Eytan Gilboa
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Dr. Eytan Gilboa is a visiting professor at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy
in Los Angeles
and is Professor of Communication and Government, Bar-Ilan University
in Ramat-Gan, Israel
.
in Israel
. He is a world-known expert on international communication and U.S. Policy in the Middle East
.
. In 2001 he won the Best Article Award of the International Communication Association awarded for the best article published in scholarly periodicals in communication.
, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Orbis, Journal of Peace Research, International Negotiation, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
, Middle East Review, and The Yale Review
.
He has been editor, producer and moderator of current affairs and documentary programs on radio stations in Israel and has served as commentator on several television channels. He has also appeared on CNN International
, BBC World
, Fox News, ABC News Nightline, PBS's News Hour, Al-Jazeera, and ITN, England, ZDF
Germany, RAI (Italy), and CBC
Canada. He contributed articles and interviews to many newspapers including The New York Times
, International Herald Tribune
, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
, Los Angeles Times
, Newsweek
, Time
, Christian Science Monitor, Politiken (Copenhagen), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
(Frankfurt), The Australian
(Sydney), Globo (Rio de Janeiro), Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo).
Prof. Gilboa has served as a consultant to the Israeli Prime Minister Office and the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, and was Academic Director of International Studies at the National Defense College of the Israeli Defense Forces. He also was a member of the Committee for Higher Education of the City of Jerusalem. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Hebrew University and received his M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in government from Harvard University
. Dr. Gilboa has taught at the Hebrew University and has been a visiting professor in several leading American and European universities. He was the founding chair or director of several academic units including the Behavioral Simulation Laboratory at the Hebrew University, the Center for Advanced Studies at Ramat-Gan College, and the Department of Social Sciences at the Holon Institute of Technology. He also was the Director of the Four Year Program at the Rothberg International School, the Hebrew University.
USC Center on Public Diplomacy
The University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy is a joint academic research, teaching and training center created and run jointly by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences' School of International Relations.Center leadership is...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and is Professor of Communication and Government, Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
in Ramat-Gan, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
Biography
Eytan Gilboa is professor of communication and government, Director of the PhD Program in communication, Senior Research Associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, and faculty member of the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation, all at Bar-Ilan UniversityBar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. He is a world-known expert on international communication and U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
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Awards
In 2002 Dr. Gilboa won the Shorenstein Fellowship and was a Senior Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. In 2001 he won the Best Article Award of the International Communication Association awarded for the best article published in scholarly periodicals in communication.
Books
Dr. Gilboa is the author and editor of several books including Media and International Conflict, (forthcoming 2006), Media and Conflict: Framing Issues, Policy Making, Shaping Opinions (2002), The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Sources, Evolution, and Prospects for Resolution (1993), The United States and Israel (1993), American Public Opinion toward Israel and the Arab Israeli Conflict (1987), Structure and Process in the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1981), and Simulation of Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East (1980).Articles
Gilboa's articles have been published in many leading scholarly periodicals in communication and political science including Communication Theory, Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Political Communication, Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Gazette, Political Communication and Persuasion, Public Opinion, Political Science QuarterlyPolitical Science Quarterly
Political Science Quarterly is an American scholarly journal covering government, politics and policy, published continuously since 1886 by the Academy of Political Science. It is the oldest political science journal in the United States....
, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Orbis, Journal of Peace Research, International Negotiation, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is a semi-annual foreign policy magazine published by the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The magazine takes a holistic approach to international relations, giving voice to leading academics,...
, Middle East Review, and The Yale Review
The Yale Review
The Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It is published by Yale University.It was founded originally in 1819 as The Christian Spectator. At its origin it was published to support Evangelicalism, but over time began to publish more on history and...
.
He has been editor, producer and moderator of current affairs and documentary programs on radio stations in Israel and has served as commentator on several television channels. He has also appeared on CNN International
CNN International
CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...
, BBC World
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
, Fox News, ABC News Nightline, PBS's News Hour, Al-Jazeera, and ITN, England, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
Germany, RAI (Italy), and CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
Canada. He contributed articles and interviews to many newspapers including The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, Christian Science Monitor, Politiken (Copenhagen), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , short F.A.Z., also known as the FAZ, is a national German newspaper, founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. The Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .F.A.Z...
(Frankfurt), The Australian
The Australian
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
(Sydney), Globo (Rio de Janeiro), Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo).
Prof. Gilboa has served as a consultant to the Israeli Prime Minister Office and the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, and was Academic Director of International Studies at the National Defense College of the Israeli Defense Forces. He also was a member of the Committee for Higher Education of the City of Jerusalem. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Hebrew University and received his M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in government from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. Dr. Gilboa has taught at the Hebrew University and has been a visiting professor in several leading American and European universities. He was the founding chair or director of several academic units including the Behavioral Simulation Laboratory at the Hebrew University, the Center for Advanced Studies at Ramat-Gan College, and the Department of Social Sciences at the Holon Institute of Technology. He also was the Director of the Four Year Program at the Rothberg International School, the Hebrew University.
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- http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/eytan_gilboa.html