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Birth: March 11 1953 106/1 Schechtman Street Marriage: August 13 1981 Ramot Two daughters & two sons Ramot, Jerusalem 97725 Languages: Hebrew, English Tel/fax 972-2-5710171 Cellphone 972-506- 580224 e-mail: ysrcohen@netvision.net.il

YOEL COHEN

Academic background:

City University London 1976-1981 Ph.D Supervisor: Professor Jeremy Tunstall Thesis: News Media and British Foreign Policymaking University College, London University 1972-1975 B.Sc International Relations Jews College, London 1976-1979 Diploma in Jewish Studies Employment: School of Communication, Ariel University, January 2009- (Chairman of School 2009-2011) Head, Research Unit, The Lipshitz Religious Teacher College, Jerusalem 2007- 2009 Head, Department of Communication The Lipshitz Religious Teacher College, Jerusalem 1999-2007 Promoted to Associate Professor, approved by the Higher Education Council, Israel

[מל"ג] , Government, July 2007 Senior Lecturer, School of Communications, Netanya Academic College 1999-7 Holon of Technology 1995–2010 Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication and Government Centre for Communication and International Policy Bar-Ilan University, Research Fellow 1999-2002

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Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations The Hebrew University, Research Fellow 1988-1993 Israeli Cultural Diplomacy - Past & Future Ma'ale School for Television Arts & Communication Lecturer 1996-1999 Rennart Institute for Jerusalem Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Research Fellowship 1996-1997 The Israel Government and the Temple Mount Question Department of Communication, Haifa University, Lecturer 1994-1995 School of Overseas Students, The Hebrew University, The Hebrew University, Lecturer 1994-1995 Research project on the foreign press corps in Israel funded by The Smart Communications Institute, The Hebrew University Argov Center for the Study of Israel and The Jewish People, Bar-Ilan University Research Fellow 1986-1989 Project: The Information Age and the American Jewish-Israeli Relationship Promoted to Lecturer status Instructor, Department of Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University 1981-1986 Instructor, Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University 1980-1981 Visiting Lecturer, The Communications Institute, The Hebrew University 1980 Lecturer, Centre for Arts & Related Studies, The City University London, 1978-1979\ Courses taught on Media & Religion Judaism & Mass Media Religion & Media seminar News and Religion: Comparative Perspectives Other courses:

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-- Military-media relations -- Foreign News -- Sociology of News -- Secrecy & Nuclear Policy -- Introduction to Mass Media -- Theory of Mass Communication -- The History and Development of Mass Communications -- Comparative Media Systems -- Religion & Diplomacy: The International Status of Jerusalem -- The Making of Foreign Policy -- Introduction to International Relations -- Terrorism, Guerilla Warfare & Counter-Insurgency Research Interests -- Religion & News; -- Foreign Correspondents; -- Nuclear Secrecy; -- Military-Media relations; -- Israeli Cultural Diplomacy and Relations - Past and Future; -- Governmental Public Relations during Civil Emergencies; -- The Impact of the Information Age on Israel-Diaspora Jewish Relations -- Israeli Governmental Policy to the Temple Mount Dispute

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

פרסומים אקדמיים Books

1. Yoel Cohen, God, Jews and the Media: Religion and Israel’s Media, Routledge, New York & London,

2012

2 (e). Yoel Cohen, Whistleblowers & The Bomb: Vanunu, Israel & Nuclear Secrecy , London, Pluto Press

260 pages, 20051

1 Further revised edition with additional chapter examining the implications of Vanunu’s release from prison in

2004

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2 (d). Yoel Cohen, The Whistleblower from Dimona: Vanunu, Israel, &

The Bomb, Tel Aviv, Babel 2005, 416 pages [Hebrew]2

2 ©.Yoel Cohen, The Whistleblower of Dimona: Israel, Vanunu & The Bomb, New York, Holmes & Meier,

2003, 381 pages3

2 (b). Yoel Cohen, Die Vanunu Affaire: Israels Geheimes Atompotential, Heidelberg, Palmyra Verlag 1995,

425 pages4

2 (a). Yoel Cohen, Nuclear Ambiguity, London, Sinclair-Stevenson 1992, 295 pages

3. Yoel Cohen, Media Diplomacy: the Foreign Office in the mass communications age, London Frank Cass

1986 208 pages

Forthcoming book

Yoel Cohen, Jerusalem, das judische Volk und die Kontroverse um den Dritten Tempel, Munich: De

Gruyter

Refereed articles

1. Yoel Cohen, `Awkward Encounters:Orthodox Judaism and the Internet’,Scripta Instituti Donneriani

Aboensis, Donner Institute, Abu Akedemie Universitsat, Finland, No 25, 2013

2.Yoel Cohen, “Haredim, Modernity, & the Information Age”, Kesher, Tel Aviv University, No 44, 2012

[Hebrew]

3.Yoel Cohen, `Jewish Cyber-theology’, Communication Research Trends, Spring 2012

4. Yoel Cohen, “Vanunu, The Sunday Times, and the Dimona Question”, Israel Affairs, London, 16:3, 2010, pp

416-433

5. Yoel Cohen,“The Limits of Nuclear Secrecy: Mordechai Vanunu &

The Sunday Times", Kesher, Tel Aviv University, 30 pages [Hebrew]

No 38, 2009 [Hebrew] 12 pages

6. Yoel Cohen. “Social Communication, Mass Media and the Jewish Tradition”, Religion & Social

Communication, (Asian Research Center for Religion & Social Communication, St John’s University,

Bangkok) Vol 4,

No 2, 2006 pp 145-157

7. Yoel Cohen, "Nuclear Ambiguity and the Media: The Israeli Case", Israel Affairs, 12:3, 2006, pp 529-545

8. Yoel Cohen, "Religion News in Israel", Journal of Media & Religion 4:3 2005, pp 179-198

2 Hebrew translation of Whistleblowers & the Bomb: Vanunu, Israel & Nuclear Secrecy (London,

Pluto 2005) 3

Fully revised edition with additional chapters including chapters drawing upon the protocols of Vanunu’s closed doors trial, and a chapter examining the international campaign on Vanunu’s behalf 4

German translation of Nuclear Ambiguity: the Vanunu Affair (London, Sinclair-Stevenson 1992)

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9. Yoel Cohen, News Diffusion & Conflict-ridden Democracies: Israel &

The Rabin Assassination", The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 7:3 2002, pages 14-33

10. Yoel Cohen, “The Political Role of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate in the Temple Mount Question,” Jewish

Political Studies Review, 11:1-2, 1999,

pp. 101-126

11. Yoel Cohen, “Foreign press corps as an indicator of international news interest”, Gazette (56) 1995, pp.89-

100

12. Yoel Cohen, “News Media and the News Department of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office", Review of

International Studies (UK) 1988, No 14,

pp 115-129

13. Yoel Cohen,”Media Diplomacy in Britain", Political Communication & Persuasion 1986, 3:3, pp. 245-

264

14. Yoel Cohen, “Media Diplomacy: A Case Study in Anglo-Israeli Relations", Crossroads 1984, No 11,

pp.41-65

Refereed articles – forthcoming

Yoel Cohen, “Jewish Law Writings and the Internet”, Moreshet Yisroel, Ariel University Center [Hebrew]

Other refereed articles

1.Yoel Cohen, ”Foreign Correspondents, Religion, & the Holyland" Mayim Medalyo, Research Annual of the

Lifshitz Religious Education College, Jerusalem, No. 16, 20 pages [Hebrew] 2008

2.Yoel Cohen, “Religion Coverage on Israel Radio”, Mayim Medalyo, Research Annual of the Lifshitz

Religious Education College, Jerusalem,

No 15, 2004, pp 169-182 [Hebrew]

3. Yoel Cohen, “Judaism & the Media: Covergence and Conflict," Mayim Medalyo, Research Annual of the

Lifshitz Religious Education College, Jerusalem, No. 13, 2002 pp 267-277 [Hebrew]

Chapters in Books

1. Yoel Cohen, “The Religious Media”, in Rafi Mann & Azi Lev-On (eds),

The Media Report 2013, Ariel University 2013

1. Yoel Cohen, “God, Religion, and Advertising: A Hard Sell”, in Amir Hetsroni (ed), Advertising & Reality:

A Global Study of Representation and Content, New York: Continuum, 2012

2. Yoel Cohen, “War, Religion & the Foreign Press Corps in Israel”, in Yigal Levin and Amnon Shapiro (ed)

War, Peace in the Jewish Tradition: From the Biblical World to the Present, New York & London:

Routledge, 2012

3. Yoel Cohen, “Rabbis and the Media: A conflictual relationship”, Emdah Annual Research volume, Orot

Academic Educational College, Elkana, 2011 (Hebrew)

4. Yoel Cohen, “Haredim and the Internet: A Hate-Love Affair”, in Michael Bailey and Guy Redden (eds)

Mediating Faiths: Religion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century, Ashgate, Britain 2011

5.Yoel Cohen, “The IDF and the Defence Community in the Eyes of

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the Foreign Media”, in Pinhas Yehezkel (ed) The Developing Dialogue between the Defence Community and

the Media, Tel Aviv, Ministry of Defence, [Hebrew],2009, pages 62-68

6.Yoel Cohen, “The Role of the Media in the Jewish Diaspora in the Making of Jewish Identity,” in T Rashi &

M Zeft (eds) Mass Media and Judaism, Tel Aviv, Keter Hazav 2008 [Hebrew]

7. Yoel Cohen, “The Religion-News Media Nexus in Israel” Sociological

Papers Volume 11, Institute for Community Studies, Bar-Ilan University 2006

72 pages (also published separately – see under “Research Reports”)

8. Yoel Cohen, “Mass Media and Religion in Israel”, in Daniel Stout (ed)

The Encyclopaedia of Religion, Communication & Media, New York & London, Routledge, 2006, pp 189-

195

9. Yoel Cohen, “Judaism” in Daniel Stout (ed) Encyclopaedia of Religion, Communication & Media, New

York and London, Routledge, 2006,

pp 206-212

10. Yoel Cohen, “Communication in Jewish Perspective”, in Franz-Josef Eilers (ed) Social Communication in

Religious Traditions of Asia, Manila: Logos, 2006, pp 111-124

11. Yoel Cohen, main encyclopaedic entry on “The Press”,

The Encyclopaedia Judaica, second edition, Macmillan-Keter, 2006

(1790 words)5

12. Yoel Cohen, 29 entries on Israeli journalists and newspapers in

The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Second Edition, Macmillan-Keter 2006 (each entry 300 words approx): `Nahum

Barnea’; `David Bar-Ilan’; `Amnon Dankner’; `Yisroel Harel’; `Mordechai Kirschenbaum’; `David Landau’;

`Dan Margalit’; `Hanoch Marmari’; `Noam Mozes, and Mozes family’; `Yaacov and Ofer Nimrodi and family’;

`Herzl Rosenblum’; `David Rubinger’; `Shmuel Shnitzer’; `Amos Schocken, and Gershon Schocken, and

Schocken family’; `Moshe Vardi’; `Dov Yudkovsky’; `Hannah Zemer’; `Al Hamishmar’; `Davar’, `Globes’;

`Haaretz’; `Hamodia’; `Koteret Rashit’; `Jerusalem Post’; `Jerusalem Report’; `Maariv’; `Yated Neeman’;

`Yediot Aharonot’; the Mordechai Vanunu affair

13. Yoel Cohen, “Nuclear Secrecy & the Media: The Israeli Case”, in Udi Lebel (ed) Defence & the Media:

Dynamics of the Relationship, Beersheba: Ben Gurion University Press, 2005, pp.200-219

14. Yoel Cohen, “The Chief Rabbinate & the Temple Mount Question”, in Itamar Werhatftig & Samuel Katz

(eds), Seventy Years to the Establishment of The Israeli Chief Rabbinate, Jerusalem:Heichal Shlomo 2002

pp. 763-786 [Hebrew]

15. Yoel Cohen, “Mass Media in the Jewish Tradition”, in Daniel Stout & Judith Buddenbaum (eds), Religion

and Popular Culture, Ames, Iowa State University 2001, pp.95-109

16. Yoel Cohen,“Focus on Israel: Twenty-Five Years of Foreign Media Reporting from Israel" in The

Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1983-1992 Decennial Volume, Keter, Jerusalem 1994, pp. 46-56

17. Yoel Cohen,“Information Policy and the Falklands Conflict"

in Shimon Shitreet (ed) Free Speech and National Security, Dordrecht,

The Netherlands, Kluwer Press 1990, pp.143-154

18. Yoel Cohen, “The Jewish Diaspora Media and the Lebanon War", in Eliezer Don-Yihye (ed) Israel &

Diaspora Jewry, Bar-Ilan University Press 1990,pp.79-96

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19. Yoel Cohen, “The Lebanon War and the Western Media", in The Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1982-4

Yearbook, Jerusalem Keter 1986, pp.43-53

Chapters in Books – forthcoming

1.Yoel Cohen, “Jewish Communication Theory: Biblical Law and Contemporary Media Practice,” in Robert

Fortner & Mark Fackler (eds), International Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory, New

York: Wiley-Blackwell 2013

2. Yoel Cohen, “Israeli Rabbis & the Internet”, in Heidi Campbell (ed), Digital Judaism, New York &

London:¨Routledge, 2013

3. `Judaism and Media’ entry for International Encyclopaedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy,

New York & London, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2014 (4000 words)

4. Yoel Cohen, “Are Rabbis Informed? Mass Media Information and Jewish Clergy in Israel,” ASIR (Advances

in the Study Information & Religion), Kent State University, USA, 2013

Research Reports

1. Yoel Cohen, The Religion-News Media Nexus in Israel,Sociological Institute for Community Studies, Bar-

Ilan University April 2006 72 pages

2. Yoel Cohen, Technological Change and Foreign News Reporting from Israel, Burda Center for

Innovative Communications, Ben Gurion University of the Negev,2004 21 pages

3. Yoel Cohen, The Israeli Military in the Mass Media Age, 90 pp,

The Leonard Davis Institute, The Hebrew University1993

4. Yoel Cohen, American Jewry and the Israeli News Media, research report submitted to the Institute of

American Jewish-Israeli Relations, Jerusalem,1990approx. 40 pages

5. Yoel Cohen and Jacob Reuveny, Western News Media and the 1982 Lebanon War Research reports nos

6-7, London, Institute of Jewish Affairs 1984, 26 page

Other Publications

1. Yoel Cohen, “Selected Bibliography – Judaism, Religion, & the Media”, Mayim Medalyo, Research Annual

of the Lifshitz Religious Education College, Jerusalem, No. 15, pp 279-284 [Hebrew]

2. Yoel Cohen, “Palestinians & Israelis: Oh, Jerusalem", Religion in

the News, The Leonard E Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College, Hartford

CT, ,4:1, 2001 3 pages

3. Yoel Cohen, “Covering Israel's Religious Wars", Religion in the News, The Leonard E Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College, Hartford CT, 2:3, Fall

1999, 2 pages

Editorial board or peer reviewing

1. Peer review of manuscript, “The Effects of New Media and Genealogical Research on Post-Holocaust Jewish

Identity,” Shophar January 2013

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2. Peer review of manuscript, “Divergence in Foreign Policy & Convergence in Media: United States and

Middle East Conflicts in Canadian Newspapers” Journal of Communication, August 2010

3. Peer review of manuscript. “A Forum of Their Own: Views about the Internet among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish

Women who Browse Designated Closed Forums,” Journal of Media & Religion, October 2010

4. Review manuscript by Dr Keren Tames on the Arab world in the Israeli Media for Routledge Publishers (New

York & London, November 2010)

5. Member of editorial board for peer review of paper on “Advertyising in Religious media,”, Israel

Communication Association, April 2010

6. Member of editorial board for peer review of paper on “Non-Governmental Organisations and the BBC”,

Israel Communication Association, April 2006

7. Member of editorial board for peer review of paper on “The Image of Women in Haredi Media”, Israel

Communication Association, April 2006

7.Member of editorial board, The Open Communication Journal, Bentham Science Publishers, United States

8.. Member of Consulting Editorial Board to Felippe Korzenny and Susan Douglas (eds) Communicating for

Peace: Diplomacy and Negotiation Across Cultures (Volume 14 of the International and Intercultural

Communication Annual), Beverly Hills, Sage 1989

9. Peer review of manuscript on “The Relationship of the Orthodox Jewish Leadership to the Mass Media in the

Twentieth Century”, Mayim Medalyo, Research Annual of the Lifshitz Religious Education College, Jerusalem

Conference Papers

1. Yoel Cohen, “Jewish Religious Editorial Content and Jewish Religious Holidays,” 16th World

Congress of Jewish Studies”, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem July 2013

2.Yoel Cohen, “Information-gathering among Israeli Rabbis,:” Third Annual Conference on Information &

Religion, Center for the Study of Information & Religion Kent State University, June 2013

2. Yoel Cohen, Jewish Religious Editorial Content and Religious Holidays,”: The International Association for

Media & Communication Research (IAMCR) , Dublin City University, June 2013

3. Yoel Cohen, “Advertising and Hagim )חגים) in the Israeli media”, Conference in Honour of the publication

of A Heztroni, Advertising & Reality, Ariel University Center, December 2012

4. Yoel Cohen, “Outsiders/Insiders: Coverage of Islam in the Israeli Media”, The International Conference on

Media, Religion & Culture, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, July 2012

5. Yoel Cohen, “Jewish Religious Holiday Advertising in Israel,” Working Group on Media & Religion &

Culture, The International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR),” University of

KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, July 2012

6. Yoel Cohen, “Israeli Rabbis, Computers & the Internet”, International Conference on Digital Religion,

Donner Institute for Religion & Culture, Abu Akademie University, Turku, Finland, June 2012

7.. Yoel Cohen, “The Virtual Synagogue: The Limits and Boundaries of Jewish Cyber-theology” The

International Conference on Digital Religion, University of Colorado-Boulder, January 2012

8.. Yoel Cohen, “Rabbis & Journalists in Israel: A Conflictual Relationship”, Working Group on Media &

Religion & Culture, The International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR), Kadir Has

University, Istanbul, July 2011

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9.Yoel Cohen, “Outsiders/Insiders: Coverage of Islam in the Israeli Media”, Working Group on Islam & the

Media, The International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR), Kadir Has University,

Istanbul, July 2011

10. Yoel Cohen, “Rabbis and the Media: A Conflictual Relationship”, The 7th

International Conference on

Media, Religion & Culture, Ryerson University, Toronto, August 2010

11. Yoel Cohen and Orly Tzarfaty, “Mass Media and Sources of

Information in Secular-Haredi Relations in Israel”, The 7th

International Conference on Media, Religion &

Culture, Ryerson University, Toronto, August 2010

12. Orly Tsafarty & Yoel Cohen, “The Secular-Haredi Divide in Israel: The Media factor, Israel Communication

Association annual conference,

The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, March 2010, 9 pages

13. Orly Tsafarty & Yoel Cohen, “The Secular-Haredi Divide in Israel: The Media factor, Israel Communication

Association annual conference,

The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, March 2010, 9 pages

14.Yoel Cohen & Orly Tsarfaty, “The Influence of Mass Media upon Secular-Religious Relations in Israel,”

Association of Israel Studies, Sapir College, Beersheba, June 2009, 8 pages

15. Yoel Cohen, “Israeli Rabbis and the Media,”, Emdah Annual Conference: Religion and Mass Media, Orot

College, Elkana, May 2009, 11 pages

16. Yoel Cohen, “Rabbis & Reporters in the Holyland”: A Conflictual Relationship”, 6th

International

Conference on Media, Religion & Culture, Metodista University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2008, 12 pages

17. Yoel Cohen, “Haredim and the Internet”, 6th

International Conference on Media, Religion & Culture,

Metodista University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2008

18.Yoel Cohen and Orly Tsarfaty, “The Role of Information in Secular-Religious Relations in Israel: A Case

Study of Israeli College students”, International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR),

[Media, Religion & Culture Working Group], Stockholm, Sweden, June 2008

19. Yoel Cohen, “Mass Media as Instruments of Religious Identity and Spirituality in Israel,” International

Conference on Media, Spiritualities and Social Change, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, June 2008, 14

pages

20.Yoel Cohen, “Haredim and the Internet”, “Second Annual Conference on

Internet, Judaism & Society”, The Lifshitz Religious Education College, Jerusalem and `Kippa’, Jerusalem,

February 2007, 15 pages

21.Yoel Cohen, “Foreign Correspondents and The 2006 Lebanon War,” at

the symposium “Critical Perspectives concerning Journalists in Wartime: What’s changed in the Second

Lebanon War?”, Netanya Academic College and Sapir Academic College, Tel Aviv, November 2006, 10 pages

22. Yoel Cohen, “Israeli Rabbis & the Media”, at the Fifth International Conference on Media, Religion &

Culture, Sigtuna, Sweden, July 2006,

18 pages

23. Yoel Cohen, “The Source-Reporter Relationship and the Vanunu Affair”, at the annual conference of the

Israel Communication Association, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, April 2006, 23 pages

24. Yoel Cohen,“Foreign Correspondents in Israel, Religion & The Holyland"

4th International Conference on Media, Religion & Culture, Louisville University, USA, September 2004,17

pages

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25. Yoel Cohen,“The Vanunu Affair: Media Aspects", annual conference of

The Israel Association of International Studies, Haifa University May 2004,

15 pages

26. Yoel Cohen,“Nuclear Ambiguity & the Media: the Israeli Experience", at

the annual conference of the Israel Communication Association, Bar-Ilan University, April 2003, 21 pages

27. Yoel Cohen,“Technological Innovation in Foreign News Reporting",

the annual conference of the Israeli Association for International Studies, The Hebrew University, April 2003, 22

pages

28. Yoel Cohen, "The Coverage of Religion in the Israeli Media", Media & Religion Conference, The Lifshitz

Religious Education College, Jerusalem, February 2003, 18 pages

29. Yoel Cohen, “Jewish Biblical Sources and Mass Media", presented at

the Third International Conference on Media, Religion & Culture, Edinburgh University, Britain, July 1999, 18

pages

30. Yoel Cohen, “Judea & Samaria in the Eyes of the International Media – Myth & Reality", presented at the

Ninth Conference of Research on Judea & Samaria", The Academic College of Judea & Samaria, Ariel, April

1999,

7 pages

31. Yoel Cohen, “Conflict-Ridden Societies and the Media: Israel and

the Rabin Assassination", presented at the International Communication Association, July 1998, 12 pages

32. Yoel Cohen, “Broadcast Media Functions in National Crises: The Rabin Assassination Case", presented at

the Second Conference of the Israel Association for Mass Communication, held in Tel Aviv, May 1997, 15

pages

33. Yoel Cohen, “News Media & Supra-Terrorism", paper presented at conference on Supra-Terrorism

organised jointly by George Washington University and the Center for Technological Education Holon, Israel,

March 1997, 8 pages

34. Yoel Cohen, “Military-Media relations in the Age of Nonconventional Weaponry", presented at the First

Conference of the Israel Association for Mass Communication, held at The Hebrew University Jerusalem, May

1996, 9 pages

35. Yoel Cohen, “The Significance and Non-Significance of the Vanunu Disclosure", presented at a

conference on `Nuclear Weaponry, News Media and the Public', Haifa University, Department of

Communication, May 1995, 7 pages

36. Yoel Cohen, “The Third World and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty", presented at a conference on

the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty organised by the German Institute for International Affairs, Berlin,

Germany, April 1995, 7 pages

37. Yoel Cohen, “The Israeli Public, The Media and the Dimona Question", presented at conference organised

by The Marjorie Center for Soviet and East European Research, The Hebrew University, et al, "The Chernobyl

Experience", Jerusalem, June 1993, 8 pages

38. Yoel Cohen, “Israel and Foreign Media `Bias' -- A Case of Mistaken Identity?", presented at conference

organised by the Winston Institute of Prejudice, Bar-Ilan University, "First International Congress on Prejudice,

Discrimination and Conflict", Jerusalem, July 1991,12 pages

39. Yoel Cohen, “The Conflict Element in Foreign News Reporting from Israel", presented at conference

organised by the Smart Communications Institute, The Hebrew University, "International Symposium on The

Media, Protest & Political Violence", Jerusalem, June 1991,8 pages

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40. Yoel Cohen, “Foreign Correspondents and the Arab-Israeli Conflict", presented at the International

Society of Political Psychology, 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Tel Aviv, June 1989

41. Yoel Cohen, “The Limits of the Protection of State Secrets: Information Policy and the Falklands War",

presented at conference organised by the Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, "Free Speech and National

Security", Jerusalem, December 1987

Conference papers – forthcoming

1. Yoel Cohen, `The Impact of Internet upon Religious Structures: a case study in Judaism’, to be presented at

the Sixth Roundtable Conference, The Asian Research Center for Religion & Communication, St John’s

University, Bangkok, to be held at Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, October

2013

Public Lectures 1. “The IDF & Foreign Correspondents: The Chances for Dialogue?”, University of The Air, Galei Zahal Radio,

1.9.2005

Conferences convened 1. The Second Annual Conference on Ethics & the Media, Ariel University Center, May 2012

2. The First Annual Conference on Ethics & the Media, Ariel University Center, May 2011

3. Convenor and organiser of a conference on `The Israeli Media and Religious Women’, The Lifshitz Religious

Education College, Jerusalem, January 2007

4. Convenor and organiser of a conference on `The Territorial Withdrawal from Gush Katif and the Media ’, The

Lifshitz Religious Education College, Jerusalem, April 2006

5. Convenor and organiser of a conference on `The Teacher and the School in the Eyes of the Media’, The

Lifshitz Religious Education College, Jerusalem, May 2005

6. Convenor and organiser of a conference on `Mass Media Education in the Religious Sector', The Lifshitz

Religious Education College, Jerusalem, March 2004

7. Convenor and organiser of a conference on `Religion & Media in Israel', The Lifshitz Religious Education

College, Jerusalem, February 2003

8. Convenor and organiser of a conference on `Nuclear Weaponry, News Media and the Public', hosted by the

Department of Communication, Haifa University May 1996

Research grants awarded

1. Ariel University Center, 2009, Grant for project examining relations between foreign correspondents and

Israeli news sources

2. Ariel University Center, 2009, Grant for project examining sources of information among secular and

religious Israeli student communities about

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the other community

3. Holon Academic Institute of Technology, 2006. Grant for questionnaire study of Israeli Journalists and Jewish

Identity

4. Holon Academic Institute of Technology 2004 for project examining nuclear secrecy in Israel

5. The Lifshitz Religious Teachers College, Research Unit,2003, to carry out a questionnaire survey study of rabbis regarding their exposure to mass media

6. Ben Gurion University, The Burda Centre for Innovative Communications, 2002, to research advanced media

technology in foreign news gathering

7. The Lifshitz Religious Education College, Research Unit, 2001, to carry out a content analysis of religion

news on Kol Yisroel

8. Bar-Ilan University Research Authority,2000, research grant to carry out content analysis of religion conternt

on Israel radio and television

9. The Lifshitz Religious Education College,2000, research grant to carry out content analysis of religion

content in Israeli press

10. Holon Academic Institute of Technology, 1997, research grant to interview foreign correspondents on work

procedures

11. The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University, 1993, Israeli cultural diplomacy - past and and future

12. The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University, 1989, to study interrelationship between public opinion, media and defence policy

13. Smart Communications Institute, The Hebrew University, 1986,

to examine news interest and the foreign press corps in Israel

Other Academic Activities

2012-, Member of Academic Committee for Publications, Ariel University Center

2012-3 Member of professional committee established by the Council for Higher Education, Israel, to [מל"ג]

evaluate the application for the Mass Communication B.A. programme at Carmel Academic Centre

2012 - Lecturer Prize for Excellence, Ariel University Center

2012-3 Member of professional committee established by the Council for Higher Education גמל" , Israel, to

evaluate the application for the Mass Communication B.A. programme at Carmel Academic Centre, Haifa

2013-4 Member of professional committee established by the Council for Higher Education גמל" , Israel, be

to evaluate the application for a double honours B.A.programme including Mass Communication at Ben Gurion

University, Beersheba

2011 - elected co-convenor of the Media, Religion and Culture working group, The International Association for

Media & Communication Research (IAMCR)

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2008- Chairman of professional committee established by the Council for Higher Education, Israel, to [מל"ג]

evaluate the application for the B.Ed programme in Mass Communications at the Gordon Academic College of

Education, Haifa