Prof. Dafna Lemish

Conferences:

Refereed conference papers

Lemish, D., Ribak, R., & Alony, R. (2009). Israeli Children Online: From Moral Panic to Responsible Parenting. Paper to be presented at the EU Kids Go Online conference, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. (June)

Lemish, D. (2009). Eight principles for new gender images on children’s TV: Producers around the world speak. Paper presented at the Global Girls Studies: Media and Pedagogical Approaches conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (May).

Shifman, L.& Lemish, D. (2009). “Mars and Venus” in virtual space: Post-feminist humor and the Internet. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Il. (May)

Lemish, D. (2009). “Without family”: The portrayals of families in children’s television around the world. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Il. (May)

Levin-Zamir, D., Lemish, D. & Gofin, R. (2009). Media Health Literacy: Development and measurement of the concept among Israeli adolescents. Paper presented at the Media and Healthy Developments in Adolescence, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. (May)

Elias, N., Lemish, D. & Khovorostianov, N. (2008). “Britney Spears remained in Russia:” Dynamics of musical preferences in the integration of immigrant adolescents. Paper presented at ECREA’s 2nd European Communication Conference, Barcelona. Spain (November).

Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2008). The "Wonder Phone" in the land of miracles: A security net for traumatic existential crises. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Stockholm, Sweden (July).

Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (2008). Between feminism and fun(ny)mism: Analyzing gender in popular Internet humor. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Montreal, Canada (May).

Lemish, D. & Elias, N. (2008). The role of fashion in identity formation of immigrant youth from the Former Soviet Union to Israel. Paper presented at the Child and Teen Consumption conference, University of Trondhiem, Norway (April).

Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2007). Internet's roles in the lives of immigrant adolescents: The case of Former Soviet Union youth in Israel. Paper presented at the conference of the Diaspora, Migration, University of Leeds, UK (September).

Lemish, D. & Gotz , M. (2007). The Gendered Nature of Children's Television-Related Humor. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Paris, France (July).

Elias, N., Lemish, D., & Khvorostianov, N. (2007) Spinning the Web of Identity: Internet's Roles in Immigrant Adolescents' Search of Identity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Paris, (July).

Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2007). Internet uses and a search of identity amongst the FSU immigrant adolescents in Israel. Paper presented in the international workshop on Media, Youth Culture and Ethnicity: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges, Halmstad University, Sweden (June 2007).

Shifman, L. & Lemish, D. (2007). Upgrading from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0: An analysis of prominent Internet comic texts about gender. Paper presented at The 19th International ISHS Humor Conference, Salve Regina University Newport Rhode Island (June).

Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2007). Media uses in immigrant families: Torn between "inward" and "outward" paths of integration. Paper presented at the annual conference of Israel Studies Conference, Open University, Israel (June).

Lemish, D. (2007). Children from Germany, Ireland, Israel, South Africa and the USA discuss and judge comedy programs. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Francisco (May).

Homer, B., Fisch, S. Galiardo, E., Zabolotnaia1, S., Lemish, D.Messenger Davies, M. Gotz, M., Schauer, R., & Bulbulia, F. (2007). The Emergence of Gender Difference in Empathy Across Seven Cultures". Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). Boston, MA. (March).

Elias, N., Lemish, D. & Khvorostianov, N (2007). Re-inventing identities: The Internet in the Lives of Immigrant Youth" (with.) Paper presented at the International Conference on Children and New Media, Holy Cross College, Tamil Nadu, India (February).

Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2006). When all fails: The Internet and informal learning of adolescent-immigrants. Paper presented at the DREAM conference on Internet and Informal Learning, Odense, Denmark (September).

Lemish, D. (2006). Feminists' thinking: How did we get here? Presentation at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Dresden (June).

Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2006). Between three cultures: Media in the lives of Immigrant children in Israel and Germany. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Dresden (June).

Elias, N. & Lemish, D. (2006). Between Three Cultures: Media in the Lives of Immigrant Children in Israel and Grmany. Paper presented at the The Annual Conference of IPP Social Sciences "Trans-disciplinary Migration and Biographical Research, Frankfurt (May).

Fisch, S.M., Homer, B., Galiardo, E., Zabolotnaia, Lemish, D., Messenger-Davies, M., S., Goetz, M., Schauer, R., & Bulboa, F. (2006). Age, gender, and empathy: A cross-cultural comparison. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York (May).

Lemish, D. (2005). Israeli children’s television going to war with Iraq. Paper presented at the First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam (November).

Lemish, D. (2005). The rational and methodology of the Global Media Monitoring Project. Symposium discussion at the International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR), Taipe Tawian (July).

Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2005). Parents, children and the third person effect. Paper presented at the Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age conference, Budapest, Hungary, (April).

Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2004). Mobiles in the aftermath of terror in Israel: Medical personnel, victims and the media. Paper presented at the workshop on Mobile Technologies and Health: benefits and risks, Udine, Italy (June).

Lemish, D. & Reznik, S. (2004). What Makes Israeli Children Laugh? The Role of the Media in Children’s Humor. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans (May).

Lemish, D. (2004). Fighting a lost battle? Reflections on modest feminist achievements in Israeli media. Symposium at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans (May).

Lemish, D. (2004). War talk: Israeli and American children’s understandings. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans (May).

Cohen, A. & Lemish, D. (2004). From flat tires to suicide bombings: Mobile phones and emergencies. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans (May).

Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2004). When the bombs go off the mobiles ring: The aftermath of terrorist attacks. Paper presented at the Global and the Local in Mobile Communication: Places, Images, People, Connections conference,. Budapest, Hungary (June).

Lemish, D. (2003). Researching Children’s Make-believe Worlds: Notes from a Cross-Cultural Study. Paper presented at annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) , San Diego, CA (May).

Lemish, D. & Cohen, A.A. (2003). Tell Me About Your Mobile and I’ll Tell You Who You Are: Israelis Talk About Themselves. Paper presented at the Front Stage/Back Stage – Social Implications of Mobile Phone. The 4th International Conference on Mobile Communication, Grimstad, Norway (June).

Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2002). Calling like there’s no tomorrow: Some observations on mobile phone culture in Israel. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association. Seoul, South Korea (July).

Cohen, A.A. & Lemish, D. (2002). Mobile phone use in Israel: Survey research and real time interactive voice response measures. Paper presented at the international conference on Social and Cultural Impact/Meaning of Mobile Communication, Chunchon, Korea (July).

Lemish, D. (2002). Children’s Media related Fantasies: A Cross Cultural Comparison Between Germany, Israel, Korea, and the USA. Paper presented at the International Conference on Children’s Toys, Games and Media, London, UK (August).

Gotz, M. & Lemish, D. (2002). Gender in Children’s Media-Related Fantasies: A Cross-Cultural Comparison. Paper presented at the International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR), Barcelona, Spain (July).

Cohen, A.A., Lemish, D., & Schejter, A. (2001). The mobile phone and the end of privacy, guilt and shame.” (with and) International Communication Association annual conference, Washington DC, (May) .

Lemish, D. (2001). Masculinity in Israeli advertising. Paper presented at the International Conference on Gender and Consumption, Tel Aviv (March).

Lemish, D. (2001). The Spice Girls as a case study of girls' culture. Paper presented at the International Forum of Children and Media Researchers, Sydney, Australia.

Lemish, D. (2000). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico (July).

Lemish, D. (1999). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, California (May).

Lemish, D. (1998). Still Marginal: Women in Israel’s 1996 Television Election Campaign Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, Glasgow (July).

Lemish, D. (1997). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada (May).

Lemish, D. (1996). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL USA (May).

Lemish, D. (1995). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque NM USA (May).

Lemish, D. (1994). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, Seoul, Korea (July).

Lemish, D. (1993). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Washington DC USA (May).

Lemish, D. (1992). Ripple Effect: Pornographic Images of Women in Israeli Advertising. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Miami, FL USA (May).

Lemish, D. (1990). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland (July).

Invited lectures at international meetings

Sex, Sexuality and Gender: What difference does it make? Prix Jeunesse International Munich June, 2008.

Gendering Children's television. Prix Jeunesse International Munich June, 2008.

What does gender mean? International symposium on gender representations in children's television. University of Southern California, LA, January 2008.

Israeli children go-on-line: From moral panic to responsible parenting. Research workshop of the European Union Children-Go-Online Network, Brussels, Belgium, November 2007

Children and Television at Times of Conflict and War, 5th World Summit on Children and Media, Johannesburg South Africa, March 2007.

Children and War on TV: An Overview. Basel_kaflsruhe Forum on Educational and Societal TV and Media. University of Basel, January 2007.

"The Lifeline": A Metaphor for Understanding the Role of the Mobile Phone in Israel. International Symposia on Mobile Media and Cultural Diversity. University of Copenhagen, September 2006.

Evolution, Revolution or Illusion: Informal Learning and New Media. DREAM conference on Internet and Informal Learning, Odense, Denmark, September 2006.

What makes children laugh?" Prix Jeunesse International, Munich 7th May, 2006

Research from Israel. Media, children and the experience of divided communities: Ireland, Israel, and Palestine: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium – University of Ulster, N, Ireland, April 25, 2005.

Media Literacy in the Digital Age. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, December 2004.

Israeli Children Facing the Iraq War. Prix Jeunesse International, Munich, June 2004.

On the Gendered Nature of Mobile Phone Culture in Israel.” (with Cohen, A.A.)The Gender & ICT Symposium, Brussels Belgium, December 2003.

Media Images and the Status of Women in Israel. Commission for the Status of Women of the United Nation, NY, March 2003.

Normalizing Inequality – Women and Media in Israel (keynote). International Council of Jewish Women, Sydney, Australia, April 2002.

The Pokemon in Israel. Conference on the globalization of Pokemon culture. University of Hawaii – East West Center, Honolulu, USA, May 2001.

Gender portrayals in advertising and action oriented interventions. World Summit on Media for Children, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 2001.

How global does it get? The Teletubbies in Israel (with Chava Tidhar). Conference on The future of children’s storytelling, IZI, Munich, Germany, December 1999.

Gender at the forefront: Feminist perspectives on action theoretical approaches in communication research European News Colloquium, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, November 1999.

Media literacy initiatives in Israel. New Media and Education, Trento, Italy, 1998.

Interventions in gender portrayals in popular media. Conference of the World Association of Christian Communication, Pueblo, Mexico, October 1995

Kindergartners' understanding of television. Conference on Media Literacy, University of Pennsylvania, November 1993.