Lecturers Page Dr. Omer Keynan

Dr. Omer Keynan

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Head of the Marketing and Campaign Management track and lecturer in the Master's program at the Department of  Communication, Sapir Academic College. My research and lecturers focuses on the integration of digital technologies and  social media in civic discourse and learning processes in civil society. In recent years, I have developed the field of digital communities in Israeli academia.

Areas of interest and Teaching

Research


Awards

2023 - Outstanding Lecturer Award

The Department of Human Resource Management, Sapir Academic College

2019 - Outstanding Student Award

Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society, Bar-Ilan University

2014 – 2019 - President’s Scholarship for Doctoral Students

Bar-Ilan University

2018 - Outstanding Lecturer Award

Faculty of Government and Society, College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo

2017 - Outstanding Lecturer Award

Faculty of Government and Society, College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo

2017 - Avner Goldman Annual Prize

Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society, Bar-Ilan University

Publications

1. Israeli, M., Keynan, O. (2025). Educational dialogue through the perspective of actor-network theory. Educational Circles, Tel Aviv University. [Hebrew]

 

2. Slakmon, B., Gideon, I., & Keynan, O. (2023). Framing Engagement and Public Participation in Local Climate Conferences. Environmental Education Research, 1-20. (I.F.: 3.2; 5 years I.F.: 3.9; JCI: Q1-Environmental Education, 32 citations)

I contributed to all stages of the manuscript, including conceptualization, development of research questions and objectives, literature review, findings, and conclusions.

3. Lahat, L., Keynan, O., and Scala, F. (2023). Capitalising on Twitter for Policy Learning during Crises: The Case of the Covid-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Public Administration. (I.F.: 2.52; 5 years I.F.: 1.46; JCI: Q2- Public Administration, 58 citations

I contributed to all stages of the manuscript, including conceptualization,    development of research questions and objectives, literature review, findings, and conclusions.

              4. Tsemach, E., Schwarz, B., Israeli, M., and Keynan O. (2023). Advancing Group                Epistemic Practices in the Resolution of Interdisciplinary Societal Dilemmas. Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal. (I.F.:0.80;5 years I.F.:0.60; JCI:Q2-Education and Education Research, 49 citations)  

              I contributed to developing the literature review, and findings.

            5. Slakmon, B., Keynan, O., & Shapira, O. (2022). Emotion expression and recognition in written digital discussions on civic issues. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 1-19. (I.F.: 5.611; 5 years I.F.: 5.685; JCI:Q1-Education and Education Research, 65 citations)

      I contributed to all stages of the manuscript, including conceptualization, development of research questions and objectives, literature review, findings, and conclusions.


 6. Keynan, O., Brandel, N., & Slakmon, B. (2022). Students’ knowledge on emotion expression and recognition in computer-mediated communication: A comparative case study. Computers & Education, 104597. (I.F.: 13.709; 5 years I.F.: 8.538; JCI: Q1-Digital Technology and Education, 60 citations) 

I contributed to all stages of the manuscript, including conceptualization, development of research questions and objectives, literature review,                findings, and conclusions.

 

7. Keynan, O. (2020). Are #We_All_Yossef_Salamsa? The usage of hashtags as part of young Ethiopians’ protest against police violence. Israel Studies in Language and Society, 13(1), 154-171. [Hebrew]


8. Keynan, O. (2020). Black-Israeli lives matter: Online activism among young Ethiopian Israelis. In Blackness in Israel (pp. 77-90). Routledge (34 citations).

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