Matan Aharoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 3075222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matan Aharoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matan |
| FAMILY NAME | Aharoni |
| SIGNATURE | AHARONI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3214-1353 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Extended Inductive Thematic Analysis for the Digital Era
This study has a dual purpose: first, to propose an extended inductive thematic analysis method for the digital era, incorporating generative AI while preserving human interpretive work centrality; and second, to examine empirically how researchers report, justify, and reflect on their use of traditional digital tools and generative AI in thematic analysis. The empirical component addresses the research question: Which methodological patterns, te…
Preserving Through Innovating
This study investigates the emergence of neo-pashkevils—visually and rhetorically modernized wall posters—within ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) campaigns opposing military conscription in Israel. While traditional pashkevils (wall posters) function as informal instruments of ideological enforcement and communal discipline, neo-pashkevils incorporate comic-style illustrations, vibrant colors, and colloquial language aimed at youth audiences. Through the …
Screen time to healthfulness
This research investigates the complex representation of healthfulness messages in early childhood television content, examining how health-related behaviours and attitudes are constructed and communicated to young viewers. Drawing on both health communication and television studies perspectives, the analysis of 330 episodes from children’s channels reveals nuanced patterns in the representation of sport and physical activities, nutrition and bod…
The Mother and Her Punishment
This study examines maternal figure representations in Israeli television series targeting tweens (8–12 years) through psychoanalytic feminist theory, focusing on symbolic “matricide”—the negation of maternal subjectivity. Using mixed methods, we analyzed eight popular Israeli series (2018–2022) through qualitative thematic analysis and quantitative content-coding of 160 scenes. Four key themes emerged: the ideal mother without desires, the child…
In Search of Key Actors Network in Community Cultural Production
This study addresses methodological gaps in religious media studies by developing a theoretical framework combining Actor-Network Theory ( ANT ) with Deshen’s typology of symbol changes to analyze cultural production in strictly bounded religious communities. Using the Israeli ultra-Orthodox film industry as a case study, this retrospective analysis examines two decades of ethnographic data to identify key human and non-human actors shaping ultra…
Shaping the ultra-Orthodox man’s self-image
This study examines how the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men within the religious minority community in Israel represent themselves through wall posters (Pashkevilim) and protest banners in resistance to military service and opposition to enlisted Haredi soldiers. Through qualitative thematic analysis of 27 wall posters and 25 protest banners, this study explores how these visual media reflect and shape the male self-image and body image in relation t…
Three generations, one nation
Purpose This study aims to challenge the theoretical assumption of differences in the perception of European asylum seekers as “others” between Generations X, Y and Z in a cross-cultural encounter mediating foreign news. The research examines how media representation influences perceptions of geographically and culturally distant “others” among Israeli heavy news consumers. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative methodology thr…
Web-Series Ads as a New Marketing Media
This study presents a new type of advertisement—web-series ads. This undiscussed form of advertising is unique, as it presents an independent digital cultural field. By examining the main structural and narrative features of web-series ads and consumers’ responses, this research presents an integration model which explains how advertisements, as a commercial system, integrate into an independent new media system. Using thematic, narrative–structu…
Integrating values into the social learning process
Children develop their perceptions, expectations, and attitudes toward the occupational world much earlier than they enter it, also via television which serves as a central socialization agent in the preschool years.The current study thematically analyzes the values associated with the occupational world in children's series by integrating two theoretical perspectives: Schwartz's theory of values and Bandura's social cognitive theory.The study fi…
Journalistic and reception mechanisms of remote threat domestication
The current study reveals the mechanisms used by both media and news consumers for domesticating distant threatening events. To this end, the study applies thematic analysis to textual and visual content presented in media items (Study 1) and media content reception from the perspective of news consumers (Study 2). Study 1 sample included 209 Israeli media items in Hebrew, covering asylum seekers in Europe from 2014 to 2019. Study 2 is based on s…
Beyond intensive motherhood
When Mainstream and Alternative Media Integrate
In a diverse media ecosystem of transitions and integrations, this research uses polysystem theory to conceptualize the integration of alternative media systems within their mainstream media counterparts. These interactions are examined using interviews and participant observations through three case studies—(1–2) Integration of two independent web-content creator groups into mainstream Israeli television system and (3) integration of ultra-Ortho…
The stranger within
This study analyzes Israeli Zionist-religious women’s representation in community web-series and their reception as a minority group within a minority community. To reveal their social role and the mechanisms that stimulate interaction and encourage social change, thematic and textual analyses were conducted. It was found that religious-Zionist women emerge as meaningful characters manifesting liberal and egalitarian values within a conservative …
Representations of ICT use in young children’s television content broadcast in Israel
Very young children increasingly use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their home and educational environments. The study examined representations of ICT use in children’s television content, which is a central socialization agent for this audience. Based on cultivation theory, an in-depth qualitative content analysis of television series for young children aired in Israel was conducted. Findings indicate that ICTs are depicted…
Domestication of remote threats
A Distant Threat Made Local? The Carry-over Effect of Perceived Threat from Asylum Seekers in Europe to Israeli Local Outgroups
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of perceived threat from asylum seekers in EU (EUAS) on attitudes toward Israeli local outgroups, controlling for face to-face interaction with the latter. The study was conducted using an online survey of 1311 Israeli Jews. Realistic threat from EUAS was negatively related to positive attitudes toward three local outgroups, while the association between symbolic threat from EUAS and attitud…
Closing the Distance? Representation of European Asylum Seekers in Israeli Mainstream, Community, and Social Media
This study explores the rhetoric, discourse, visual representation, and news narratives regarding asylum seekers (AS) in the European Union in Israeli media. Integrating cultural representation theory and foreign news proximity-distance approaches, this research focuses on differences in media coverage of AS in the EU between mainstream, community, and social media, and then suggests a model and theoretical implications. The sample included 340 H…
It’s Complicated
The recent surge in television content targeting young children has led to questions about the appropriateness of the content for children’s developmental capabilities. The study comprehensively analyzed the manifestations of complexity – both in the plot and in formal features – in content aired on child-targeted television channels (from about 2 to 6 years of age). A qualitative analysis of content from 216 television shows from the six Israeli…
Domestication of remote threats
A Distant Threat Made Local? The Carry-over Effect of Perceived Threat from Asylum Seekers in Europe to Israeli Local Outgroups
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of perceived threat from asylum seekers in EU (EUAS) on attitudes toward Israeli local outgroups, controlling for face to-face interaction with the latter. The study was conducted using an online survey of 1311 Israeli Jews. Realistic threat from EUAS was negatively related to positive attitudes toward three local outgroups, while the association between symbolic threat from EUAS and attitud…
The stranger within
This study analyzes Israeli Zionist-religious women’s representation in community web-series and their reception as a minority group within a minority community. To reveal their social role and the mechanisms that stimulate interaction and encourage social change, thematic and textual analyses were conducted. It was found that religious-Zionist women emerge as meaningful characters manifesting liberal and egalitarian values within a conservative …
Closing the Distance? Representation of European Asylum Seekers in Israeli Mainstream, Community, and Social Media
This study explores the rhetoric, discourse, visual representation, and news narratives regarding asylum seekers (AS) in the European Union in Israeli media. Integrating cultural representation theory and foreign news proximity-distance approaches, this research focuses on differences in media coverage of AS in the EU between mainstream, community, and social media, and then suggests a model and theoretical implications. The sample included 340 H…
It’s Complicated
The recent surge in television content targeting young children has led to questions about the appropriateness of the content for children’s developmental capabilities. The study comprehensively analyzed the manifestations of complexity – both in the plot and in formal features – in content aired on child-targeted television channels (from about 2 to 6 years of age). A qualitative analysis of content from 216 television shows from the six Israeli…
Closing the Distance? Representation of European Asylum Seekers in Israeli Mainstream, Community, and Social Media
This study explores the rhetoric, discourse, visual representation, and news narratives regarding asylum seekers (AS) in the European Union in Israeli media. Integrating cultural representation theory and foreign news proximity-distance approaches, this research focuses on differences in media coverage of AS in the EU between mainstream, community, and social media, and then suggests a model and theoretical implications. The sample included 340 H…
It’s Complicated
The recent surge in television content targeting young children has led to questions about the appropriateness of the content for children’s developmental capabilities. The study comprehensively analyzed the manifestations of complexity – both in the plot and in formal features – in content aired on child-targeted television channels (from about 2 to 6 years of age). A qualitative analysis of content from 216 television shows from the six Israeli…
When Mainstream and Alternative Media Integrate
In a diverse media ecosystem of transitions and integrations, this research uses polysystem theory to conceptualize the integration of alternative media systems within their mainstream media counterparts. These interactions are examined using interviews and participant observations through three case studies—(1–2) Integration of two independent web-content creator groups into mainstream Israeli television system and (3) integration of ultra-Ortho…
The stranger within
This study analyzes Israeli Zionist-religious women’s representation in community web-series and their reception as a minority group within a minority community. To reveal their social role and the mechanisms that stimulate interaction and encourage social change, thematic and textual analyses were conducted. It was found that religious-Zionist women emerge as meaningful characters manifesting liberal and egalitarian values within a conservative …
Representations of ICT use in young children’s television content broadcast in Israel
Very young children increasingly use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their home and educational environments. The study examined representations of ICT use in children’s television content, which is a central socialization agent for this audience. Based on cultivation theory, an in-depth qualitative content analysis of television series for young children aired in Israel was conducted. Findings indicate that ICTs are depicted…
Domestication of remote threats
A Distant Threat Made Local? The Carry-over Effect of Perceived Threat from Asylum Seekers in Europe to Israeli Local Outgroups
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of perceived threat from asylum seekers in EU (EUAS) on attitudes toward Israeli local outgroups, controlling for face to-face interaction with the latter. The study was conducted using an online survey of 1311 Israeli Jews. Realistic threat from EUAS was negatively related to positive attitudes toward three local outgroups, while the association between symbolic threat from EUAS and attitud…
Beyond intensive motherhood
Web-Series Ads as a New Marketing Media
This study presents a new type of advertisement—web-series ads. This undiscussed form of advertising is unique, as it presents an independent digital cultural field. By examining the main structural and narrative features of web-series ads and consumers’ responses, this research presents an integration model which explains how advertisements, as a commercial system, integrate into an independent new media system. Using thematic, narrative–structu…
Integrating values into the social learning process
Children develop their perceptions, expectations, and attitudes toward the occupational world much earlier than they enter it, also via television which serves as a central socialization agent in the preschool years.The current study thematically analyzes the values associated with the occupational world in children's series by integrating two theoretical perspectives: Schwartz's theory of values and Bandura's social cognitive theory.The study fi…
Journalistic and reception mechanisms of remote threat domestication
The current study reveals the mechanisms used by both media and news consumers for domesticating distant threatening events. To this end, the study applies thematic analysis to textual and visual content presented in media items (Study 1) and media content reception from the perspective of news consumers (Study 2). Study 1 sample included 209 Israeli media items in Hebrew, covering asylum seekers in Europe from 2014 to 2019. Study 2 is based on s…
Three generations, one nation
Purpose This study aims to challenge the theoretical assumption of differences in the perception of European asylum seekers as “others” between Generations X, Y and Z in a cross-cultural encounter mediating foreign news. The research examines how media representation influences perceptions of geographically and culturally distant “others” among Israeli heavy news consumers. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative methodology thr…
Extended Inductive Thematic Analysis for the Digital Era
This study has a dual purpose: first, to propose an extended inductive thematic analysis method for the digital era, incorporating generative AI while preserving human interpretive work centrality; and second, to examine empirically how researchers report, justify, and reflect on their use of traditional digital tools and generative AI in thematic analysis. The empirical component addresses the research question: Which methodological patterns, te…
Preserving Through Innovating
This study investigates the emergence of neo-pashkevils—visually and rhetorically modernized wall posters—within ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) campaigns opposing military conscription in Israel. While traditional pashkevils (wall posters) function as informal instruments of ideological enforcement and communal discipline, neo-pashkevils incorporate comic-style illustrations, vibrant colors, and colloquial language aimed at youth audiences. Through the …
Screen time to healthfulness
This research investigates the complex representation of healthfulness messages in early childhood television content, examining how health-related behaviours and attitudes are constructed and communicated to young viewers. Drawing on both health communication and television studies perspectives, the analysis of 330 episodes from children’s channels reveals nuanced patterns in the representation of sport and physical activities, nutrition and bod…
The Mother and Her Punishment
This study examines maternal figure representations in Israeli television series targeting tweens (8–12 years) through psychoanalytic feminist theory, focusing on symbolic “matricide”—the negation of maternal subjectivity. Using mixed methods, we analyzed eight popular Israeli series (2018–2022) through qualitative thematic analysis and quantitative content-coding of 160 scenes. Four key themes emerged: the ideal mother without desires, the child…
In Search of Key Actors Network in Community Cultural Production
This study addresses methodological gaps in religious media studies by developing a theoretical framework combining Actor-Network Theory ( ANT ) with Deshen’s typology of symbol changes to analyze cultural production in strictly bounded religious communities. Using the Israeli ultra-Orthodox film industry as a case study, this retrospective analysis examines two decades of ethnographic data to identify key human and non-human actors shaping ultra…
Shaping the ultra-Orthodox man’s self-image
This study examines how the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men within the religious minority community in Israel represent themselves through wall posters (Pashkevilim) and protest banners in resistance to military service and opposition to enlisted Haredi soldiers. Through qualitative thematic analysis of 27 wall posters and 25 protest banners, this study explores how these visual media reflect and shape the male self-image and body image in relation t…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social media (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (4 works)