled: Opting out, leaning in, roaring like a tiger: New narrative constructions of the mommy wars (May 2014). International Communication Association Annual conference, Seattle, WA, USA.
75. Chair of a panel entitled: Connections that matter: Exploring intersections of migration, generation, and media use in the family context (May 2014). International Communication Association Annual conference, Seattle, WA, USA.
74. Building bridges with stakeholders (September 2013), panel participant, COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technological Research) Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, Belgrade, Serbia.
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73. Dialogue with stakeholders (September 2013), Chair of panel, COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technological Research) Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, Belgrade, Serbia.
72. Communicating with children: A UNICEF resource (September, 2013) presentation to the COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technological Research) Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, Belgrade, Serbia.
71. The bridge and the barrier: The Challenges of Language Use in Communication Research (June 2013). Participant in the Closing Plenary, International Communication Association, London, UK.
70. Tribute to Dan Caspi (April 2013). Passages in the media. Ben Gurion University, Israel. (Hebrew)
69. Feminization of Israeli news media: A thesis, research, and re-examination, with Einat Lachover (and presented by her), Passages in the media, (April 2013). Ben Gurion University, Israel. (Hebrew)
68. Communicating with children (April 2013). Presentation to the College of Education and the DeLTA interdisciplinary center, University of Iowa, USA.
67. Rabbi Akiba said: A tribute to Professor Akiba Cohen (November 2012). News yesterday, today and tomorrow symposium, Tel Aviv University, Israel. (Hebrew)
66. Women in Israeli media: Still excluded and marginalized? (June 2012). Graduate colloquium moderator, Tel Aviv University, Israel. (Hebrew)
65. Creating a shared arena: When feminist scholarship meets children and media (May 2012). A Master Class presentation at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA.
64. Using media to aid children in war, crisis and vulnerable circumstances (April 2012). Annenberg Public Policy Center for Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
63. Communicating with children: Principles and practices to nurture, inspire, excite, educate and heal (March 2012). Closing the Gap Conference at John A. Logan College, IL, USA.
62. Feminist contributions to the study of children and media: Notes from a personal journey (February 2012). University of Texas Austin, TX, USA.
61. Feminist contributions to the study of children and media: Notes from a personal journey (November 2011). Celebrating 30 years of Feminist Media Studies in Israel (Keynote). Tel Aviv University, Israel. (Hebrew)
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60. Communicating with children: Principles and practices to nurture, inspire, excite, educate and heal (with B. Kolucki). (November 2011). International launch of a UNICEF resource package. New York, NY, USA.
59. Global television panel: Leading content creators and researchers showcasing best practices in children’s television (September 2011). Moderator of The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media First Global Symposium on Gender in Media. New York, NY, USA.
58. How media affect children and adolescents and what you can do (June 2011). Plenary session, 5th Europaediatrics Conference, Vienna, Austria.
57. Media in children’s lives: The good, the bad, and what can we do about it (March 2011). Closing the Gap Conference at John A. Logan College.
56. Culture and gender in children’s television around the world (March 2011). Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
55. Culture and gender in children’s television around the world (March 2011). Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. 54. Representations of gender on children’s television (March 2011). Presented at Boys are…Girls are symposium on International Women’s Day, Global Media Research Center and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Southern Illinois University, IL, USA.
53. Fred Forward Roundtable: Collaboration around a national framework for excellence in children’s media (January 2011). Fred Rogers Center, Northwestern University, Erikson Institute, American Center for Children and Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Chicago, IL, USA.
52. Between three worlds: Media in the lives of immigrant children (November 2010). Keynote presentation, COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technological Research) Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, Lisbon, Portugal.
51. New reality – old dilemmas: Children and youth and current communication technologies (November 2010). Keynote presentation, Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education, The Open University of Israel, Israel. (Hebrew)
50. Improving gender representations in children’s media (September 2010). Presentation to Women in Children’s Media (WiCM), New York, NY, USA.
49. What’s TV good for?: The view of producers of children’s television around the world (September 2010). Global Media Research Center (GMRC). Southern Illinois University- Carbondale, IL, USA.
48. Children, media, consumption and health: A research forum (June 2010). Chair, The World Summit on Media For Children, Karlstad, Sweden.
47. Eight working principles for change in children's television: The views of producers around the world (June 2010). Plenary, The World Summit on Media For Children, Karlstad, Sweden. . 40
46. Growing up somewhere else: Media in the lives of immigrant families (May 2010). Plenary, Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
45. What is globalization? (May 2010). Plenary, Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
44. Media and children: A researcher’s journey and the challenges ahead (December 2009). College of Mass Communication and Media Arts. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL, USA.
43. Gender representations and their impact on kids: Are We Concerned? (November 2009). Plenary, The annual meeting of the Alliance of Children and Television, Toronto, Canada.
42. Screening gender on children’s television (November 2009). Plenary, Conference on Consumer Culture and the Ethical Treatment of Children: Theory, Research and Fair Practice. Michigan State University, MI, USA.
41. Screening gender on children’s TV: View of producers around the world (May 2009). Youth, Media & Sexualization, YWCA Montreal, Canada.
40. Media and Adolescents health: Questions and future directions (May 2009). Keynote, Media and Healthy Developments in Adolescence, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
39. Visions of TV producers around the world: The case of gender and culture in children's TV (April 2009). Department of Communication, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
38. Screening gender on children’s television: Views of producers around the world (April 2009). School of Media Arts & Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
37. Media, children, and young people’s wellbeing: Where should we go from here? (April 2009). Connections: The future of media studies conference, Media Studies Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
36. Screening gender on children’s television: Views of producers around the world (March 2009). Department of Communication Studies, University of San Diego, CA, USA.
35. Gender, television and violence (March 2009). Exploratory meeting on Ending Violence against Children: Innovations in Communication. UNICEF, New York, NY, USA.
34. Screening gender on children’s television: Views of producers around the world (March 2009). Educational Psychology Program, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
33. Gender representations in international children’s television: What’s problematic, and what can we do? (March 2009). Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Studies & the Council for Media and Culture, New York University, NY, USA.
32. Screening gender on children’s television: Views of producers around the world (February 2009). Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston, MA, USA. . 41
31. Gendering children’s television: Producers’ views around the world (January 2008). Faculty Fellow Workshop, Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
30. New directions in children and media research (December 2008). College of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
29. Children and media: A global perspective (November 2008). Keynote, Muestra Iberoamericana de Televisión Educativa. Mexico City, Mexico.
28. Audio-visual initiatives on gender portrayals (November 2008). Muestra Iberoamericana de Televisión Educativa. Mexico City, Mexico.
27. Gender representations and its impact on kids: Are we concerned? (November 2008).Plenary, Média-Jeunes conference of the Alliance of Children’s Television, Montreal, Canada.
26. Children and media: Old questions – new ideas (November 2008). Keynote, Pockrass Annual Lecture. Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA.
25. Submitting and reviewing for peer-reviewed academic journals: Post-doctoral fellows workshop (October 2008). Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
24. Sex, sexuality and gender: What difference does it make? (June 2008). Prix Jeunesse International. Munich, Germany.
23. Gendering children's television (June 2008). Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
22. What does gender mean? (January 2008). International symposium on gender representations in children's television. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
21. Israeli children go-on-line: From moral panic to responsible parenting (November 2007). Research workshop of the European Union Children-Go-Online Network. Brussels, Belgium.
20. Children and television at times of conflict and war (March 2007). 5th World Summit on Children and Media. Johannesburg, South Africa.
19. Children and war on TV: An overview (January 2007). Keynote, Basel-Karlsruhe Forum on Educational and Societal TV and Media. University of Basel, Switzerland.
18. The lifeline: A metaphor for understanding the role of the mobile phone in Israel (September 2006). International Symposia on Mobile Media and Cultural Diversity. University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
17. Evolution, revolution or illusion: Informal learning and new media (September 2006). Plenary, DREAM conference on Internet and Informal Learning, Odense, Denmark. . 42
16. What makes children laugh? (May 2006). Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
15. Research from Israel (April 2005). Media, children and the experience of divided communities: Ireland, Israel, and Palestine: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium. University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
14. Media literacy in the digital age (December 2004). Chair and responded. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
13. Israeli children facing the Iraq War (June 2004). Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, Germany.
12. Researching children, media and mobile phones (December 2003). Ph.D. seminar, KU Leuven, Belgium.
11. Media images and the status of women in Israel (March 2003). Commission for the Status of Women of the United Nation, New York, NY, USA.
10. Normalizing inequality: Women and media in Israel (April 2002). Keynote, International Council of Jewish Women. Sydney, Australia.
9. The Pokémon in Israel (May 2001). Conference on the globalization of Pokémon culture. University of Hawaii – East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
8. Gender portrayals in advertising and action oriented interventions (April 2001). 3rd World Summit on Media for Children, Thessaloniki, Greece.
7. How global does it get? The Teletubbies in Israel (with Chava Tidhar) (December 1999). Conference on The future of children’s storytelling, IZI, Munich, Germany.
6. Gender at the forefront: Feminist perspectives on action theoretical approaches in communication research (November 1999). European News Colloquium, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
5. Media literacy initiatives in Israel (1998). New Media and Education, Trento, Italy.
4. Representations of women in Israeli advertising (1997). School of Culture and Communication, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden.
3. Interventions in gender portrayals in popular media (October 1995). Conference of the World Association of Christian Communication, Pueblo, Mexico.
2. Media literacy and kindergartners (April 1993). Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.
1. Kindergartners' understanding of television (November 1993). Conference on Media Literacy, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. . 43
Doctoral Students
Completed Yehuda Bar Lev (committee member, Ben Gurion University, Israel, 2019). Development of media usage by babies in the digital environment.
Haoyue Zhang (committee member, Southern Illinois University, 2017). Eggs under the red flag and beyond: The cinema of the fifth generation and its representation of childhood.
Ranit Grossaug (committee member, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2017). Producing children’s television programs in the age of technological change: The case study of Hop!
Einat Gedalya-Lavy (committee member, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 2016). Coverage of female candidate for Prime Minister in Israel.
Jiwoo Park (chair of committee, Southern Illinois University, 2016). (Re)constructing ethnic identities: Digital media as an important platform among the children of Korean immigrants in the U.S.
Deborah Burns (committee member, Southern Illinois University, 2014). Surveillance at institutions of higher education: Context and implications for students.
Reznik, Shiri (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2013). “What is love”: The role of media in the construction of romantic love among girls in the center and the periphery.
Geffen, Shelly (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2013). Parental reception of portrayals of families and parenting on television.
Alon-Tirosh, Michal (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2012). Comparative analysis of children's news in Israel.
Turin, Ornat (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2011). Representations of teachers and the teaching profession in the media.
Friedman, Arielle (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2009). The local and global in Israeli musical video-clips.
Levin-Zamir, Diane (co-advised with Rosa Gofin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008). Media-related health literacy and health empowerment among adolescents.
Brandes-Barak, Sigal (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2007). Women’s perceptions of gender representations in advertising.
Shalev, Shirley (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2007). Advanced Reproductive Biotechnologies: The contribution of public debate in the media to the politics of reproduction in Israel.
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Lahav-Kasuto, Hagar (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2006). Transparent: Gender and editing in journalistic text - A case study of rape coverage in the Israeli press.
Ravid, Smadar (committee member, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2005). Interpretive approaches to television texts from an educational perspective.
Lachover, Einat (co-advised with Akiba A. Cohen, Tel Aviv University, 2002). Gender Structure in the Printed Media in Israel.
Kama, Amit (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2001). The Newspaper and the Closet: Linkages among Israeli Homosexuals' patterns of communications.
In Progress
Kate Prendella (committee member, Rutgers University, 2020)
Galit Rovner (committee member, Ben Gurion University, Israel)
Shani Daliot (committee member, Ben Gurion University, Israel)
Qualifying examinations Committees
Alyvia Walters (committee member, Rutgers University, 2020)
Kate Prendella (committee member, Rutgers University, 2020)
Diana Floegel (committee member, Rutgers University, 2019)
Amana Kaskazi (committee member, Rutgers University, 2017).
Jennifer Butcher (committee member, Southern Illinois University, 2015).
Haoyue Zhang (committee member, Southern Illinois University, 2014).
Jiwoo Park (chair of committee, Southern Illinois University, 2014)
Deborah Burns (committee member, Southern Illinois University, 2013).
MA Theses Completed Spezia, Elizabeth (chair, Southern Illinois University, 2012). Shalom Sesame and Jewish Identity in Southern Illinois.
Kaufman, Maya (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2012). Images of childbirth on Israeli television.
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Langer, Offer (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2012). Gender stereotypes in advertising in children’s magazines.
Barkai, Yehudit (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2007). Representations of female-lawyers on the screen in Israel.
Reznik, Shiri (sole adviser, Tel Aviv University, 2005). What makes children laugh while viewing television?
Shalev, Shirley (sole adviser, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2002). Representations of surrogate motherhood in Israel.
Service to Academic and Professional Organizations
International Member of Advisory Board of the Bi-National US-Israel Foundation (2020- ) Member of Advisory Council, Common Sense Media Gender Initiative (2017-2018) Member of the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) expert panel G&M4: Social, Political and Communication Sciences (2016) Member, Search Committee for the Executive Director of the International Communication Association (2015)
Founder and Facilitator International Communication Association Administrators’ networking Breakfast (2015-2017)
Chair, Fellow Committee, International Communication Association (2015) Member, Jury of children’s programs for the Gender Prize, Prix Jeunesse International (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Member, Selection Committee for the Senior Scholar and Top Paper Award, Children and Media Division, International Communication Association (2014)
Chair, Fellows Book Award Committee, International Communication Association (2014) Chair, Internationalization Task Force, International Communication Association (2013) Member, International Communication Association Plagiarism Policy Committee (2012) Member, International Communication Association Fellows Book Award Committee (2012- 2013) Member, Selection Committee for the Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship International Communication Association (ICA) (2010-2012, 2017)
Consultant, Communication for Development Unit, Division of Policy and Practice, UNICEF (2009-2013)
Member, International Advisory Board, Prix Jeunesse International (2006-present). . 46
Member, Internationalization Committee, International Communication Association (ICA) (2004-2007).
Member, Nominating Committee, International Communication Association (ICA) (2006-2007)
Member (at large), Board of Directors, International Communication Association (ICA) (2003- 2005).
Member, Steve Chaffee Productivity Award Committee, International Communication Association (ICA) (2003-2006).
Member, Board of Directors, International Communication Association (ICA) (1999-2001).
Member, Reorganization Committee, International Communication Association (ICA) (1999- 2001).
Vice Chair and Chair of the Feminist Scholarship Division, International Communication Association (ICA) (1997-2001).
Member, Local Organizing Committee of the Jerusalem Annual meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA) (1997-1998)
Rutgers University Member of the Graduate Education Council (2020 – current) Member of the Coronavirus Academic Continuity Working Group (2020 - current) Member of the Undergraduate Education Council (2019 – current) Member of the Professional Graduate Degree Committee (2019 – current) SC&I new building feasibility study working group with Erdy McHenry Architecture LLC (2018-2019) SC&I representative on the Carnegie Engaged University (2018) Chair, Academic Review Committee (former CCAPC below) (2018 –2019) Member of a Vice-President Task Force on Student Feedback (2018 –2019) Chair, search committee for the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair (2017–2018) Member of the Assessment Council on Learning Outcomes (2017- current) Member of the Women, Media, and Tech committee (IWL & SC&I) (2017- current) Member of the Chancellor’s Committee on Academic Program Coordination (2016–2018)
Southern Illinois University (selected)
Member of external Advisory Board of Graduate Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Il (2017-2018) . 47
Member of Search Committee for Director of Gift Planning, SIU Foundation (2016) Chair of Search Committee for Dean of the Library (2015) Member of SIU Assessment Committee (2015-2016) Co-investigator of Gender Discrimination case (2014-2015) Member of SIU Carnegie Committee for Community Engagement (2014-2016) Chair of Search Committee for Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (2014) Member of Search Committee for Dean of the Graduate Studies (2014) Member of Media and Information Literacy Core Curriculum Committee (2014) Member of Bookstore Advisory Committee (2013-2016) Member of the Program Improvement Committee for BS in Social Science Education (2012) Member of the Joint Benefits Committee (2012-2015) Member of bargaining team for Sexual Harassment Policy (2012-2013) Chair of the Committee for selection of the University Level Scholar Excellence Award (2012) Campus-Wide Assessment Committee member, SIUC (2011-2012) Campus Wide Advisory Board member of the Global Media Research Center (GMRC), SIU (2010-2012) Israel (selected) Head, Review Committee of Communication programs, Israel National Council of Higher Education, for review-evaluation of Communication Studies in two Israeli colleges, (2005- 2010).
Member, National Academic Committee for the Applied Social Sciences, Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (2005-2010).
Chair, Professional Review Committee, Israel Science Foundation (2004-2005). Member, Committee to select the winner of the Israel Prize in Communication (2002).
Chair, Steering Committee for the Establishment of the Netvision Institute for Internet Studies, Tel Aviv University (2001-2003); and member of the advisory board of the Institute (2003- 2009).
Member, Professional Review Committee, International Dan David Prize for Student Scholarship (2001, 2006).
Chair (1983-2002) & Member (2002-2004), National Committee for Media Education, Ministry of Education.
Founding member, Board of Directors, Israeli Association for Gender and Feminist Studies (1997-2000).
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Founding Member, Board of Directors, Israeli Association for Communication (1995-2006).
Member, Board of Directors, Israeli Women's Network (1991-1994).
Membership in Professional Associations
International Communication Association (ICA) – since 1981 European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) – intermittent since 2005
COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technological Research) Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies network of researchers 2010-2014
Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) – intermittent since 2008 International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) - intermittent 1998- 2008 Israeli Communication Association (ISCA) – Founding Board Member 1995-2011 Israeli Association of Feminist and Gender Studies – Founding Board Member 1998-2008