Dana Weimann‐sak
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4169764 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Dana Weimann‐sak |
| PRENOMES | Dana |
| SOBRENOME | Weimann‐sak |
| ASSINATURA | SAK D W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1125-4500 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Change in chains
Purpose Restorative justice (RJ) has beneficial outcomes for both incarcerated persons and victims. This study aims to examine how two psychological factors – malleability, defined as the belief in one’s ability to change, and meta-malleability, defined as the perception of how society views one’s ability to change – influence incarcerated individuals’ willingness to engage in RJ. Design/methodology/approach A total of 173 incarcerated men first …
Utilizing restorative justice to address ongoing conflicts
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of malleability beliefs (MBs), hope and civic engagement in relation to attitudes toward restorative justice (RJ) in Israeli society, which is engaged in an ongoing, intractable conflict between Jews and Arabs. The study examines how these psychological and social factors are associated with willingness to participate in RJ during times of relative peace and periods of escalation. Design/me…
Journalistic Norms on Telegram
The rise of social media challenges traditional journalistic norms and routines, prompting a reevaluation of what constitutes journalism and giving rise to a new generation of journalists who face these emerging challenges. This study explores the ethical standards and journalistic norms upheld by alternative news channels on Telegram, mainly as they report on significant events such as the Israel-Hamas war. It examines how content creators on th…
Psychological dynamics and media influence on rumor propagation during the 2023–2024 Israel-Hamas war
This study investigates rumor propagation during the 2023–2024 Israel-Hamas war. By examining the differences between the war's early (first month) and late (ninth month) stages, it explores how state (situational) and trait anxiety and psychological closeness interact with media consumption to affect rumor dissemination. A sample of Jewish Israeli participants was surveyed at the two timepoints. The findings indicated that while the level of rum…
Changing mindsets in prison
The study, conducted within the Israeli prison system, examines the psychological mechanisms that support correctional clients’ engagement with restorative justice (RJ), with a focus on incremental beliefs. It examines whether a psychological intervention aimed at strengthening these beliefs can affect attitudes toward RJ and the effectiveness of a victim awareness program (VAP). Using a randomized controlled design (N = 153), participants were a…
Media Consumption, Social‐Media Political Tracking, and Vote Intention Across Four Back‐to‐Back Israeli Elections (2019–2022)
Objective This study examines how Israel's unprecedented political instability, characterized by five general elections between 2019 and 2022, impacted voter behavior, specifically patterns of media consumption, social media political engagement, and changes in vote intention across consecutive election cycles. Methods Survey data from 2000 Israeli respondents, collected across four election periods, assessed their consumption of traditional, dig…
Ethnicity and Support for Restorative Justice
This research evaluates the impact of ethnic identity on support for restorative justice (RJ) within a multiethnic society facing a longstanding conflict. Two experimental studies were conducted in the context of Jewish–Arab relations in Israel. The first ( N = 446) analysed the influence of the ethnic identity of the offender, victim and participant on attitudes towards RJ. The second study ( N = 560) replicated the results of the first and expl…
Analysing political engagement in a multimedia, multi-elections environment
This research delves into the intricate interplay between political trust, political efficacy, and engagement in the political process.Analysing survey data collected from 530 participants during the 2022 elections in Israel, at a time of heightened political instability, the study aims to uncover the nuanced relationships underlying citizens' engagement behaviours.Grounded in political efficacy and political trust theories, the investigation exp…
Fifa World Cup as a Media Event
This study examined the viewing behavior of individuals (N = 515) who watched the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to understand how second-screen usage may be related to the perception of the broadcast as a media event while considering psychological factors associated with media exposure. media event perception, engagement, transportation, and enjoyment were positively correlated with match-related and negatively correlated with match-unrelated …
Restorative Justice Behind Bars
Restorative justice (RJ) is a way of doing justice following an offense that is oriented toward repairing individual, relational, and social harm. Despite indications of their contribution to rehabilitation, RJ is still used infrequently, especially in serious offenses. We believe implementing them in prison is likely to provide access to RJ to a wider population. Twenty-three adult correctional clients were interviewed about their attitudes towa…
The role of engagement and self-disclosure in mitigating loneliness
Inspired by the uses and gratifications theory, this study examines the role of closed women’s Facebook groups in mediating the relationship between various forms of loneliness and perceived gratification among Israeli women. We surveyed 521 female participants to explore the mediating effect of engagement on loneliness and perceived gratification. Our findings suggest that these closed Facebook groups serve as significant platforms for interacti…
Dual screening in dual conflicts
Coping with Hamas’s Psychological Warfare during the Gaza War
The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 was based on a ground invasion of thousands of armed terrorists into Israeli communities and army camps, but it was also the beginning of a well-planned traumatizing psychological invasion that has lasted for many months since that terrible day of mass slaughter. Hamas, one of the most experienced terrorist organizations in the arena of propaganda and psychological warfare, sought to combine physical warfare wit…
Far away but close at heart? German and Israeli consumption of news concerning the 2022 Russian–Ukrainian war
This study, conducted in Germany and Israel in May 2022, compares German and Israeli news media consumption concerning the Russian–Ukrainian war using a structured online questionnaire. A total of 1,310 and 509 valid questionnaires were completed in Germany and Israel, respectively, examining differences in how news consumers used media to access information. Specifically, objective and subjective proximity to Ukraine and Ukrainians, interest in …
Spreading online rumours during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated severe social, economic, and political implications and challenges in addition to unprecedented health threats and harm. A typical phenomenon associated with emergencies and crises is the spreading of rumours. Social networks have become a popular arena for spreading rumours in various contexts, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study analysed the circumstances under which people might spread such ru…
RumorsCovid-19
COVID-19 ushered in almost unprecedented socioeconomic and political challenges. A typical social reaction during such emergencies is rumormongering, which has intensified since the advent of social media. This study explored factors affecting users’ willingness to spread pandemic-related rumors in Wuhan, China and Israel. We tested a multi-variant model of factors affecting the forwarding of COVID-19 rumors. In an online survey conducted in Apri…
Migrating to Social Networks While Watching Televised Sports
The World Cup is among the most popular televised sport events. This case study examined how enjoyment from and transportation into World Cup broadcasts affected WhatsApp use on a second screen. The authors hypothesized a negative correlation between World Cup enjoyment and WhatsApp use (both match related and unrelated), mediated by transportation into the match. Based on an online survey of 454 participants, they found that the more enjoyment t…
The Role of Proneness to Guilt and Shame Among People in Custody in Promoting Restorative Justice Processes
This research examined the role of guilt and shame proneness among people in custody in shaping attitudes toward restorative justice (RJ) and in predicting the effectiveness of RJ practices. Study 1 ( n = 110) examined the correlation between participant guilt and shame proneness and willingness to participate in an RJ process. It revealed that proneness to guilt, but not to shame, was correlated with willingness to participate in an RJ process. …
If you follow me, I might (mis)lead you
This study investigates the effects of the two leading prime ministerial candidates’ personal Facebook and Twitter accounts and the effects of exposure to the general social media and web discourse in Hebrew on voters’ agendas during Israel’s April 2019 election. All the posts that appeared on the contenders’ accounts at a point in time in each of the four pre-election campaign weeks were analyzed to identify prominent issues. Social media and we…
Promoting Inmates’ Positive Attitudes toward Participating in a Restorative Justice Process
In the present study, we conducted an empirical experiment to examine whether exposure to a victim awareness procedure would affect inmates’ attitudes toward participating in a restorative-justice process. In addition, the study sought to evaluate whether there are differences between inmates serving their sentences in prisons with different therapeutic orientations. The findings indicate that participants who were exposed to a victim awareness p…
Media Images of Anorexia
Social Second Screen
In recent years, changes have taken place in television viewing patterns during live broadcasts of major events. One of the most striking changes is the introduction of “second screens” that accompany viewing. The current study adds to the existing research literature by examining viewing patterns and socialization during the live broadcast of major sports games. Specifically, it examines the use of smartphones and WhatsApp among Israeli viewers …
Does Character Similarity Increase Identification and Persuasion?
The identity of protagonists in persuasive narratives was varied to test the impact of audience-character demographic similarity on identification. In Study 1, sex and nationality, both traits that were pretested to be important to participants’ self-identity, were varied, but demographic similarity did not increase perceived similarity, identification or persuasion. In Study 2, age and city of residence, traits that were central to the story, we…
Online agenda-setting research
Agenda-setting research has been performed for more than four decades, both in traditional and online media, and the tools employed for this task have been very much accepted by media researchers around the world. Nevertheless, analysis of the public agenda in new media, particularly across social networks, requires re-thinking these same tools, which creates a series of methodological and theoretical challenges. The present paper seeks to illumi…
Trends in public and media agenda-setting during the 2015 Israeli elections
The emergence of new media, primarily social networks, raises questions about the interactions at play between ‘new’ and ‘old’ media in terms of the media and the public agendas. This topic is particularly relevant during elections. By analysing news from three Israeli television channels and using an online monitoring system to analyse user discourse over six weeks preceding Election Day, this article seeks to trace the shaping processes of the …
Social Second Screen
In recent years, changes have taken place in television viewing patterns during live broadcasts of major events. One of the most striking changes is the introduction of “second screens” that accompany viewing. The current study adds to the existing research literature by examining viewing patterns and socialization during the live broadcast of major sports games. Specifically, it examines the use of smartphones and WhatsApp among Israeli viewers …
Coping with Hamas’s Psychological Warfare during the Gaza War
The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 was based on a ground invasion of thousands of armed terrorists into Israeli communities and army camps, but it was also the beginning of a well-planned traumatizing psychological invasion that has lasted for many months since that terrible day of mass slaughter. Hamas, one of the most experienced terrorist organizations in the arena of propaganda and psychological warfare, sought to combine physical warfare wit…
Online agenda-setting research
Agenda-setting research has been performed for more than four decades, both in traditional and online media, and the tools employed for this task have been very much accepted by media researchers around the world. Nevertheless, analysis of the public agenda in new media, particularly across social networks, requires re-thinking these same tools, which creates a series of methodological and theoretical challenges. The present paper seeks to illumi…
Dual screening in dual conflicts
Far away but close at heart? German and Israeli consumption of news concerning the 2022 Russian–Ukrainian war
This study, conducted in Germany and Israel in May 2022, compares German and Israeli news media consumption concerning the Russian–Ukrainian war using a structured online questionnaire. A total of 1,310 and 509 valid questionnaires were completed in Germany and Israel, respectively, examining differences in how news consumers used media to access information. Specifically, objective and subjective proximity to Ukraine and Ukrainians, interest in …
Trends in public and media agenda-setting during the 2015 Israeli elections
The emergence of new media, primarily social networks, raises questions about the interactions at play between ‘new’ and ‘old’ media in terms of the media and the public agendas. This topic is particularly relevant during elections. By analysing news from three Israeli television channels and using an online monitoring system to analyse user discourse over six weeks preceding Election Day, this article seeks to trace the shaping processes of the …
Trends in public and media agenda-setting during the 2015 Israeli elections
The emergence of new media, primarily social networks, raises questions about the interactions at play between ‘new’ and ‘old’ media in terms of the media and the public agendas. This topic is particularly relevant during elections. By analysing news from three Israeli television channels and using an online monitoring system to analyse user discourse over six weeks preceding Election Day, this article seeks to trace the shaping processes of the …
Online agenda-setting research
Agenda-setting research has been performed for more than four decades, both in traditional and online media, and the tools employed for this task have been very much accepted by media researchers around the world. Nevertheless, analysis of the public agenda in new media, particularly across social networks, requires re-thinking these same tools, which creates a series of methodological and theoretical challenges. The present paper seeks to illumi…
Does Character Similarity Increase Identification and Persuasion?
The identity of protagonists in persuasive narratives was varied to test the impact of audience-character demographic similarity on identification. In Study 1, sex and nationality, both traits that were pretested to be important to participants’ self-identity, were varied, but demographic similarity did not increase perceived similarity, identification or persuasion. In Study 2, age and city of residence, traits that were central to the story, we…
Social Second Screen
In recent years, changes have taken place in television viewing patterns during live broadcasts of major events. One of the most striking changes is the introduction of “second screens” that accompany viewing. The current study adds to the existing research literature by examining viewing patterns and socialization during the live broadcast of major sports games. Specifically, it examines the use of smartphones and WhatsApp among Israeli viewers …
Promoting Inmates’ Positive Attitudes toward Participating in a Restorative Justice Process
In the present study, we conducted an empirical experiment to examine whether exposure to a victim awareness procedure would affect inmates’ attitudes toward participating in a restorative-justice process. In addition, the study sought to evaluate whether there are differences between inmates serving their sentences in prisons with different therapeutic orientations. The findings indicate that participants who were exposed to a victim awareness p…
Media Images of Anorexia
Migrating to Social Networks While Watching Televised Sports
The World Cup is among the most popular televised sport events. This case study examined how enjoyment from and transportation into World Cup broadcasts affected WhatsApp use on a second screen. The authors hypothesized a negative correlation between World Cup enjoyment and WhatsApp use (both match related and unrelated), mediated by transportation into the match. Based on an online survey of 454 participants, they found that the more enjoyment t…
The Role of Proneness to Guilt and Shame Among People in Custody in Promoting Restorative Justice Processes
This research examined the role of guilt and shame proneness among people in custody in shaping attitudes toward restorative justice (RJ) and in predicting the effectiveness of RJ practices. Study 1 ( n = 110) examined the correlation between participant guilt and shame proneness and willingness to participate in an RJ process. It revealed that proneness to guilt, but not to shame, was correlated with willingness to participate in an RJ process. …
If you follow me, I might (mis)lead you
This study investigates the effects of the two leading prime ministerial candidates’ personal Facebook and Twitter accounts and the effects of exposure to the general social media and web discourse in Hebrew on voters’ agendas during Israel’s April 2019 election. All the posts that appeared on the contenders’ accounts at a point in time in each of the four pre-election campaign weeks were analyzed to identify prominent issues. Social media and we…
Spreading online rumours during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated severe social, economic, and political implications and challenges in addition to unprecedented health threats and harm. A typical phenomenon associated with emergencies and crises is the spreading of rumours. Social networks have become a popular arena for spreading rumours in various contexts, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study analysed the circumstances under which people might spread such ru…
RumorsCovid-19
COVID-19 ushered in almost unprecedented socioeconomic and political challenges. A typical social reaction during such emergencies is rumormongering, which has intensified since the advent of social media. This study explored factors affecting users’ willingness to spread pandemic-related rumors in Wuhan, China and Israel. We tested a multi-variant model of factors affecting the forwarding of COVID-19 rumors. In an online survey conducted in Apri…
Far away but close at heart? German and Israeli consumption of news concerning the 2022 Russian–Ukrainian war
This study, conducted in Germany and Israel in May 2022, compares German and Israeli news media consumption concerning the Russian–Ukrainian war using a structured online questionnaire. A total of 1,310 and 509 valid questionnaires were completed in Germany and Israel, respectively, examining differences in how news consumers used media to access information. Specifically, objective and subjective proximity to Ukraine and Ukrainians, interest in …
Analysing political engagement in a multimedia, multi-elections environment
This research delves into the intricate interplay between political trust, political efficacy, and engagement in the political process.Analysing survey data collected from 530 participants during the 2022 elections in Israel, at a time of heightened political instability, the study aims to uncover the nuanced relationships underlying citizens' engagement behaviours.Grounded in political efficacy and political trust theories, the investigation exp…
Fifa World Cup as a Media Event
This study examined the viewing behavior of individuals (N = 515) who watched the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to understand how second-screen usage may be related to the perception of the broadcast as a media event while considering psychological factors associated with media exposure. media event perception, engagement, transportation, and enjoyment were positively correlated with match-related and negatively correlated with match-unrelated …
Restorative Justice Behind Bars
Restorative justice (RJ) is a way of doing justice following an offense that is oriented toward repairing individual, relational, and social harm. Despite indications of their contribution to rehabilitation, RJ is still used infrequently, especially in serious offenses. We believe implementing them in prison is likely to provide access to RJ to a wider population. Twenty-three adult correctional clients were interviewed about their attitudes towa…
The role of engagement and self-disclosure in mitigating loneliness
Inspired by the uses and gratifications theory, this study examines the role of closed women’s Facebook groups in mediating the relationship between various forms of loneliness and perceived gratification among Israeli women. We surveyed 521 female participants to explore the mediating effect of engagement on loneliness and perceived gratification. Our findings suggest that these closed Facebook groups serve as significant platforms for interacti…
Dual screening in dual conflicts
Coping with Hamas’s Psychological Warfare during the Gaza War
The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 was based on a ground invasion of thousands of armed terrorists into Israeli communities and army camps, but it was also the beginning of a well-planned traumatizing psychological invasion that has lasted for many months since that terrible day of mass slaughter. Hamas, one of the most experienced terrorist organizations in the arena of propaganda and psychological warfare, sought to combine physical warfare wit…
Journalistic Norms on Telegram
The rise of social media challenges traditional journalistic norms and routines, prompting a reevaluation of what constitutes journalism and giving rise to a new generation of journalists who face these emerging challenges. This study explores the ethical standards and journalistic norms upheld by alternative news channels on Telegram, mainly as they report on significant events such as the Israel-Hamas war. It examines how content creators on th…
Psychological dynamics and media influence on rumor propagation during the 2023–2024 Israel-Hamas war
This study investigates rumor propagation during the 2023–2024 Israel-Hamas war. By examining the differences between the war's early (first month) and late (ninth month) stages, it explores how state (situational) and trait anxiety and psychological closeness interact with media consumption to affect rumor dissemination. A sample of Jewish Israeli participants was surveyed at the two timepoints. The findings indicated that while the level of rum…
Changing mindsets in prison
The study, conducted within the Israeli prison system, examines the psychological mechanisms that support correctional clients’ engagement with restorative justice (RJ), with a focus on incremental beliefs. It examines whether a psychological intervention aimed at strengthening these beliefs can affect attitudes toward RJ and the effectiveness of a victim awareness program (VAP). Using a randomized controlled design (N = 153), participants were a…
Media Consumption, Social‐Media Political Tracking, and Vote Intention Across Four Back‐to‐Back Israeli Elections (2019–2022)
Objective This study examines how Israel's unprecedented political instability, characterized by five general elections between 2019 and 2022, impacted voter behavior, specifically patterns of media consumption, social media political engagement, and changes in vote intention across consecutive election cycles. Methods Survey data from 2000 Israeli respondents, collected across four election periods, assessed their consumption of traditional, dig…
Ethnicity and Support for Restorative Justice
This research evaluates the impact of ethnic identity on support for restorative justice (RJ) within a multiethnic society facing a longstanding conflict. Two experimental studies were conducted in the context of Jewish–Arab relations in Israel. The first ( N = 446) analysed the influence of the ethnic identity of the offender, victim and participant on attitudes towards RJ. The second study ( N = 560) replicated the results of the first and expl…
Change in chains
Purpose Restorative justice (RJ) has beneficial outcomes for both incarcerated persons and victims. This study aims to examine how two psychological factors – malleability, defined as the belief in one’s ability to change, and meta-malleability, defined as the perception of how society views one’s ability to change – influence incarcerated individuals’ willingness to engage in RJ. Design/methodology/approach A total of 173 incarcerated men first …
Utilizing restorative justice to address ongoing conflicts
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of malleability beliefs (MBs), hope and civic engagement in relation to attitudes toward restorative justice (RJ) in Israeli society, which is engaged in an ongoing, intractable conflict between Jews and Arabs. The study examines how these psychological and social factors are associated with willingness to participate in RJ during times of relative peace and periods of escalation. Design/me…
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