Lecturers Page Dr. Ella Ben-Atar

Dr. Ella Ben-Atar

דר' אלה בן עטר ראשת מסלול רדיו במחלקה לתקשורת במכללת ספיר. מחקריה עוסקים ברדיו חינוכי, חוסן קהילתי ומצבי חירום. 

Dr. Ella Ben Atar, Head of the Radio and Digital Broadcasting Department in the Department of Communication at Sapir College. Her research fields are: educational radio, community resilience in emergencies, and social groups.

Areas of interest and Teaching

Areas of interest

  • Radio
  • Broadcast
  • Educational radio
  • Social groups
  • Community Resilience in Emergencies

Teaching

Hebrew lective year: תשפד

Research

‘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’ 

Awards

Publications

*    Ben-Atar, E. (2019). Broadcasting under fire: Educational Radio in States of EmergencyPardes. [200 pages].


*   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. IF=0.366 (Q1)

*    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].


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