prof. anat first

Publications

1. Dissertations

1995     Doctoral dissertation: The Role of Israeli Television in Developing Attitudes of Jewish Adolescents towards Arabs and the Israeli-Arab Conflict. Supervisor: Hanna Adoni. Hebrew University (Hebrew, 332 pages).

1. Scientific Books (Refereed)
2. Authoured Books Published
3. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2004). Coverage of Israeli Arabs in Israeli Media. Tel Aviv: Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research [in Hebrew, 134 pages].
4. Adoni, H., & First, A. (2006). Structural Dilemmas in the Consolidation of Communication Research and Teaching: The Case of the Department of Communication at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Magnes, the Hebrew University Press (Total cites: 4 in Google Scholar, in Hebrew, 167 pages].
5. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2009). America in Jerusalem: Globalization, National Identity and the Israeli Advertising. Maryland: Lexington. (Total cites: 28 in Google Scholar, 183 pages).
6. Kama, A., & First, A. (2015). Exclusion: Mediated Representations of Minority Groups. Tel Aviv: Resling [in Hebrew, 263 pages]
7. Sheffi, N. & First, A. (Forthcoming). Ideology in the wallet: the role of banknotes in construction national identity. Jerusalem: Magnes, the Hebrew University Press [in Hebrew]

1. Edited Books
2. Frosh, P. & First A. (Eds.). (2009). Communication and Democracy: Mutual Perspectives. Raananna: The Open University of Israel [in Hebrew and English, 3 volumes, 914 pages].
3. First, A., & Frosh, P. (Eds.). (2012). Communication and Democracy: Rivals or Partners. Raananna: The Open University of Israel [in Hebrew and English, 3 volumes, 839 pages].

1. Other Scientific Publication
2. Liebes, T., & First, A. (2001). How the New Media Environment Influences Military Crises and Vice Versa. Report for the Hubert Burda Center for Innovative Communications at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (total cites 3: in Google Scholar, 60 pages).
3. Avraham, E., First, A., & Lefler, N. (2004). Absence and Presence on Prime Time: Cultural Diversity in Commercial Television Channels in Israel. A report for the Second Authority for Television and Radio, Jerusalem. (in Hebrew, 122 pages).
4. Shinar, D., Naor, A., Mandelzis, L., Liran-Alper, D., Davidson, R., & First, A. (2009). Public Diplomacy in the 21th Century: The Israeli Case. Samuel Neaman Institute and the State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In Hebrew and English).
5. First, A. & Inbar-Lankry, H. (2013). Absence and Presence on Prime Time: Cultural Diversity in Commercial Television Channels in Israel (3rd wave -research). A report for the Second Authority for Television and Radio, Jerusalem. (in Hebrew, 76 pages).
6. Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

1. First, A. (1998). Nothing new under the sun: A re-examination of the image of the woman in Israeli advertisements 15 years later. Sex Roles, 38: 1065-1077. (IF:1471, journal rank: 9/59 cites: 34 in Google Scholar). q1
2. First, A. (1998). Who is the enemy? The portrayal of the Arabs in the Israeli TV news at the beginning of the Intifada. Gazette, 60(3): 239-254 (total cites: 43 in Google Scholar). q1
3. First, A. (2000). Images of men and women in printed Israeli advertisements. Patuach, 4: 127-157 [Hebrew].
4. First, A. (2002). All Women Should Cry: Coverage of women in foreign news – A 1995 Multi-National Study. Communications, 27: 35-61 (total cites 12: in Google Scholar).
5. First, A. (2002). The Fluid nature of representation: The coverage of Arabs in the Israeli News. Howard Journal of Communications, 13: 173-191. (H Index: 7 cites: 23 in Google Scholar).q3
6. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2003). Nation and border in Israeli advertisements. Megamot 42: 652-670 [in Hebrew]. C.
7. Avraham, E., & First, A. (2003). “I buy American”: The American image as reflected in Israeli advertising. Journal of Communication 53 (2): 282-300. (IF: 2.026, 5 years IF: 3.372, journal rank: 2/67, An official journal of the International Communication Association cites: 81 in Google Scholar). A. q1
8. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2003). Changes in the political, cultural, and media environment and their impact on the coverage of conflict: The case of the Arab population in Israel. Conflict and Communication Online 2 (1). total cites 13: in Google Scholar).
9. Lev-Aladgem, S., & First, A. (2004). Israeli community theater as a site of feminine self-representation. Feminist Media Studies 4 (1): 35-48. C (H Index: 12, total cites 8: in Google Scholar). A Hebrew version appeared in Teatron (2007) 20: 43-50. q1
10. Avraham, E., & First, A. (2004). The Good, the Bad and the Absent: Contradictory trends in the treatment of Arabs on Israeli TV. Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights 8 (2): 55-78 (total cites 4: in Google Scholar).
11. Lev-Aladgem, S., & First, A. (2005). Mizrahi women “write” their own cultural identity. Megamot 1: 83-105 [in Hebrew]. C.
12. Avraham, E., & First, A. (2006). Space, power and media: Ways of constructing the periphery as “Other.” Social and Cultural Geography 7 (1): 71-86. (IF: 2.036, 5 years IF: 1.788, journal rank: 8/65, total cites 26: in Google Scholar). q1
13. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2007). Globalization/Americanization and negotiating national identity: Representations of culture and economy in Israeli advertising. Israel Studies Forum 22 (2): 54-74. (total cites 7: in Google Scholar).
14. First, A., & Adoni, H. (2007). The Never-Ending Story: Coping with structural dilemmas of the communication field. Mass Communication and Society 10 (3): 251-273. (IF: 1.085, journal rank: 20/67, total cites: 5 in Google Scholar). q1
15. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2007). When the “Holy Land” turns into real estate: National identity, globalization/Americanization, and representation of the land in Israeli advertising. Popular Culture 5(4): 223-239. (total cites 11: in Google Scholar). q1
16. First, A., & Remer-Biel, S. (2007). From 'Green Grandpa' to 'Get the Geriatrics off the Roads': The representation of old age in the satirical program 'Eretz Nehederet' during the 2006 Israeli Elections. Media Frames1: 27-61. C.
17. First A., & Agmon-Gonen, M. (2009). Is a man's car more important than a battered woman's body? Human rights and punishment for violent crimes against female spouses. New Criminal Law Review, 12 (2): 135-170 (total cites 10: in Google Scholar). q2
18. First, A., & Hermann, T. (2009). Sweet nationalism in bitter days: A. commercial representation of Zionism. Nations and Nationalism, 15 (3): 506-523. (Ranking: 2013: 3/72 (total cites 13: in Google Scholar). (History) q1
19. Avraham, E., & First, A. (2010). Can a regulator change representation of minority groups and fair reflection of cultural diversity in national media programs? Lessons from the Israeli case study. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 54 (1): 136-148. (IF: 0.902, journal rank: 39/67. total cites 12: in Google Scholar. This manuscript was accepted from among 80 submissions for publication in a special issue on image of minorities in the media; an official journal of the Broadcasting Education Association). q1
20. Avraham, E., & First A. (2010) Combining the representation approach with the framing concept: Television news coverage of the Arab population in Israel during conflict. Journalism, 11 (4): 1-19. (total cites 17: in Google Scholar). q1
21. *First, A., (2010). Enemies, fellow victims, or the forgotten? News coverage of Israeli-Arabs in the 21st century. Conflict and Communication Online, 9 ((total cites 6: in Google Scholar).
22. First, A. & Avraham, E. (2010). Contesting national identity during crisis: The use of patriotism in Israeli advertisements. Communication, Culture and Critique, 3 (3): 334-351.
23. Remer-Biel, S. & First, A. (2011). "No Home Away from Home”: The discourse of home in ads for third-age housing. Popular Communication, 9(03): 181-195. (total cites 7: in Google Scholar) q1
24. Avraham, E. & First, A. (2013). Towards a new model of narrative transformation in advertising: From the American myth to the green myth, Communication Theory, 23: 67-90. (IF: 1.370, 5 years IF: 2.133, journal rank: 13/67). A. q1
25. First, A. & Sheffi, N. (2015). Borders and banknotes: the national perspective, Nations and nationalism, 21 (2): 330–347. (Ranking: 2013: 3/72 (History) (total cites 10: in Google Scholar) A. q1
26. First, A. & Adoni H, (2015). An interactive model for analyzing the development of the communication discipline: Israel as a case study. Journalism and Mass Communication. 5 (7): 324-340.
27. First, A. (2016). Common sense, good sense, and commercial TV. International Journal of Communication.10 (1) 1-20. A.q1
28. First, A. (2017). Feminist media studies in Israel: A preliminary state-of-the-art look. Media Frames. 16 1-22. C.
29. Sheffi, N. & First, A. (2017). Unified and Eternal: The Annexation of East Jerusalem in Israeli Banknotes. Iyunim. 11 387-406.
30. First, A., & Remer-Biel, S. (2017). This is not the time and place to grow old’: Ageism in advertising for third-age housing" Howard Journal of Communications. Published online, 4 Aug 1-17 B q3.
31. Sheffi, N. & First, A. (2018). Land of milk and honey: Israeli landscapes and flora on banknotes. National Identities q2
32. Sheffi, N. & First, A. (2019). The power of hegemony: Human figures on Israeli banknotes. Israel Affairs.q1 https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2019.1645967
33. First, A. & Sheffi, N. (2020).The Making of a Capital: Jerusalem on Israeli Banknotes. Israel Studies Review.q1

1. Articles in Edited Volumes (Refereed)
2. First, A. (1997). Social media, social cohesion? An Israeli study of two dimensions of agenda setting. In M. E. McCombs, D. L. Shaw, & D. Weaver (eds.), Communication and Democracy (pp. 41-51). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum (total cites 41: in Google Scholar).
3. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2003). American imagery in Israeli advertisements. In T. Liebes & M. Talmon (eds.), Communication as Culture: A Reader (pp. 339-367). Tel Aviv: The Open University of Israel [in Hebrew].
4. Liebes, T., & First, A. (2003). Framing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In P. Norris, M. Kern, & M. Just (eds.), Framing Terrorism (pp. 59-74). New York: Routledge. (total cites: 57 in Google Scholar).
5. First, A. (2004). Are they still the enemy? The representation of Arabs in the Israeli news. In P. Tudor & Y. Egorova (eds.), Jews, Christians and Mass Media: Mediating the “Other” (pp. 190-213). London: Routledge. (total cites: 9 in Google Scholar)
6. Liebes, T., & First, A. (2005). Foreign reporters and the rivalry for international public opinion: Muhammad Dura. In U. Lebel (ed.), Communication and Security (pp. 261-283). Beersheba: Ben-Gurion Research Institute/Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [in Hebrew].
7. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2007). Is the market square busy? Cultural diversity and Israeli commercial TV. In D. Caspi (ed.), Communication and Democracy in Israel (pp. 134-162). Jerusalem: Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Hakibbutz Hameuchad [in Hebrew].
8. First, A., & Agmon-Gonen, M. (2007). How punishment for violence against women reconstructs the patriarchal structure of Israeli society. In D. Barak-Erez (ed.) Studies in Law: Gender and Feminism (pp. 545-582).Kiryat Ono: Nevo: Publishers Ltd. [in Hebrew].
9. First, A. (2009). How media construct regime legitimacy. In Y. Bar-Siman-Tov (ed.), The Disengagement Plan: An Idea Shattered (pp. 125-146). Jerusalem: Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies [in Hebrew].
10. First, A., & Avraham, E. (2014). Changes in the political, cultural, and media environment and their impact on the coverage of conflict: The case of the Arab population in Israel. In W. Kampf & D. Shinar (eds.) (2014). Peace Journalism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (92-114). Berlin: Verlag Irena Regener. First, A., (2014). Enemies, fellow victims, or the forgotten? Israeli-Arabs in the 21st century. In W. Kampf & D. Shinar (eds.) (2014). Peace Journalism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (76-91). Berlin: Verlag Irena Regener. Berlin: Verlag Irena Regener. (See articles, 17, 30).
11. Remer-Biel, S., & First, A. (2013). Those who need entertainment and those who are needed to be cared: Ageism in ads. In I. Doron (ed.), Ageism in Israel (pp.197-218). Jerusalem: Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Hakibbutz Hameuchad [in Hebrew].
12. First, A. (2014). A new century and still the enemy: The portrayal of the Arabs in the Israeli TV between 2000-2011. In D. Caspi & Elias (eds.), Ethnic Minorities and Media in the Holy Land (pp. 43-58). London. Vallentine Mitchell.
13. Adoni, H. & First, A. (2015). Communication field in Israel: Teaching and Research. In G. Nimrod and Elias (eds.), The communication field in honor of Dan Caspi, (pp.353-372). Tel Aviv: Tulips Publishers [in Hebrew]
14. First, A. & Adoni, A. (2016). Communication field in Israel: From growth to consolidation, from uniformity to diversity In. P. Simonson and D., Park (eds.) (pp. 494-514), The International Histories of Communication Study. London: Routledge.

1. Entries in Encyclopedia

Adoni, H. & First, A. (2008). Communication as an Academic Field: Israel. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of communication. London: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (refereed)