Amit M Schejter Address and

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AMIT M. SCHEJTER January, 2017

CURRICULM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
• Personal Details

Name: Amit M Schejter
Address and telephone number at The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
work: Department of Communication Studies
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
 P.O. Box
653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
• Education

Ll.B. 1982-1986 Hebrew University Law
M.S. 1989-1991 Boston University Communications
Adviser: Prof. Julie Dobrow
Title of Master’s Thesis: The Effect of Mass Media Public Opinion Polls on the
Behavior of Voters, Political Campaigns and the Mass Media
Ph.D. 1991-1995 Rutgers University Communications
Adviser: Prof. Jorge Reina Schement
Title of Doctoral dissertation: Media Policy as Social Regulatory Policy: The Role
of Broadcasting in Shaping National Culture in Israel
• Employment History

2015- Professor (Full) Communication Ben-Gurion
present Studies University of the
Negev
2014- Department Head Communication Ben-Gurion
present Studies University of the
Negev
2014- Visiting Professor and Telecommunications Penn State University
present co-director, Institute for
Information Policy
2012-2015 Associate Professor Communication Ben-Gurion
(tenured) Studies University of the
Negev
2010-2011 Visiting Professor Communication Ben-Gurion
Studies University of the
Negev
2009-2014 Associate Professor Telecommunications Penn State University
(tenured) and co-
director, Institute for
Amit Schejter

Information Policy

2004-2009 Assistant Professor Telecommunications Penn State University
(tenure track)

2003-2004 Attorney -- Cohen Lahat & Co.
2000-2003 Vice President for -- Cellcom Israel
Regulatory Affairs

1997-2000 Lecturer (tenure track) Communications Tel Aviv University

1993-1997 Director of Legal Affairs -- Israel Broadcasting
and International Authority
Relations

1992-93 Senior Advisor to the -- Ministry of Education
Minister and Culture
1989 Minister’s Bureau Chief -- Ministry of Education
of Staff and Senior and Culture
Policy Advisor

• Professional Activities

(a) Positions in academic administration

2014 - Present Head, Department of Communication Ben-Gurion University of
Studies the Negev
2012 - 2014 Faculty advisor for undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of
communication studies minor the Negev
2009 – present Co-director, Institute for Information Penn State University
Policy
2005 – 2009 Faculty advisor for the student chapter Penn State University
of the National Association of
Minorities in Communications

(b) Professional functions outside university

Conferences/workshops organized

Date Topic Location
September 2016 “Legal and Policy Issues in George Washington
Cybersecurity” University

May 2016 “Freedom of Information City University London
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in Crisis Zones”

September 2015 Embassy of Switzerland,
“New Media, Old Money:
Washington, DC
Digital Technology, Social
Media
and the New Challenges
to Campaign Financing”
May 2015 “Administrative v. Critical A pre-conference of the
Research: Implications for 65th annual conference of
Contemporary Information the International
Policy Studies” Communication
Association, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
September 2014 “Whose Information is it New America Foundation,
Anyway?” Washington, DC
May 2014 “New Media, News Ben-Gurion University of
Reporting and the Middle the Negev
East”
May 2014 “The Future of Broadband Federal Communications
Regulation” Commission, Washington,
DC
September-October 2013 “Media policy and New America Foundation,
advocacy” Washington, DC
May 2013 “Theory of Broadband” Columbia University, New
York, NY
September 2012 “Is it working?”: New America Foundation,
Information Policy Washington, DC
Evaluation
May 2012 “End of the Phone University of Pennsylvania
System” Wharton Business School,
Philadelphia, PA
September 2011 “New ICTs + New Media New America Foundation,
= New Democracy?” Washington, DC
May 2011 “Digital Diversity” Fordham University, New
York, NY
September, 2010 “Broadband Act of 2011” New America Foundation,
Washington, DC
September, 2009 “Beyond Broadband: Data New America Foundation,
Based Policy for a New Washington, DC
Administration”
June, 2008 “Academic Research for Minneapolis, MN
Media Reform: A
Symposium for Scholars”

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(c) Significant professional consulting

2015 The committee for the study of the regulation of the Knesset Channel
(appointed by chairman of the Knesset), member

2014-2017 The advisory committee on monetary sanctions set according to
article 37A1 of the communications (telecommunications and
broadcasting) law, 1982, member

2014 The committee for regulation of commercial audiovisual services
(appointed by minister of communications), chairman

2002 The committee for the restructuring of regulation of the
telecommunications sector (appointed by minister of
communications), industry representative

2001 The committee for the restructuring of regulation of commercial
broadcasting (appointed by minister of communications), member

1993 The committee for the restructuring of public broadcasting (appointed
by minister of education and culture and minister of justice), member

1993 The committee for studying the issue of advertising on cable
television (appointed by minister of communications), chairman

(d) Editor or member of editorial board of scientific or professional journal

2013 – Member, DigiWorld Economic Journal (until 2015 known as
present Editorial Communications and Strategies)
Secretariat
2012 Guest editor Media Frames: Journal of the Israel Communications
Association, Issue 8: Regulation.
2010 – Founding editor Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org)
present
2009 Guest editor Journal of Communication Inquiry, Volume 33 (4):
Media Reform and Public Policy (with Laura Stein).
2009 – Member, “Media Frames” The Journal of the Israel
2012 Editorial Board Communication Association
2008 – Member, Journal of Communication Inquiry
present Editorial Board
2008 – Member, Global Media Journal (US edition)
present Editorial Board

(e) Ad-hoc referee and reviewer

Peer-reviewed Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of
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journals Children and Media, Journal of Communication Inquiry, Media
Frames (Hebrew), Megamot (Hebrew), Regulation &
Governance, The Communication Review, Social Issues in Israel
(Hebrew), Global Media Journal (American and Canadian
editions), International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics,
International Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in
Media Communications

Conferences Member, Student paper competition bi- annual ECREA
conference
ECREA
Member, Program Committee, TPRC 2010-2014
Member, Program Committee, Association for Israel Studies
annual conference, 2012
International Communication Association
Media Management Division of the AEJMC
Graduate Education Interest Group of AEJMC annual conference
Telecommunication Policy Research Conference student
competition
“Metaksherim” a graduate student conference
Mid-winter conference of the Graduate Education Interest Group
of AEJMC
Annual conference of the Israel Communication Association

Grants British Academy, Israel Science Foundation, Arthur W. Page
Center of Integrity in Public Communication annual Page Legacy
Scholars competition, Social Science Research Council (US),
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada

Book proposals Lawrence Erlbaum, Open University Press (Israel), Oxford
University Press, Routledge, Sage, MIT Press

Educational Chair of two committees appointed by the Israeli Council of
programs Higher Education in order to examine new degree granting
programs in communication studies

Judge in the undergraduate student poster competition, Penn
State (2005 – 2009)

(f) Membership in professional/scientific societies

2012-present International Association of Media and Communication Research
1998-present International Communication Association
1996-present Israel Communication Association

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• Educational Activities

(a) Courses taught

Course Level Instituion
Communication law Undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev
Media activism Undergraduate/graduate Ben-Gurion University of
seminar the Negev
Introduction to undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of
communication studies the Negev
Communication theory graduate Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev
Media Industry Regulation undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev
Comparative World Media undergraduate seminar Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev
Disconnected graduate seminar Ben-Gurion University of
Communities in an Online the Negev
Society
Communications For All – graduate and Ben-Gurion University of
activism seminar undergraduate the Negev
Media and Democracy undergraduate Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev
Telecommunication undergraduate Penn State
Regulation
Media and Information undergraduate Penn State
Industries
Comparative Media graduate Penn State
Systems
World Media Systems undergraduate Penn State
Media Activism undergraduate Penn State
Introduction to Mass undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Communication
Broadcasting Law and undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Policy in Israel and the
World
The Public Interest undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University
Standard in
Communication Policy
Media Institutions undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Communication and undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University
Cultural Policy
Policy Issues in the undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University
Information Society
Public Broadcasting undergraduate seminar Tel Aviv University
Regulating undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Communication
Infrastructure
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Regulating undergraduate Tel Aviv University
Communication Content
Communications and graduate (executive Tel Aviv University
Social Justice program)
Communications and the graduate (executive University of Haifa
Law program)
Media Law graduate University of Haifa
Communication Law graduate (executive Tel Aviv University
program)

(b) Research students

Ph.D. Students

Graduation Student’s Name Degree Institution
Date
2009 Ming Kuok Lim Ph.D. Penn State
2009 Worapron Tina Ph.D. Penn State (with Colleen Connolly-
Worawongs Ahern)
2010 Jonathan Obar Ph.D. Penn State
2013 Nivedita Chaterjee Ph.D. Penn State (with Krishna Jayakar)
2014 Daniela Korbas- Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Magal (with Zvi Reich)
2016 Sangyong Han Ph.D. Penn State (with Krishna Jayakar)
2016 Noam Tirosh Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2016 Michael Todd Ph.D. Penn State (with Bob Richards)
(expected)
2018 Jonathan Mendels Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)
2018 Shula Mola Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)
2018 Ghalia Abu-Kaf Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)
2019 Malka Shacham Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)

2019 Moshe Schwartz Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)
2020 Baruch Shomron Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)

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M.A. Students
Graduation Student’s Name Degree Institution
Date
2014 Shirley Drucker M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(with Nelly Elias)
2015 Moshe Schwartz M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(with Hillel Nosek) (thesis
completion)
2016 Baruch Shomron M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2017 Inbar Bar Yehuda M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)
2017 Amneh Sharha M.A. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(expected)
Dissertation/thesis committee member:
Ph.D. Students
2006 Sangho Seo Ph.D. Penn State
2008 Aziz Douai Ph.D. Penn State
2008 Sung Wook Kim Ph.D. Penn State
2009 Juraj Kittler Ph.D. Penn State
2012 Michael Horning Ph.D. Penn State
2013 Nadia-Ivette Ph.D. Penn State
Martinez-Carrillo
2013 Brandie Martin Ph.D. Penn State
2015 Katherine Reed Allen Ph.D. Penn State
2015-19 Yehuda BarLev Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2016-20 Aviv Barnoy Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2016-20 Inbal Avraham Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
M.A. Students
2008 Patrick Baxter M.A. Penn State
2010 Jon Gobeil M.A. Penn State
2010 India Brown M.A. Penn State
Supervisor of independent studies:
Kevin Wentzel (2006, Spring); Ryan Coyle (2006, Fall); Alyse Fiori (2006-7, Honors
Thesis); Ming Kuok Lim (2006, Summer); Sung Wook Kim (2007, Spring); Brandon
Tarbert (2007, Spring); Worapron Tina Worawongs (2007, Summer), Nivedita
Chaterjee (2008, Spring), Jonathan Obar (2008, Spring), Michael Horning (2009,
Summer); Sangyong Han (2010, Summer), Alan DeLevie (2011, Spring).

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• Honors, Citations, Awards

2015 Penn State University Visiting Paterno Scholar
2011-2012 Penn State University Distinguished Honors Faculty
2009-2011 University of Hamburg/University Mundus Scholar
of Amsterdam
2009 International Communication Top Three Paper
Association, Law and Policy
Division
2008 Association for Education in Best Faculty Paper
Journalism and Mass
Communications (AEJMC), Radio
Television Division Annual
Conference
2008 Penn State, College of Faculty Marshal, Fall
Communications commencement

2006-7 Penn State, College of Deans’ Excellence Award for
Communications Integrated Scholarship
1995 Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Lady Davis Post-Doctoral
Israel) Fellowship (declined).
1989 Boston University (Boston, USA) Outstanding Academic and
Leadership Achievement Student
Award
• Scientific Publications
(a) Books
1.Cohen, A. Lemish, D. & Schejter, A. (2008) The Wonder Phone in the Land of
Miracles: Mobile Telephony in Israel. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press (34
citations)

2.Schejter, A. (2009). Muting Israeli Democracy: How Media and Cultural
Policy Undermine Free Expression. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press (13
citations)

3.Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (2016). A Justice-Based Approach for New Media
Policy: In the Paths of Righteousness. London: Palgrave-McMillan

(b) Edited Books
1. Schejter, A. (ed.) (2009). … and communications for all: A Policy Agenda for
a New Administration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (5 citations)

Translated to Chinese as: Information Policy in the Age of the Network
Economy. Beijing: Publishing House of Electronic Industry
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2. Taylor, R. & Schejter A. (eds.) (2013). Beyond Broadband Access: Developing
Data-Based Information Policy Strategies. New York: Fordham University
Press

3. Elias, N., Nimrod, G., Reich, Z. & Schejter, A. (2015). Transitions in Media.
Mevasseret Zion: Tzivonim Press [in Hebrew]

(c) Edited Collections
1.Schejter A. & Han, S. (eds.) (2010). Telecommunications, Broadcasting, and
Information: Law, Policy, and Regulation. San Diego, CA: Cognella (a
collection of readings designed to accompany an upper-level undergraduate
course in telecommunications regulation)

(d) Book Chapters

1. Lehman-Wilzig, S. PI & Schejter, A. PI (1994). Mass Media in Israel. in Y.
Kamalipour, H. Mowlana (Eds.) Mass Media in the Middle East. (pp. 109-
125). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

2. Schejter, A. (1996). Rundfunk in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Internationales
Handbuch fur Hornfunk und Fernsehen. (pp. 55-59). Hamburg: Hans Bredow
Institut.

3. Schejter, A. (1998). Rundfunk in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Internationales
Handbuch fur Hornfunk und Fernsehen. (pp. 668-672). Hamburg: Hans
Bredow Institut.

4. Schejter, A. (1998). The Internet: A Mirage of Public Sphere. In Sivan, Y.
From the MTV Generation to the LLL Generation: The Story of a National
Educational Infrastructure. (pp. 263-271) [in Hebrew]. Even Yehuda, Israel:
Reches Publishing House

5. Schejter, A. (2000). Rundfunk in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Internationales
Handbuch fur Hornfunk und Fernsehen. (pp. 761-766) Hamburg: Hans
Bredow Institut.

6. Schejter, A. PI & Cohen, A. PI (2002). Israel: Chutzpah and Chatter in the
Holyland. In J. Katz & M. Aakhus (Eds.) Perpetual Contact. (pp. 30-42)
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (39 citations)

7. Schejter, A. (2002). Medien in Israel. In C. Matzen, (Ed.) Intenationales
Handbuch fur Medien 2002-2003. (pp. 817-824) Hamburg: Hans Bredow
Institut.

8. Schejter, A. (2003). Public broadcasting, the information society and the
Internet: a paradigm shift? In M. McCauley, E. Peterson, L. Artz & D. Halleck
(Eds.) Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest. (pp. 158-174) Armonk,
NY: M.E. Sharpe (4 citations)

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