Peer-reviewed papers presented at conferences
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”. (November 2023). University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria. Together with Amit Schejter.
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”. (October 2023). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Together with Amit Schejter.
Digital capabilities and the solicitation of altruistic kidney donations on Facebook. Presented at the Digital Inclusion, Policy, and Research Conference (DIPRC) (September 2023, virtual). University of Liverpool, UK.
Media representations and capabilities: An intergroup analysis of Muslim-Arabs, Bedouin, Druze, and Christian-Arabs. To be presented at the 73rd International Communication Association (ICA) conference “Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication”. (May 2023, virtual). Toronto, Canada.
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". (February 2023). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Together with Yossi David.
2022
The media capabilities of Druze women in Israel. Presented at the 24th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). (June 2022). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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?”. (May 2022) Paris, France. Together with Yossi David.
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?”. (May 2022) Paris, France.
2021
Guardians of the community: The role of digital media in promoting safer behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic in authoritarian societies. To be presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) 74th Annual Conference (November 2021, virtual). Together with Yossi David.
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 (July 2021, virtual). Nairobi, Kenya.
2020
Irregular Migrants and Media Capabilities – Understanding Communication Rights in International Migration Policies. To be presented at the 6th Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Social Integration: Migration and Diasporas. Ruppin Academic Center, Israel. (May 2020, conference cancelled due to Covid-19). Together with Noam Tirosh.
The communication rights of Palestinian-Israelis understood through the capabilities approach. Presented at the 70th International Communication Association (ICA) conference “Open Communication” (May 2020, virtual). Gold Coast, Australia. Together with Amit Schejter.
Celebrity politicians as health promoting role models in the media: the case of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Benjamin Netanyahu. To be presented at the 24th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (April 2020, conference cancelled due to Covid-19). Together with Narmina Abdulaev.
Celebrity-politicians as health promoting role models: a case study of cigarettes and gym workouts on Facebook. To be presented at the 24th Israeli Communication Association Annual Conference (ISCA). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (April 2020, conference cancelled due to Covid-19). Together with Narmina Abdulaev.
2019
The Right to Communicate and Palestinian-Israeli Women. Presented at the 16th ‘Communicating’ (Metaksherim) conference. Haifa University, Israel (December 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 (October 2019). Together with Noam Tirosh.
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 (October 2019). Together with Amit Schejter.
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 (May 2019). Together with Amit Schejter.
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 (April 2019).
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 (December 2018). [Top Student Paper]
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 (April 2017).
Lectures and presentations at meetings and invited seminars
Shomron, B. (January 2024). What happened that day? Media and the October 7th events 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. To be presented at 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.