PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Head of the Dan Shomron Institute for Social Relations, Peace and Security at Kinneret Academic College in the Jordan Valley.
Previous academic positions include: Head of the Research Authority and Head of the Kinneret Academic College Communications Department, Dean of the School for Communications and Head of the Research Authority and the Teaching Authority of the College of Management Academic Studies; Chair of the Israel Communications Association; Chair of the Mediated Communications, Public Opinion and Society Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR); Editor of Media Frames, the journal of the Israel Communications Association.
His research and publications focus on: political violence, terror and communications, communications and military relations, secrecy, security, censorship and freedom of the press, news in general and foreign news in particular.