Akiba Cohen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3997635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akiba Cohen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akiba |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Journalistic Role Performance in Times of Covid
This paper examines journalistic role performance in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a content analysis of newspaper, television, radio and online news in 37 countries. We test a set of hypotheses derived from two perspectives on the role of journalism in health crises. Mediatization theories assume that news media tend to sensationalize or to politicize health crises. A contrasting perspective holds that journalists shift toward more…
Playful Identities
In this edited volume, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day play and games are not only appropriate metaphors for capturing postmodern human identities, but are in fact the means by which people create their identity. From discussions of World of Warcraft and Foursquare to digital car…
Foreign news on television
Contents: Akiba A. Cohen/Thomas Hanitzsch/Agnieszka Stepinska/William Porath/Christine Heimprecht: Rationale, Design, and Methodologies - Agnieszka Stepinska/William Porath/Constanza Mujica/Xiaoge Xu/Akiba A. Cohen: The Prevalence of News: Domestic, Foreign, and Hybrid - Knut De Swert/Antonio Belo/Rasha Kamhawi/Ven-hwei Lo/Constanza Mujica/William Porath: Topics in Foreign and Domestic Television News - Jurgen Wilke/Christine Heimprecht/Youichi I…
The geography of foreign news on television
Since the advent of television in the middle of the 20th century, news has been an essential ingredient in TV programming. Often these newscasts are the most heavily viewed programmes, and by and large they are the main source of information for many people. This is particularly true for news from other countries and regions in the world. This immense significance of TV news has made it an important field in communication research. The article pr…
Israel
On a summer evening in 1999, a fully loaded bus traveling from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had just climbed to one of the highest points overlooking the city, ten minutes from its final destination. A young lady sitting a few seats behind the driver slipped her mobile phone from her purse, dialed a number, and put the phone to her ear. To the person on the other end of the line she said: "Okay, we've just passed Mevasseret [a suburb of Jerusalem], so w…
Communication and Cultural Development
c LASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY has been concerned with the process by which societies change from traditional agriculturally based systems to modern ones in which wealth is generated primarily through industrial production (Tonnies 1912; Durkheim 1960; Spencer 1897; Parsons 1961). This process has become known as or , when dealing with a specific nation-state, national development. Despite the popularity of the terms development in the social sci…
The geography of foreign news on television
Since the advent of television in the middle of the 20th century, news has been an essential ingredient in TV programming. Often these newscasts are the most heavily viewed programmes, and by and large they are the main source of information for many people. This is particularly true for news from other countries and regions in the world. This immense significance of TV news has made it an important field in communication research. The article pr…
Foreign news on television
Contents: Akiba A. Cohen/Thomas Hanitzsch/Agnieszka Stepinska/William Porath/Christine Heimprecht: Rationale, Design, and Methodologies - Agnieszka Stepinska/William Porath/Constanza Mujica/Xiaoge Xu/Akiba A. Cohen: The Prevalence of News: Domestic, Foreign, and Hybrid - Knut De Swert/Antonio Belo/Rasha Kamhawi/Ven-hwei Lo/Constanza Mujica/William Porath: Topics in Foreign and Domestic Television News - Jurgen Wilke/Christine Heimprecht/Youichi I…
Playful Identities
In this edited volume, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day play and games are not only appropriate metaphors for capturing postmodern human identities, but are in fact the means by which people create their identity. From discussions of World of Warcraft and Foursquare to digital car…
Journalistic Role Performance in Times of Covid
This paper examines journalistic role performance in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a content analysis of newspaper, television, radio and online news in 37 countries. We test a set of hypotheses derived from two perspectives on the role of journalism in health crises. Mediatization theories assume that news media tend to sensationalize or to politicize health crises. A contrasting perspective holds that journalists shift toward more…
Communication and Cultural Development
c LASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY has been concerned with the process by which societies change from traditional agriculturally based systems to modern ones in which wealth is generated primarily through industrial production (Tonnies 1912; Durkheim 1960; Spencer 1897; Parsons 1961). This process has become known as or , when dealing with a specific nation-state, national development. Despite the popularity of the terms development in the social sci…
Israel
On a summer evening in 1999, a fully loaded bus traveling from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had just climbed to one of the highest points overlooking the city, ten minutes from its final destination. A young lady sitting a few seats behind the driver slipped her mobile phone from her purse, dialed a number, and put the phone to her ear. To the person on the other end of the line she said: "Okay, we've just passed Mevasseret [a suburb of Jerusalem], so w…
The geography of foreign news on television
Since the advent of television in the middle of the 20th century, news has been an essential ingredient in TV programming. Often these newscasts are the most heavily viewed programmes, and by and large they are the main source of information for many people. This is particularly true for news from other countries and regions in the world. This immense significance of TV news has made it an important field in communication research. The article pr…
Foreign news on television
Contents: Akiba A. Cohen/Thomas Hanitzsch/Agnieszka Stepinska/William Porath/Christine Heimprecht: Rationale, Design, and Methodologies - Agnieszka Stepinska/William Porath/Constanza Mujica/Xiaoge Xu/Akiba A. Cohen: The Prevalence of News: Domestic, Foreign, and Hybrid - Knut De Swert/Antonio Belo/Rasha Kamhawi/Ven-hwei Lo/Constanza Mujica/William Porath: Topics in Foreign and Domestic Television News - Jurgen Wilke/Christine Heimprecht/Youichi I…
Playful Identities
In this edited volume, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day play and games are not only appropriate metaphors for capturing postmodern human identities, but are in fact the means by which people create their identity. From discussions of World of Warcraft and Foursquare to digital car…
Journalistic Role Performance in Times of Covid
This paper examines journalistic role performance in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a content analysis of newspaper, television, radio and online news in 37 countries. We test a set of hypotheses derived from two perspectives on the role of journalism in health crises. Mediatization theories assume that news media tend to sensationalize or to politicize health crises. A contrasting perspective holds that journalists shift toward more…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Advertising (1 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works)