Dr. Ella Ben Atar is Chair of the Department of Communication at Sapir College. She is a lecturer and researcher specializing in the intersections of communication, community resilience, and emergency situations. Over the past decade, she has developed a unique area of expertise focusing on the role of media in times of stress, with particular emphasis on educational radio as a tool for strengthening individual and collective resilience.
‘The contribution of the media to community resilience: The role of educational radio in states of emergency’
‘Salience and marginalization: The representation
of social groups in Israel – a case study: The struggle of naval commandos and
fishermen in the Kishon affair’
* Ben-Atar, E. (2019). Broadcasting under fire: Educational Radio in States of Emergency. Pardes. [200 pages].
1. Ben-Atar, E., & Ben-Asher, S. (2026) Cultural Mediation and Public Confidence in Emergency Communication. Language and Intercultural Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2026.2706553.
2. * Ben-Atar E. (2026). Helping Parents Explain War to Children: Simplification and Modulated Disclosure. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-026-02039-x
3. * Chen, S., & Ben-Atar, E. (2025). From classroom to podcast: Teacher education students learning by podcasting. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/21532974.2025.2562834
4. * Ben-Atar, E., Druker Shitrit, S., & Ben-Asher, S. (2025). When Honor Turns Deadly: Instagram Reactions to Family Femicide in the Arab Society. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362218
5. * Ben-Asher, S., Ben-Atar, E., & Lavi, T. (2025). Tragic notifications of mass casualty incidents by traditional vs. informal media. Mortality,31(1): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2025.2524720
6. *Ben-Asher, S., Shalev, R., & Ben-Atar, E. (2025) The
role of the education system in mediating reality to students in security
threat situations and war. Educational Counseling. Volume 20. 213-234. [Hebrew: Included in the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) List] Role in the publication: I was involved in all phases of the
research, includingwriting the paper.
*Ben-Asher, S., Shalev, R., & Ben-Atar, E. (2025) The role of the education system in mediating reality to students in security threat situations and war Hayeutz Hachinuchi
4. * Ben-Atar, E., & Ben-Asher, S. (2025) Informational
messages for children in situations of security threat and war. Studies
in Language and Society, 18(1) [Hebrew [
5.
* Ben-Atar,
E., & Ben-Asher, S. (2024) Daily Podcasts in Emergencies: A Case Study
of Operation 'Guardian of the Walls'. Society, Military and National Security
6-7, 36-50 [Hebrew]
6.
Ben-Asher, S., Ben-Atar, E.,
& Lavi, T. (2024). Time and ethics in
delivering bad news in institutionalized and social media. Journal of
International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 7(1),
113-138.
7. * Ben-Atar, E., & Ben-Asher, S. (2024) Do Daily Public Broadcasting Podcasts in Israel Help Increase Resilience in Crisis Situations? Journal of Radio & Audio Media. 8.
8. * Druker Shitrit, S., Ben-Asher, S. & Ben-Atar,
E. (2024), "“The modesty guard” reflected in online comments in
mainstream news sites", Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics
in Society, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 145-158.. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-08-2023-0108
9. *Ben-Atar,
E. (2023). On a
different frequency: Podcasts as a tool for promoting and empowering students
with learning difficulties. Shaanan vol. 28. [Hebrew]
10. *Ben-Atar, E., Ben-Asher, S., Jonas -Aharoni G., & Dayan-Gabay O. (2023) Taboo and dynamic framing in the media coverage of gang rape: the Ayia Napa case, Sociological Spectrum, Volume 44, 2024 - Issue 2, Pages 83-96 DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2023.2297713
11. *Ben-Atar, E., & Ben-Asher, S. (2023). Teachers’ transformative learning on digital afterlife. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 39(2), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/21532974.2023.2169212
12. *Ben-Atar, E., Ben-Asher, S., & Druker-Shitrit, S. (2023). Social punishment by the distribution of
aggressive TikTok videos against women in a traditional society. Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in
Society, 21(1), 129-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-06-2022-0059
1.
Ben-Atar, E. (2022). Creating radio podcasts as pedagogy that
promotes learning skills. Journal of Education in Black Sea Region, 8(1), 46-56. https://doi.org/10.31578/jebs.v8i1.276
* Druker-Schitrit, S., Ben-Atar, E., & Ben-Asher, S. (2022).
Offensive TikTok videos against female Bedouin students as a backlash mechanism
of social penalty. Media Frameworks.
https://mediaframes.sapir.ac.il/tiktok/
[Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar, E. (2021). The podcast as a tool in innovative pedagogy. Lexi-Kaye, 15, 17-20. https://kaye.ac.il/magazine/
[Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar, E., Gez-Lengerman, R., & Ben-Asher, S. (2021). “We are
not Pawns on a Chessboard”: Voices of Gaza Perimeter residents clash with the
institution’s voice in the social media. Studies in Language and Society, 14(1),
110-117. [Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar, E., Dayan-Gabai, A., & Yunes-Aharoni, G. (2021). “They
are part of us”: The dynamic media coverage around the social taboo of gang
rape: The Ayia Napa case. Kesher, 57,
8-30. [Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar, E. (2019). Radio start: The radio as a tool for promoting
students with learning difficulties. Educational
Counseling, 21, 35-56. [Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar, E. (2018). On-air under fire: Media and community resilience in postheroic wars. Israel Affairs, 24(1), 593-614. doi:10.1080/13537121.2018.1478781. * Ben-Atar, E., & Ben-Asher, S. (2018). Spontaneous discourse of the radio announcers in a state of security emergency: Advancing or impairing resilience? Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 16(2), 207-227. doi:10.1386/rjao.16.2.207_1. SJR 0.29 (Q1)
* Ben-Atar, E., &
Ben-Asher, S. (2017). Gaza Strip or Gaza slammed: Spontaneous discourse of educational radio hosts during a state of
emergency. Studies in language and
Society, 11(1), 127-145. [Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar, E. (2017). “Take care of yourselves there in the south”: Role
reversal in the discourse between hosts and listeners of educational radio in a
state of emergency. Media Frameworks, 16, 61-84. [Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar,
E. (2016). Educational community radio. Lexi-Kaye,
6, 22-23. https://did.li/hz5ql [Hebrew].
* Ben-Asher, S., & Ben-Atar, E. (2016). The attitude of
the local press to marginal groups: Between solidarity and alienation. Israel Affairs, 22(2), 528-548.
doi:10.1080/13537121.2016.1140344. IF=0.366 (Q1)
* Ben-Atar, E.,
& Ben-Asher, S. (2015). The media as a platform for glorifying and
excluding social groups: Analysis of the struggle of naval commandos and
fishermen in the Kishon Affair. Emdot,
7, 31-40. [Hebrew].
*
Ben-Atar, E. (2013). Above and below the water: Gaps in the daily press
coverage of the struggle of naval commandos and fishermen in the Kishon affair.
Israelis – Multidisciplinary journal for
the study of Israel, 5,
132-161. [Hebrew].
* Ben-Atar, E.,
& Ben-Asher, S. (2012). The role of the narrative in the positioning of a
group. In: The space of public media discourse: Case study of the struggle of
naval commandos and fishermen in the Kishon affair. Studies in society and
language. Interdisciplinary Electronical Journal for the Study of Language
and Society, 4(2), 10-30. [Hebrew].