Anat First
Biographic Data
| ID | 2330832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anat First |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anat |
| FAMILY NAME | First |
| SIGNATURE | FIRST A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Netanya Academic College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Making of a Capital
This article analyzes the significance of Jerusalem in Jewish-Israeli consciousness through the city’s representations on banknotes, based on the proceedings of the Bank of Israel’s Banknotes and Coinage Planning Committee since its inception in 1955. The Banknotes Committee, as an institutional body that represents the ruling hegemony, has worked to bolster the emblematic status of Jerusalem as the Jewish-Israeli capital in the past as well as t…
The power of Hegemony
This article examines the processes of selecting human figures on banknotes since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Given Israel’s relative youth, along with the permission to read all proceedings and correspondence of the Bank of Israel Banknotes and Coinage Planning Committee from its inception in 1955 to 2012, we will decipher the selection of 33 human figures and the ideological motivations behind it. We will contextualize the…
Land of milk and honey
In times of geopolitical shifts, banknotes as symbolic objects are still playing a central role in the constitution and consolidation of nationhood. Using Israeli banknotes – which are means of banal nationalism and every-day nationalism – as a case study we wish to illuminate the role of the hegemonic institution of national banknotes in creating a selective tradition that organizes symbols related to flora as signifying a certain ‘territorial i…
Borders and banknotes
Replacing a banknotes series is meaningful for politicians and the general public even today, while most transactions are executed through virtual means. The choice of images carried on banknotes represents the limits of the State's sovereign border and becomes a means of banal nationalism. Moreover, by utilising scopic regimes, the hegemony portrays the cultural and political borders: historical figures from the country's past on one side, and a…
Public relations and nation building
The study of the history of mass communication research began only in the 1980s, and is still in its infancy. The massive downsizing of higher education budgets in the USA during these years put on
Towards a New Model of Narrative Transformation
Journal Article Towards a New Model of Narrative Transformation: From the American Myth to the Green Myth Get access Eli Avraham, Eli Avraham 1Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Anat First Anat First 2School of Communication, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communi…
No Home Away From Home”
The study examines shifts in the concept of “home” by analyzing the discourse in ads for third-age housing. These ads offer an opportunity to examine the ways in which alternative perceptions of the “sense of place” are presented. The ads were mapped and categorized according to their position on an axis representing changes in the attitude of the elderly population in Israel to the concept of home, with the two poles defined as “building a home”…
Can a Regulator Change Representation of Minority Groups and Fair Reflection of Cultural Diversity in National Media Programs? Lessons From Israel
Studies show that coverage of minority and marginal groups in the central-national media is problematic. As a result, in the last decade, regulators—mainly in Europe—encouraged more proper media representation of minority groups and fair reflection of the cultural diversity. Analyzing the Israeli case study, this article examines whether the Israeli regulator succeeded in effecting changes in the representation of minority groups in Israel's nati…
Sweet nationalism in bitter days
This article identifies several theoretical approaches to the role of culture in the construction of national identity. Embedded in the presently emerging approach, which emphasises the relations between popular culture/consumerism and national identity, this study focuses on a specific consumer good manufactured in Israel in the early 2000s, the height of the second Palestinian Intifada (uprising): small sugar packets bearing portraits of the pa…
Globalization/Americanization and Negotiating National Dreams
American values, symbols, landscapes, and lifestyles have been widely used in Israeli advertisements to market a vast array of consumer goods. An analysis of advertisements that appeared in Israeli newspapers during the 1990s reveals that American symbols were invoked to promote products produced in the United States, Israel, or even a third country. By examining the relationship between advertising and culture, along with the changes that have o…
When the “Holy Land” Turns into Real Estate
This article aims to broaden the discourse on national identity as a social and cultural construct by revealing the fluidity of its most fundamental symbol—the land. This discussion is extremely relevant in the cases of small countries living under the custody of globalization, primarily Americanization. While most noticeable scholars who write about national identity focus on “high” and “official” culture, we suggest looking at one of the most p…
The Never-Ending Story
This article examines the idiosyncratic development of Israel's communication field against the backdrop of the field's main structural dilemmas: (a) emphasis on research orientation versus on professional journalistic training and (b) firm boundaries for the field based on its mother disciplines (humanities or social sciences) versus open boundaries adopting different disciplines' research topics/methods that touch on communication phenomena. Th…
Media, power and space
The article examines the representation patterns of the Israeli geographic periphery in the national media over a period of four decades. Its main goal is to analyse the role that the national press plays in constructing the periphery as the ‘other’ in public consciousness. Our analysis demonstrates how the press makes use of diverse strategies, all leading to the construction of peripheral locations as ‘unimportant’, ‘marginal’ or ‘negligible’, …
Community theatre as a site for performing gender and identity
This article focuses on Hide and Seek, a contemporary Israeli community theatre production, performed by a group of six women and one man. We present the process by which these women appropriated c
“I Buy American”
Analysis of advertisements in Israeli newspapers over the past decade has shown that American symbols have been widely used to market an array of consumer goods. Products made in America, Israel, or other countries are marketed with some sort of American angle by invoking America's values, symbols, landscapes, or lifestyle. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, we analyzed how central components of the nation-state/national sphere—lang…
The Fluid Nature of Representation
This study compares the representation of Arabs in Israeli television news in 1988 (the beginning of the first Intifada , a year of intense conflict between Israelis and Palestinians) and in 1998 (five years after the Oslo Agreement, a year of relative calm in which ongoing negotiations were held). Its purpose was to determine (1) whether a change could be detected in the representation of Arabs in the Israeli television news coverage at the two …
Nothing New Under the Sun? A Comparison of Images of Women in Israeli Advertisements in 1979 and 1994
Who is the Enemy
This study focuses on the portrayal of Arabs in Israeli news during the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada. At that time, there was only one news television programme in Hebrew - Mabat - which was (and still is) owned by the state. This was the only source of information and images which constructed and represented Israel-Arab relations and legitimized the contemporary power structure. We have found after conducting a content analysis of 54 ne…
Who is the Enemy
This study focuses on the portrayal of Arabs in Israeli news during the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada. At that time, there was only one news television programme in Hebrew - Mabat - which was (and still is) owned by the state. This was the only source of information and images which constructed and represented Israel-Arab relations and legitimized the contemporary power structure. We have found after conducting a content analysis of 54 ne…
Borders and banknotes
Replacing a banknotes series is meaningful for politicians and the general public even today, while most transactions are executed through virtual means. The choice of images carried on banknotes represents the limits of the State's sovereign border and becomes a means of banal nationalism. Moreover, by utilising scopic regimes, the hegemony portrays the cultural and political borders: historical figures from the country's past on one side, and a…
Media, power and space
The article examines the representation patterns of the Israeli geographic periphery in the national media over a period of four decades. Its main goal is to analyse the role that the national press plays in constructing the periphery as the ‘other’ in public consciousness. Our analysis demonstrates how the press makes use of diverse strategies, all leading to the construction of peripheral locations as ‘unimportant’, ‘marginal’ or ‘negligible’, …
The Fluid Nature of Representation
This study compares the representation of Arabs in Israeli television news in 1988 (the beginning of the first Intifada , a year of intense conflict between Israelis and Palestinians) and in 1998 (five years after the Oslo Agreement, a year of relative calm in which ongoing negotiations were held). Its purpose was to determine (1) whether a change could be detected in the representation of Arabs in the Israeli television news coverage at the two …
Can a Regulator Change Representation of Minority Groups and Fair Reflection of Cultural Diversity in National Media Programs? Lessons From Israel
Studies show that coverage of minority and marginal groups in the central-national media is problematic. As a result, in the last decade, regulators—mainly in Europe—encouraged more proper media representation of minority groups and fair reflection of the cultural diversity. Analyzing the Israeli case study, this article examines whether the Israeli regulator succeeded in effecting changes in the representation of minority groups in Israel's nati…
Nothing New Under the Sun? A Comparison of Images of Women in Israeli Advertisements in 1979 and 1994
Sweet nationalism in bitter days
This article identifies several theoretical approaches to the role of culture in the construction of national identity. Embedded in the presently emerging approach, which emphasises the relations between popular culture/consumerism and national identity, this study focuses on a specific consumer good manufactured in Israel in the early 2000s, the height of the second Palestinian Intifada (uprising): small sugar packets bearing portraits of the pa…
Community theatre as a site for performing gender and identity
This article focuses on Hide and Seek, a contemporary Israeli community theatre production, performed by a group of six women and one man. We present the process by which these women appropriated c
The power of Hegemony
This article examines the processes of selecting human figures on banknotes since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Given Israel’s relative youth, along with the permission to read all proceedings and correspondence of the Bank of Israel Banknotes and Coinage Planning Committee from its inception in 1955 to 2012, we will decipher the selection of 33 human figures and the ideological motivations behind it. We will contextualize the…
Land of milk and honey
In times of geopolitical shifts, banknotes as symbolic objects are still playing a central role in the constitution and consolidation of nationhood. Using Israeli banknotes – which are means of banal nationalism and every-day nationalism – as a case study we wish to illuminate the role of the hegemonic institution of national banknotes in creating a selective tradition that organizes symbols related to flora as signifying a certain ‘territorial i…
When the “Holy Land” Turns into Real Estate
This article aims to broaden the discourse on national identity as a social and cultural construct by revealing the fluidity of its most fundamental symbol—the land. This discussion is extremely relevant in the cases of small countries living under the custody of globalization, primarily Americanization. While most noticeable scholars who write about national identity focus on “high” and “official” culture, we suggest looking at one of the most p…
Public relations and nation building
The study of the history of mass communication research began only in the 1980s, and is still in its infancy. The massive downsizing of higher education budgets in the USA during these years put on
Towards a New Model of Narrative Transformation
Journal Article Towards a New Model of Narrative Transformation: From the American Myth to the Green Myth Get access Eli Avraham, Eli Avraham 1Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Anat First Anat First 2School of Communication, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communi…
Nothing New Under the Sun? A Comparison of Images of Women in Israeli Advertisements in 1979 and 1994
Who is the Enemy
This study focuses on the portrayal of Arabs in Israeli news during the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada. At that time, there was only one news television programme in Hebrew - Mabat - which was (and still is) owned by the state. This was the only source of information and images which constructed and represented Israel-Arab relations and legitimized the contemporary power structure. We have found after conducting a content analysis of 54 ne…
The Fluid Nature of Representation
This study compares the representation of Arabs in Israeli television news in 1988 (the beginning of the first Intifada , a year of intense conflict between Israelis and Palestinians) and in 1998 (five years after the Oslo Agreement, a year of relative calm in which ongoing negotiations were held). Its purpose was to determine (1) whether a change could be detected in the representation of Arabs in the Israeli television news coverage at the two …
“I Buy American”
Analysis of advertisements in Israeli newspapers over the past decade has shown that American symbols have been widely used to market an array of consumer goods. Products made in America, Israel, or other countries are marketed with some sort of American angle by invoking America's values, symbols, landscapes, or lifestyle. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, we analyzed how central components of the nation-state/national sphere—lang…
Community theatre as a site for performing gender and identity
This article focuses on Hide and Seek, a contemporary Israeli community theatre production, performed by a group of six women and one man. We present the process by which these women appropriated c
Media, power and space
The article examines the representation patterns of the Israeli geographic periphery in the national media over a period of four decades. Its main goal is to analyse the role that the national press plays in constructing the periphery as the ‘other’ in public consciousness. Our analysis demonstrates how the press makes use of diverse strategies, all leading to the construction of peripheral locations as ‘unimportant’, ‘marginal’ or ‘negligible’, …
Globalization/Americanization and Negotiating National Dreams
American values, symbols, landscapes, and lifestyles have been widely used in Israeli advertisements to market a vast array of consumer goods. An analysis of advertisements that appeared in Israeli newspapers during the 1990s reveals that American symbols were invoked to promote products produced in the United States, Israel, or even a third country. By examining the relationship between advertising and culture, along with the changes that have o…
When the “Holy Land” Turns into Real Estate
This article aims to broaden the discourse on national identity as a social and cultural construct by revealing the fluidity of its most fundamental symbol—the land. This discussion is extremely relevant in the cases of small countries living under the custody of globalization, primarily Americanization. While most noticeable scholars who write about national identity focus on “high” and “official” culture, we suggest looking at one of the most p…
The Never-Ending Story
This article examines the idiosyncratic development of Israel's communication field against the backdrop of the field's main structural dilemmas: (a) emphasis on research orientation versus on professional journalistic training and (b) firm boundaries for the field based on its mother disciplines (humanities or social sciences) versus open boundaries adopting different disciplines' research topics/methods that touch on communication phenomena. Th…
Sweet nationalism in bitter days
This article identifies several theoretical approaches to the role of culture in the construction of national identity. Embedded in the presently emerging approach, which emphasises the relations between popular culture/consumerism and national identity, this study focuses on a specific consumer good manufactured in Israel in the early 2000s, the height of the second Palestinian Intifada (uprising): small sugar packets bearing portraits of the pa…
Can a Regulator Change Representation of Minority Groups and Fair Reflection of Cultural Diversity in National Media Programs? Lessons From Israel
Studies show that coverage of minority and marginal groups in the central-national media is problematic. As a result, in the last decade, regulators—mainly in Europe—encouraged more proper media representation of minority groups and fair reflection of the cultural diversity. Analyzing the Israeli case study, this article examines whether the Israeli regulator succeeded in effecting changes in the representation of minority groups in Israel's nati…
No Home Away From Home”
The study examines shifts in the concept of “home” by analyzing the discourse in ads for third-age housing. These ads offer an opportunity to examine the ways in which alternative perceptions of the “sense of place” are presented. The ads were mapped and categorized according to their position on an axis representing changes in the attitude of the elderly population in Israel to the concept of home, with the two poles defined as “building a home”…
Towards a New Model of Narrative Transformation
Journal Article Towards a New Model of Narrative Transformation: From the American Myth to the Green Myth Get access Eli Avraham, Eli Avraham 1Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Anat First Anat First 2School of Communication, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communi…
Public relations and nation building
The study of the history of mass communication research began only in the 1980s, and is still in its infancy. The massive downsizing of higher education budgets in the USA during these years put on
Borders and banknotes
Replacing a banknotes series is meaningful for politicians and the general public even today, while most transactions are executed through virtual means. The choice of images carried on banknotes represents the limits of the State's sovereign border and becomes a means of banal nationalism. Moreover, by utilising scopic regimes, the hegemony portrays the cultural and political borders: historical figures from the country's past on one side, and a…
Land of milk and honey
In times of geopolitical shifts, banknotes as symbolic objects are still playing a central role in the constitution and consolidation of nationhood. Using Israeli banknotes – which are means of banal nationalism and every-day nationalism – as a case study we wish to illuminate the role of the hegemonic institution of national banknotes in creating a selective tradition that organizes symbols related to flora as signifying a certain ‘territorial i…
The power of Hegemony
This article examines the processes of selecting human figures on banknotes since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Given Israel’s relative youth, along with the permission to read all proceedings and correspondence of the Bank of Israel Banknotes and Coinage Planning Committee from its inception in 1955 to 2012, we will decipher the selection of 33 human figures and the ideological motivations behind it. We will contextualize the…
The Making of a Capital
This article analyzes the significance of Jerusalem in Jewish-Israeli consciousness through the city’s representations on banknotes, based on the proceedings of the Bank of Israel’s Banknotes and Coinage Planning Committee since its inception in 1955. The Banknotes Committee, as an institutional body that represents the ruling hegemony, has worked to bolster the emblematic status of Jerusalem as the Jewish-Israeli capital in the past as well as t…
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