Aya Shoshan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aya Shoshan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aya |
| FAMILY NAME | Shoshan |
| SIGNATURE | SHOSHAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8887-0144 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social movements and social media: The evolution of scholarship in the age of datafication
The evolution of social movements in the age of datafication has challenged prevailing social movement theories. Contrary to scholarly forecasts, datafication empowered social movements by reducing the cost of participation and removing barriers to disseminating information, while also facilitating authoritarianism and imposing new constraints on movements’ organizational dynamics and long-term impact. While literature reviews of the field sugges…
Visualizing Scientific Landscapes: A Powerful Method for Mapping Research Fields
How can political science scholars use visualization and mapping tools to refine the development of research on complex theoretical concepts? Literature mapping, a powerful method commonly used in the natural sciences to visualize scientific landscapes, is not yet widely used in political science. This study illustrates the capabilities of this method by analyzing visual maps of academic research on the term “organizing” in the context of politic…
Habitus and social movements: How Militarism Affects Organizational Repertoires
2010–2012 were years of global protests. This wave of mobilization has been celebrated for its horizontal, leaderless, and participatory character. But this was not the case in all countries. In Israel, which saw the largest social contention in its history, the protest was marked by a dominant and centralized leadership and by cooperation with institutional actors and corporate media. Based on the study of the Israeli case, this research seeks t…
A Journalists’ Protest? Personal Identification and Journalistic Activism in the Israel Social Justice Protest Movement
The Social Justice Protest movement in 2011 was the largest social movement in Israel’s history. The movement received media coverage for almost two months and in all news outlets, despite the protest’s broad demands and its overall radical indictment against the economic system and the status quo. This study explores the causes for this extraordinary media coverage. We find that movement characteristics of the leadership’s professional backgroun…
A Journalists’ Protest? Personal Identification and Journalistic Activism in the Israel Social Justice Protest Movement
The Social Justice Protest movement in 2011 was the largest social movement in Israel’s history. The movement received media coverage for almost two months and in all news outlets, despite the protest’s broad demands and its overall radical indictment against the economic system and the status quo. This study explores the causes for this extraordinary media coverage. We find that movement characteristics of the leadership’s professional backgroun…
Habitus and social movements: How Militarism Affects Organizational Repertoires
2010–2012 were years of global protests. This wave of mobilization has been celebrated for its horizontal, leaderless, and participatory character. But this was not the case in all countries. In Israel, which saw the largest social contention in its history, the protest was marked by a dominant and centralized leadership and by cooperation with institutional actors and corporate media. Based on the study of the Israeli case, this research seeks t…
Visualizing Scientific Landscapes: A Powerful Method for Mapping Research Fields
How can political science scholars use visualization and mapping tools to refine the development of research on complex theoretical concepts? Literature mapping, a powerful method commonly used in the natural sciences to visualize scientific landscapes, is not yet widely used in political science. This study illustrates the capabilities of this method by analyzing visual maps of academic research on the term “organizing” in the context of politic…
A Journalists’ Protest? Personal Identification and Journalistic Activism in the Israel Social Justice Protest Movement
The Social Justice Protest movement in 2011 was the largest social movement in Israel’s history. The movement received media coverage for almost two months and in all news outlets, despite the protest’s broad demands and its overall radical indictment against the economic system and the status quo. This study explores the causes for this extraordinary media coverage. We find that movement characteristics of the leadership’s professional backgroun…
Habitus and social movements: How Militarism Affects Organizational Repertoires
2010–2012 were years of global protests. This wave of mobilization has been celebrated for its horizontal, leaderless, and participatory character. But this was not the case in all countries. In Israel, which saw the largest social contention in its history, the protest was marked by a dominant and centralized leadership and by cooperation with institutional actors and corporate media. Based on the study of the Israeli case, this research seeks t…
Visualizing Scientific Landscapes: A Powerful Method for Mapping Research Fields
How can political science scholars use visualization and mapping tools to refine the development of research on complex theoretical concepts? Literature mapping, a powerful method commonly used in the natural sciences to visualize scientific landscapes, is not yet widely used in political science. This study illustrates the capabilities of this method by analyzing visual maps of academic research on the term “organizing” in the context of politic…
Social movements and social media: The evolution of scholarship in the age of datafication
The evolution of social movements in the age of datafication has challenged prevailing social movement theories. Contrary to scholarly forecasts, datafication empowered social movements by reducing the cost of participation and removing barriers to disseminating information, while also facilitating authoritarianism and imposing new constraints on movements’ organizational dynamics and long-term impact. While literature reviews of the field sugges…
Political science (3 works) · Social movement (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Scholarship (2 works) · Social Media and Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works)