Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Funded  by the Minerva Fellowship Program, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (2022-2023), and by the Center for Intercultural Studies Fellowship (ZIS – Zentrum fur Interkulturelle Studien), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany (2021)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (2021)

PhD, Mass Communication and Media Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Dissertation title: “The Participation of Palestinian-Israelis in Public and Commercial Television and Radio in Israel as Capability.” (Supervisor: Professor Amit Schejter)

MA, Mass Communication and Media Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Thesis title: “The Technological Exclusion (Digital Divide) and Information Needs of the ‘Bnei Menashe’ Immigrant Community in Israel.” (Supervisor: Professor Amit Schejter)

BA, Mass Communication and Media Studies, Ariel University

  • Distributive justice, human rights, and the capabilities approach
  • ICT usage and adoption
  • Media representations and media participation
  • Marginalized populations
  • Digital divide
  • Health communication
  • Reviewer of journal articles: New Media & Society, International Journal of Press/Politics, Convergence, Feminist Media Studies, Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, The Communication Review, Political Studies Review, Poetics, Contemporary Jewry, Religions, Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies, International Journal of Politics Culture and Society, Social Science & Medicine, Media Frames: Israeli Journal of Communication, Journal of International Migration and Integration.
  • Reviewer of book chapters: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Reviewer of conference articles: International Communication Association (ICA), Israel Communication Association (ISCA), Communicating (Metaksherim).
  • Member of research groups: Learning In a Networked Society (LINKS), Israeli Center of Research Excellence (I-CORE), Network of Interdisciplinary Media and Communication Research (NIMCR).
  • Memberships in professional associations: International Communication Association (ICA), International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Israel Communication Association (ISCA), Israel Association for the Study of Language and Society (IASLS).
  • Top Reviewer (2025) – “ICA25 Rock Star Reviewer.” Ethnicity & Race in Communication, International Communication Association (ICA). Denver, Colorado, USA
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022-2023) – The Minerva Fellowship Program, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany
  • Fellowship (2021) – Center for Intercultural Studies (ZIS- Zentrum fur Interkulturelle Studien), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021) – The Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidates (2021) – Ben Gurion University of the Negev
  • Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates (2019-2020) – The Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Social Research. Ben Gurion University of the Negev
  • Travel Grant for Doctoral Candidates (2019) – The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
  • Research Grant for Doctoral Candidates (2019) – The Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence Through Education at the Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University
  • Top Student Paper Award (2018) – The 15th ‘Communicating’ (Metaksherim) conference, Haifa University.
  • Full Faculty Doctoral Scholarship (2017-2020) – The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
  • Departmental Research Grant (2016-2020) – Department of Communication Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
  • Departmental Research Grant (2012-2013) – School of Communication, Ariel University
  • President’s Excellence Award (2012) – Ariel University
  • President’s Excellence Award (2011) – Ariel University
  • Shomron, B. (2021). The Participation of Palestinian-Israelis in Public and Commercial Television and Radio in Israel as Capability. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Supervisor: Prof. Amit Schejter. Date: February 2021.
  • Schejter, A., Shomron, B., Abu-Jaffar, M., Abu Kaf, G., Mendels, J., Mola, S., Shacham, M., Sharha, A., & Tirosh, N. (2023). Digital Capabilities: ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-031-22929-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22930-5
  • Shomron, B. (2025). Rabbis, Reporters and the Public in the Digital Holyland, written by Yoel Cohen. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 14(1), 147-149. https://doi.org/10.1163/21659214-bja10142
  • Schejter, A. & Shomron, B. (2024). Communication Rights and Capabilities. In M. Puppis, R. Mansell & H. Van den Bulck (Eds.), Handbook of Media and Communication Governance (pp. 358-371). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781800887190. doi.org/10.4337/9781800887206.00038 
  • Shomron, B. (2020). “Palestinian-Israelis Right to Communicate on Public Media, Case Study: the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) vs. the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA).” In Amal Jamal (Ed.) The Contradictions of Control – State Policies Towards Arab Citizens and the Impact on their Behavior. Walter Lebach Institute for the study of Jewish-Arab Coexistence, Tel Aviv University, pp. 95-116 [Hebrew].
  • David, Y. & Shomron, B. (2025). Utilizing information communication technologies (ICTs) during the process of disaffiliating from the ultra-Orthodox community. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251393375
  • Zilbersten, T., & Shomron, B. (2024). Schizophrenia depictions in the media: A cross national analysis. Schizophrenia Research, 274, 171-177. doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.09.016
  • Shomron, B. & David, Y. (2024). Protecting the community: How digital media promotes safer behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic in authoritarian communities, a case study of the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel. New Media & Society, 26(3), 1484-1504. doi.org/10.1177/14614448211063621
  • Shomron, B. (2024). Media representations and capabilities: An intergroup analysis of Muslim-Arabs, Bedouin, Druze, and Christian-Arabs. Mass Communication and Society, 27(1), 75-100. doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2243253
  • Shomron, B. (2023). How the media promotes security and affects stigma: The cases of ultra-Orthodox “Haredi” Jews and Palestinian-Israelis during the Covid-19 pandemic. Western Journal of Communication, 87(4), 535-555. doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2022.2135384
  • Shomron, B. & Abdulaev, N. (2022). Celebrity-politicians as health-promoting role models: a case study of cigarettes and gym workouts on Facebook. First Monday,27(6). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i6.10433
  • Shomron, B. (2022). The “Ambassadorial” Journalist: Twitter as a Performative Platform for Ultra-Orthodox Journalists during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Contemporary Jewry, 42, 263-291. doi.org/10.1007/s12397-022-09436-z
  • Abdulaev, N. & Shomron, B. (2022). Celebrity Politicians as Health-Promoting Role Models in the Media: the Cases of Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Benjamin Netanyahu. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 35, 369-389. doi.org/10.1007/s10767-020-09383-3
  • Shomron, B. (2022). The mediated discourse and voice of euthanasia: the Israeli media as a case study. BMJ Medical Humanities, 48(1), 76-84.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2020-012097
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (2022). The participation of Palestinian-Israeli politicians in public and commercial television and radio in Israel as capability. International Communication Gazette, 84(2), 113-135. doi.org/10.1177/1748048521990565
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (2022). Diversity in broadcasting as an enabler of capabilities: The case of Palestinian-Israeli women on public and commercial radio and television. Feminist Media Studies, 22(2), 390-408. doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2020.1804978
  • Shomron, B. (2021). The capability ‘to be secure’: Media coverage of African asylum seekers during Covid-19 in Israel. Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(4), 4361-4380. doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaa131
  • Shomron, B. & Tirosh, N. (2021). Contemporary Migrants and Media Capabilities – Understanding Communication Rights in International Migration Policies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(17), 4040-4057. doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1758553 
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (2021). Violence and crime as inhibitors of capabilities: the case of Palestinian-Israelis and Israeli mass media. The Communication Review, 24(2), 167-191. doi.org/10.1080/10714421.2021.1951534 
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (2021). Broadcast media and their social-networks sites: the case of Palestinian-Israeli representations and capabilities. Television & New Media, 22(5), 482-500. doi.org/10.1177/1527476419893596
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (2021). Palestinian-Israeli’s voice in Israeli media as capability. Israel Studies in Language and Society, 14(1), 258-279.
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (2020). “He too will become a nation and he too will become great”: The information needs of the “Bnei Menashe” immigrant community in Israel as capability. International Communication Gazette, 82(4), 384-403. doi.org/10.1177/1748048518820459
  • Shomron, B. (September 2025). October 7th and the media representations of the Ethiopian community in Israel. Presented at 23rd Israel Association for the Study of Language and Society Annual Conference. Tel Aviv University, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (June 2025). Cherished in war: the media representations of the Ethiopian community in Israel. Presented at 75th International Communication Association (ICA) conference “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research”. Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Shomron, B. (June 2025). The media representations of women from the Ethiopian community in Israel. Presented at 75th International Communication Association (ICA) conference “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research”. Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Zilberstein, T. & Shomron, B. (April 2025). The depiction of people with Schizophrenia in news media: A cross-national analysis. Presented at the 27th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Haifa University, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (April 2025). The media representations of women from the Ethiopian community in Israel. Presented at the 27th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Haifa University, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (April 2025). Cherished in war: the media representations of the Ethiopian community in Israel. Presented at the 27th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Haifa University, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (June 2024). October 7 in real-time: When the mass media went off script. Presented at the 22nd Israel Association for the Study of Language and Society Annual Conference. Haifa University, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. & David, Y. (April 2024). Socialization through communication: The case of individuals who left the ultra-Orthodox community. Presented at the 26th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Reichman University, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (April 2024). Soliciting altruistic donations: Facebook and kidneys. Presented at the 26th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Reichman University, Israel.
  • Schejter, A. & Shomron, B. (November 2023). A capabilities framework for developing digital platform policy. Presented by Amit Schejter at the ECREA Communication Law and Policy Workshop “Digital Platform Policy Spring? Promises and Trajectories for Digital Platform Regulation”. University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
  • Schejter, A. & Shomron, B. (October 2023). Digital Capabilities: ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank. Presented by Amit Schejter at the Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) conference “Left Undone”. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
  • Shomron, B. (September 2023). Digital capabilities and the solicitation of altruistic kidney donations on Facebook. Presented at the Digital Inclusion, Policy, and Research Conference (DIPRC) (virtual). University of Liverpool, UK.
  • Shomron, B. (May 2023). Media representations and capabilities: An intergroup analysis of Muslim-Arabs, Bedouin, Druze, and Christian-Arabs. Presented at the 73rd International Communication Association (ICA) conference “Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication”. (virtual). Toronto, Canada.
  • David, Y. & Shomron, B. (February 2023). Proximity and distance in conducting in-depth interviews in the digital-video space with ultra-Orthodox individuals who left their communities in Israel and around the world. Presented at the 9th Annual conference for qualitative research (ICQM) “Proximity and Distance in Qualitative Research”. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (June 2022). The media capabilities of Druze women in Israel. Presented at the 24th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. & David, Y. (May 2022). Protecting the community: How digital media promotes safer behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic in authoritarian communities, a case study of the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel. Presented by Yossi David at the 72nd International Communication Association (ICA) conference “One World, One Network?”. Paris, France.
  • Shomron, B. (May 2022). The media capabilities of Druze women in Israel. Presented as a virtual poster at the 72nd International Communication Association (ICA) conference “One World, One Network?”. Paris, France.
  • Shomron, B. & David, Y. (November 2021). Guardians of the community: The role of digital media in promoting safer behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic in authoritarian societies. Presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) 74th Annual Conference (virtual).
  • Shomron, B. (July 2021). Protecting Their Community: The Utilization of Twitter by Ultra-Orthodox Journalists During Covid-19. Presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference (virtual). Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Shomron, B. & Tirosh, N. (May 2020). Irregular Migrants and Media Capabilities – Understanding Communication Rights in International Migration Policies. The 6th Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Social Integration: Migration and Diasporas. Ruppin Academic Center, Israel. (conference cancelled due to Covid-19).
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (May 2020). The communication rights of Palestinian-Israelis understood through the capabilities approach. Presented at the 70th International Communication Association (ICA) conference “Open Communication” (virtual). Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Shomron, B. & Abdulaev, N. (April 2020). Celebrity politicians as health promoting role models in the media: the case of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Benjamin Netanyahu. The 24th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (conference cancelled due to Covid-19).
  • Abdulaev, N. & Shomron, B. (April 2020). Celebrity-politicians as health promoting role models: a case study of cigarettes and gym workouts on Facebook. The 24th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (conference cancelled due to Covid-19).
  • Shomron, B. (December 2019). The Right to Communicate and Palestinian-Israeli Women. Presented at the 16th‘Communicating’ (Metaksherim) conference. Haifa University, Israel.
  • Tirosh, N. & Shomron, B. (October 2019). Irregular Migrants and Media Capabilities –Understanding Communication Rights in International Migration Policies. Presented at the conference of Communication Rights in the Digital Age. Helsinki, Finland.
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (October 2019). The representation of crime and violence as an inhibitor of capabilities: The case of Palestinian-Israelis on public and commercial radio and television. Presented at the conference of Communication Rights in the Digital Age. Helsinki, Finland.
  • Shomron, B. & Schejter, A. (May 2019). Participation of Palestinian-Israeli women in public and commercial television and radio in Israel as capability. Presented at the 69th International Communication Association (ICA) conference “Communication Beyond Boundaries”. Washington, D.C., USA.
  • Shomron, B. (April 2019). The participation of Palestinian-Israelis in the public broadcast media as capability: the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) vs. the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA). Presented at the 23rd Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Hadassah Academic College, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (December 2018). The participation of Palestinian-Israeli politicians in public and commercial television and radio in Israeli as capability. Presented at the 15th ‘Communicating’ (Metaksherim) conference. Haifa University, Israel. [Top Student Paper]
  • Shomron, B. (April 2017). The Technological Exclusion (Digital Divide) and Information Needs of the ‘Bnei Menashe’ Immigrant Community in Israel. Presented at the 21st Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Sapir Academic College, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (May 2025). Qualitative Research Methods and Thematic Analysis. A guest lecture invited by Dr. Yossi David, Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (May 2025). Ethics in Research. A guest lecture invited by Dr. Yossi David, Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (November 2024). Unfolding October 7th and its aftermath in Israel. Presented as part of the lecture series: “Never again” is now? Anti-Semitism since October 7th.  University of Cologne. Cologne, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (June 2024). October 7 in real-time: When the mass media went off script. Presented at Contemporary Research in Social Sciences (CRiSS). Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (June 2024). Protection Strategies for Societies. A joint workshop with Dr. Barbara Müller, Dr. Olesia Zvezdova, and Dr. Olga Pasitselska at Summer School 2024: Psychological Warfare – Controlling the public. SoWi?So! Department of the Faculty for Social Sciences, Media and Sports ,Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (June 2024). The role of mass media and social media in psychological warfare. Presented at Summer School 2024: Psychological Warfare – Controlling the public. SoWi?So! Department of the Faculty for Social Sciences, Media and Sports ,Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (May 2024). Media, Human Rights, and the Right to Communicate. A joint guest lecture with Prof. Amit Schejter, invited by Dr. Noam Tirosh, Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (January 2024). What happened that day? Media and the October 7thevents in Israel. 2nd TU Dortmund University Lecture in Jewish Studies and Politics. The Department of Humanities and Theology, Technical University Dortmund. Dortmund, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (November 2023). Media and Journalism in Israel. A guest lecture invited by Prof. Dr. Elena Link, Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (November 2023). Workshop: 50 years of the Minerva Fellowship Program. The Minerva Stiftung (The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem, Israel. (Workshop canceled due to conflict in the region).
  • Shomron, B. (October 2023). Digital capabilities and the solicitation of altruistic kidney donations on Facebook. The first Israel-German Communication and Social Beliefs, Ideologies, Affect, and Stereotypes (BIAS) Research Workshop at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Beer Sheva, Israel. (Workshop canceled due to conflict in the region).
  • Shomron, B. (July 2023). Communication Science, Justice, Human Rights, the Social Contract, and the Capabilities Approach. Presented at the Academic Ceremony for the Reappointment of the Israel-Professorship in Communication Science. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (May 2023). Broadcast media, Israeli Arabs, and the capabilities approach. Presented at the book launching of Digital Capabilities: ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (April 2023). Digital capabilities and the solicitation of altruistic kidney donations on Facebook. Presented at Contemporary Research in Social Sciences (CRiSS). Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (December 2022). Contemporary Jewry (CJ) and Haredi Research Group (HRG) Workshop (virtual).
  • Shomron, B. (December 2021). On publishing and scientific journals. Presented at the Graduate Students Forum, the Israeli Communication Association (ISCA). Israel (virtual).
  • Shomron, B. (November 2021). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Media Capabilities and the Promotion of Human Rights for Minority Groups. Presented at the Center for Intercultural Studies (ZIS – Zentrum fur Interkulturelle Studien), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (November 2021). Distributive Justice and the Media Capabilities of Palestinian-Israelis. Presented at the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Mainz, Germany.
  • Shomron, B. (January 2021). The Participation of Palestinian-Israelis in Public and Commercial Television and Radio in Israel as Capability. A lecture in memory of Prof. Dan Caspi. Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (November 2020). Policymakers and the Media Capabilities of Refugees. A lecture invited by Dr. Noam Tirosh, Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (January 2020). Media Capabilities and Irregular Migrants. A lecture invited by Dr. Noam Tirosh, Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (May 2019). The Participation of Palestinian-Israelis in Public and Commercial Television and Radio in Israel as Capability. Presented at the Walter-Libach Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence through Education at Tel-Aviv University. Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (March 2019). Capabilities, and the media representations of Palestinian-Israeli women in broadcast media. A lecture invited by Edan Ring, Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (December 2018). Capabilities, Information needs, and ICTs. A lecture invited by Dr. Noam Tirosh, Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
  • Shomron, B. (February 2018). The information needs of the Bnei Menashe community as Capability. Presented at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty Conference “East and West”. Beer-Sheva, Israel.