M.A. 2012 – 2014
Ben
Gurion University of the Negev
Humanities
and Social Sciences
Specialty: Representation
of minorities
Title of Thesis: Internet Uses and Identity Formation among Bedouin Students from theNegev
Supervisors: Prof. Nelly Elias and Prof. Amit Schejter
Ph.D. 2019
– 2024
Bar
Ilan University
Humanities
and Social Sciences
School
of Communication
Title of
Thesis: The Mediation of Southern
Peripheries in Israel: Analysis of Prosumer Generated Content on Google Maps
Supervisor: Prof. Chaim Noy
2009 – 2010 Excellence Scholarship for High Academic Achievement
2011 Graduation B.A. with Honors (summa
cum laude)
2012 – 2020 Excellence in Academic Teaching (in each of this years) –
Sapir academic college
2020 – 2021 Excellence Scholarship for High Academic
Achievement –
(Ph.D.) – Bar Ilan University
2021 – 2022 Excellence Scholarship for High Academic
Achievement –
(Ph.D.) – Bar Ilan University
2021 – 2022 Research
Scholarship: Argov
center for the study of Israel and
the
Jewish people
2021 – 2022 Research
Scholarship: Maccabim center for outstanding Ph.D students
2022 – 2023 President of the
University and the Dean of the School of Advanced Studies Award (First time)
2022 – 2023 President of the
University and the Dean of the School of Advanced Studies Award (Second time)
2023 – 2024 President of the
University and the Dean of the School of Advanced Studies Award (Third time)
2023 – 2024 Prize for an
outstanding article on behalf of the Association for Youth Studies (together
with Dr. Ella Ben-Atar and Prof. Samdar Ben Asher)
2024 Research
Scholarship: Argov center for the study of Israel and the Jewish people
2024 Award
from the Association for the Study of Youth for an outstanding article
(together with Dr. Ella Ben-Atar and Professor Smadar Ben-Asher)
Druker Shitrit, S. (2016). Hybrid Identity – The Bedouin Minority and the Internet". Lexi-cay
(6): 8-18. [Hebrew]
Druker
Shitrit, S., Ben-Atar, E. & Ben-Asher, S.
(2022). Offensive TikTok videos against Bedouin female students as a
backlash mechanism of social penalty. Media Frames, 22, 44-66. [Hebrew]
Ben-Atar, E., Ben-Asher, S. & Druker Shitrit, S. (2022).
Social punishment by the
distribution of aggressive TikTok videos against women in a traditional
society.
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 21(1),
129-142.
Druker Shitrit,
S. & Noy, C. (2023). "Come support the locals!":
Mediating peripheral spaces on Google Maps via User Generated Content. Convergence:
The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30(6),
2233-2250. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13548565231200827
Druker
Shitrit, S. & Noy, C. (2023). “United we
stand”: Prosumer-generated content and social resilience on Google Maps. Media
Frames. Online [Hebrew]. https://mediaframes.sapir.ac.il/google-maps/
Druker Shitrit,
S. (2023). "Prosumer": the "consumer" as a
"producer" on the Internet with a focus on the education system.
Lexi-cay. Online [Hebrew] https://kaye.ac.il/magazine/%d7%9c%d7%a7%d7%a1%d7%99-%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%99-%d7%92%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%9e%d7%a1-20/?fbook=active#fb0=21
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 &
Ethics in Society, 22(1), 145-158.
Ben-Atar, A., Druker Shitrit, S. &
Ben-Asher, S. (2025). When Honor Turns Deadly:
Instagram Reactions to Family Femicide in Arab Society.
Violence Against Women.
https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazine/2025-02-14/ty-article-magazine/.premium/00000194-f964-d3a7-a1fc-f96eabab0000