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Specializations

  • Information Policy
  • Politics of Information
  • Social Networks

Biography

Karine Nahon is the elected president of the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL), an Associate Professor of Information Science in the Lauder School of Government and Ofer School of Communications at the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya (IDC), Israel, and an Affiliated Associate Professor in the Information School at University of Washington (UW). She is a member of the Social Media Lab (SoMe Lab), affiliated faculty at the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement at University of Washington. She is the former director of the Virality of Information (retroV) research group and former director of the Center for Information & Society at University of Washington. Using interdisciplinary lenses, her research focuses on politics of information, and information politics. More specifically, she studies power dynamics and network gatekeeping in social media, and the role of virality and information flows in elections and in politics in general. Professor Nahon is the author of the book Going Viral 2013 (co-authored with Jeff Hemsley). The book received the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award, The American Library Association Outstanding Academic Titles. She has published over 80 research papers in her area in top-tier journals like JASIS&T, ARIST, JCMC, IJoC, ICS and TIS. Since 2013 she serves as the co-chair of the Digital and Social Media track at HICSS.

Education

  • Ph D, Management of Information Systems, Tel Aviv University, 2004
  • MSC, Tel Aviv University, 2000
  • BSC, Tel Aviv University, 1997

Awards

  • Finkler Prize - Teldan Information Systems, 2015
  • Outstanding Academic Title - Choice Magazine, ALA, 2015
  • Information Science Book Award - ASIS&T, 2014
  • Outstanding Academic Titles Award - ALA, 2014
  • Researchers 'against the stream' - The Marker (the biggest economic magazine in Israel), 2014

Memberships

  • American Society for Information Science & Technology
  • American Sociological Association
  • Association for Information Systems
  • Association for Information Systems, Israeli Chapter
  • Association of Internet Researchers
  • Internet Society, Israel Internet Association
  • International Center for Information Ethics

Publications and Contributions

  • Conference Paper
    Data Ships: An Empirical Examination of Open (Closed) Government Data (2015)
    48th Hawaiian International Conference in System Sciences Authors: Karine Nahon, Alon Peled
  • Conference Paper
    Towards Open Data for Public Accountability: Examining the US and the UK Models (2015)
    iConference 2015 Authors: Alon Peled, Karine Nahon
  • Research Report
    Biometric Identification: A Benefit-Risk Analysis of Israelis Application (2014)
    Privacy & Security Research Papers Series, Issue 11; Project PACT, EU FP7 Programme Authors: Jay Levinson, Avi Domb,
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Political Blogs and Content: Homophily in the Guise of Cross-Linking (2014)
    American Behavioral Scientist Authors: Karine Nahon, Jeffery Hemsley
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Going Viral (2013)
    Authors: Karine Nahon, Jeffery Hemsley
  • Conference Paper
    Comparing Networked Social Movements: Spain & Israel (2012)
    ANN-SONIC Fourth International Seminar on Network Theory: Networked Social Movements and Network Theory in USC Authors: Karine Nahon, Manuel Castells
  • Conference Paper
    Information Movements in Networked Spaces: A Model of Networked Private and Public Spaces (2012)
    Internet Research 12 Authors: Beth Patin, Jeffery Hemsley, Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Negotiating Cultural Values in Social Media: A Case Study from Wikipedia (2012)
    45th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS2012) Authors: J T Morgan, Robert Mason, Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Power and Network Social Movements (2012)
    Internet Research 13 (IR-13) Authors: Karine Nahon, Castells Manuel
  • Conference Paper
    The Missing Link: Intention to Produce Online Content Accessible to People with Disabilities by Non-Professionals (2012)
    45th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS2012) Authors: Karine Nahon, Izak Benbasat, C Grange
  • Conference Paper
    Understanding Smart Cities: An Integrative Framework (2012)
    45th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS2012),, pp. 2289-2297 Authors: Hans Jochen Scholl, Hafedh Chourabi, Taewoo Nam, Shawn Walker, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Sehl Mellouli, Karine Nahon, Theresa Pardo
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    VBAA: A Method for Surfacing Values in Distributed Online Collaboration (2012)
    Workshop on Values in Human-Centered Computing at CHI 2012 Authors: Jonathan T. Morgan, Robert Mason, Jeffery Hemsley, Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Blogs: Spinning a Web of Virality (2011)
    ACM Digital Library Authors: Karine Nahon, Shawn Walker, Muzammi Hussain, Jeffery Hemsley
  • Conference Paper
    Democracy.com: A Tale of Political Blogs and Content (2011)
    HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Jeffery Hemsley
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Fifteen Minutes of Fame: The Power of Blogs in the Life Cycle of Viral Political Information (2011)
    Policy & Internet, 3(1), pp. Article 2 Authors: Karine Nahon, Jeffery Hemsley, Shawn Walker, Muzammi Hussain
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Fuzziness of Inclusion/Exclusion in Networks (2011)
    International Journal of Communication, 5(Unknown Issue), pp. 756-772 Author: Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Information Movements in Networked Spaces: A Model of Networked Private and Public Spaces (2011)
    Internet Research 12 (IR-12) Authors: Beth Patin, Jeffery Hemsley, Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Lifting the Veil: The Expression of Values in Online Communities (2011)
    ACM Digital Library Authors: Jonathan Morgan, Robert Mason, Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Translation into Hebrew of: Morgan, J., Mason, R., & Nahon, K. (2011). Lifting the Veil: The Expression of Values in Online Communities (2011)
    ISOC-IL (Internet Society Association in Israel) Magazine, 11(4) Author: Karine Nahon
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Conceptualizing Contextual Measurements for Digital Divide/s: Using an Integrative Narrative (2010)
    Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Ricardo Gomez, R Ambikar
  • Conference Paper
    Fifteen Minutes of Fame: The Place of Blogs in the Life Cycle of Viral Political Information (2010)
    Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Jeffery Hemsley, Shawn Walker, Muzammil Hussain
  • Conference Paper
    Guarding the Walls in Wikipedia? A Network Gatekeeping Theory Perspective (2010)
    IR - Internet Research Authors: Jonathan Morgan, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Robert Mason
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    How Executives Perceive the Net Generation (2010)
    Information, Communication & Society, 13(3), pp. 396-418 Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Robert Mason
  • Conference Paper
    How Executives Perceive the Net Generation (2010)
    iConference Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Robert Mason
  • Conference Paper
    It's Not for Us, It's for them: A Case Study of Wikipedia Values in Practice (2010)
    Internet Research Authors: Jonathan Morgan, Robert Mason, Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Siblings of a Different Kind: E-Government and E-Commerce (2010)
    Electronic Government (9th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2010) proceedings Authors: Karine Nahon, Hans Jochen Scholl
  • Report
    The Fuzziness of Inclusion-Exclusion (2010)
    International Seminar on Network Theory: Network Multidimensionality in the Digital Age Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Towards a Theory of Network Gatekeeping: A Framework for Exploring Information Control (2010)
    Internet Society Association in Israel ISOC-IL (Internet Society Association in Israel) Magazine, 9(4) Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • White Paper
    A White Paper - Biometric Database: A Comparative Analysis (2009)
    Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    E-Commerce and e-Government: How Do They Compare? What Can They Learn From Each Other? (2009)
    HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 1-10 Authors: Hans Jochen Scholl, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, J H Ahn, O H Popova, B. Re
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Gatekeeping: A Critical Review (2009)
    Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 43(Unknown Issue), pp. 433-478 Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Users, Gatekeepers and Network Gatekeeping Theory: Power and Information (2009)
    IR - Internet Research, 12(3) Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    When Young People Enter the Workforce (2009)
    IR - Internet Research, 12(3) Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Robert Mason
  • Conference Paper
    Factors Influencing Users' Intentions to Make the Web Accessible to People with Disabilities (2008)
    HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Authors: N Lou, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Izak Benbasat
  • Conference Paper
    The Organizational Impact of Digital Natives: How Organizations are Responding to the Next Generation of Knowledge Workers (2008)
    17th International Conference on Management of Technology Authors: Robert Mason, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, N Lou
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Towards a Theory of Network Gatekeeping: A Framework for Exploring Information Control (2008)
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 59(9), pp. 1493-1512 Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • White Paper
    A White Paper Concerning the Bill on Restricting Children Access to Websites (2007)
    Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • White Paper
    A White Paper – Comparative analysis of regulating access to content for minors in different countries (2007)
    Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Comparing E-Government with E-Business Challenges (2007)
    IR - Internet Research Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Hans Jochen Scholl
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Cultured Technology: Internet and Religious Fundamentalism (2007)
    Information Society: Religion and Law, pp. 301-316 Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Gad Barzilai
  • Report
    Digital Natives: Their Potential Impact on Knowledge Management in the Workplace (2007)
    Authors: N Lou, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Robert Mason
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Gaps and Bits: Conceptualizing Measurements for Digital Divide/s (2007)
    Internet Society Association in Israel ISOC-IL (Internet Society Association in Israel) Magazine, 7(1) Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Mapping Diversities and Tracing Trends of Cultural Homogeneity/Heterogeneity in Cyberspace (2007)
    Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), pp. 1269-1297 Authors: Elad Segev, Niv Ahituv, Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Politics and Power in the Democratization of Design (2007)
    Internet Research 8: Let's Play Authors: Robert Mason, David G. Hendry, Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Similarities and Differences of E-Commerce and E-Government: Insights from a Pilot Study (2007)
    HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Hans Jochen Scholl
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Cultured Technology: Internet and Religious fundamentalism (2006)
    Internet Society Association in Israel ISOC-IL (Internet Society Association in Israel) Magazine, 5(1) Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Gad Barzilai
  • Conference Poster
    E-Commerce and E-Government: What Can They Learn from Each Other? (2006)
    Authors: Tim Carlson, D Turner, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Hans Jochen Scholl
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Freedom of Speech and Imaginary Freedom in Cyberspace: On the Resurrection of Censorship (2006)
    Law, Society and Culture, 3(Unknown Issue), pp. 485-512 Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Gad Barzilai
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Freedom of Speech and Imaginary Freedom in Cyberspace: On the Resurrection of Censorship (2006)
    Internet Society Association in Israel ISOC-IL (Internet Society Association in Israel) Magazine, 5(9) Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Gad Barzilai
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Gaps and Bits: Conceptualizing Measurements for Digital Divide/s (2006)
    The Information Society, 22(5), pp. 269-278 Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Gatekeepers, Virtual Communities and their Gated: Multidimensional Tensions in Cyberspace (2006)
    International Journal of Communications Law and Policy, Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Gatekeeping in Virtual Communities: On Politics of Power in Cyberspace (2006)
    HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Report
    Policy and Strategy Recommendations to the Science and Technology Committee (2006)
    Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Bounded in Cyberspace: An Empirical Model of SelfRegulation in Virtual Communities (2005)
    HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Seev Neumann
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    Controlling Information: Empirical Study of Virtual Communities (2005)
    OASIS - IFIP Organizations and Society in Information Systems Workshop Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Cultured Technology: Internet and Religious fundamentalism (2005)
    The Information Society, 21(1), pp. 25-40 Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Gad Barzilai
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    Gatekeeping in Networks: A Meta-Theoretical Framework for Exploring Information Control (2005)
    Authors: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Seev Neumann
  • Conference Paper
    Gatekeeping of Information: A New Approach (2005)
    IR - Internet Research Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Network Gatekeeping Theory (2005)
    Theories of Information Behavior: A Researcher's Guide, pp. 247-254 Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Report
    Who Controls Virtual Communities? (2005)
    30(Unknown Issue) Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    Who Wants to be Captured as a Discipline? Being a Discipline without Disciplining (2005)
    iConference Author: Karine Barzilai-Nahon
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Electoral Politics on Social Media: The Israeli Curse
    Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics Authors: Sharon Haleva-Amir, Karine Nahon
  • Conference Paper
    The Open Government Data Heart Beat of Cities
    International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Authors: Karine Nahon, Alon Peled, Jennifer Shkabatur

Presentations

  • Digital Diplomacy (2015)
    Diplomacy Begins Here, World Affairs Council - Seattle, WA
  • Elections and Social Networks (2015)
    Deliberation-Bar - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Elections and Social Networks (2015)
    Tel Aviv University - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Going Viral (2015)
    Idea Propagation in a Networked World, Conspiracy and Democracy Project - Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  • Going Viral (2015)
    Rotteberg, Israel
  • Going Viral (2015)
    Hebrew University - Jerusalem, Israel
  • A Question of Transparency: The promise of Technology for Freedom and Security (2014)
    Art, Society, and Technology Annual Conference, Israeli Center for Digital Art?? - Holon, Israel
  • Big: Culture and Data in the Digital Field, University of California, Irvine (2014)
    University of California - Irvine Center for Ethnography and the Intel Science & Technology Center for Social Computing - Irvine, CA
  • Going Viral (2014)
    Research Conversations, iSchool - Seattle, WA
  • Going Viral (2014)
    Opening Ceremony of Graduate Programs in Government and Political Communication, ICESI University - Cali, Colombia
  • Going Viral (2014)
    Cambridge University - Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  • Going Viral (2014)
    Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Speaker Series, Indiana University - Indianapolis, IN
  • Information Flows in Networks: A Few Words on Critical Surfing (2014)
    Industry Without Borders - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Politics of Big Data (2014)
    Forum of Security Forces - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Some Teasers for Power and Information in Networks (2014)
    Valle University - Cali, Colombia
  • Surfing the Waves of Virality (2014)
    International Film Festival, Tel Aviv - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • The Information Society: Trends (2014)
    Yad Ben-Zvi Center - Jerusalem, Israel
  • Viral Information (2014)
    12th Annual Conference of Inter-University Center of E-Learning - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Virality and Social Networks (2014)
    Israeli Defense Force - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Virality, Polarization, and Incitement in Social Networks (2014)
    Annual Conference of the Information Systems Branch in the Defense Ministry in Israel - Israel
  • Workshop: Research on Social Media (2014)
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Behind the Scenes of Information Flows in Social Networks (2013)
    The Annual Conference of the Israel Chamber of System Analysts - Israel
  • Behind the Scenes of Information Flows in Social Networks (2013)
    The annual workshop of managers of information systems - Safed, Israel
  • Behind the scenes: Information flows in networks (2013)
    Conference for e-Democracy & Open Government (CeDEM) - Krems, Austria
  • Going Viral (2013)
    Israel Business Conference - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Information flows and power in online professional communities (2013)
    INFO2013 - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Network Gatekeepers (2013)
    The Annual Conference for Judges - Israel
  • Privacy and New Media: Ethical and legal genres (2013)
    Ariel Conference for new media and ethics - Israel
  • Research on Social Media (2013)
    HICSS2013 - Wailea, HI
  • Social media research ethics & methods (2013)
    Internet Research 2014 - Denver, CO
  • Social Networks as leverage for public accountability (2013)
    Annual conference of the Israeli Association for Program Evaluation - Israel
  • Social Networks: Challenging structure and activity of public institutions (2013)
    Social work in the era of social networks - Haifa, Israel
  • The Biometric Database: A View from the Frontlines of the Struggle (2013)
    Minerva Lecture Series on Cyber Security and Human Rights - Jerusalem, Israel
  • The gender gap in Wikipedia (2013)
    Wikipedia Academy - Herzliya, Israel
  • The New Anti-Semitism in Light of Social Networks (2013)
    The Interdisciplinary Center - Herzliya, Israel
  • Viral Political Information and the Blogosphere: Some Lessons Learned about Power and Homophily (2013)
    Israel
  • Virality and Social Structure (2013)
    6th ESRL Symposium - Israel
  • 30,000,000 Occupation Tweets: a Hashtag Co-occurrence Network Analysis of Information Flows (2012)
    Internet Research 13.0, AoIR - Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  • Equality and Openness? (2012)
    The 1st Annual Pirate Conference in Israel - Israel
  • Freedoms and Inequality in Social Networks (2012)
    Annual opening event in the Hebrew University - Jerusalem, Israel
  • Issues in Social Media Research (2012)
    Internet Research 13.0, AoIR - Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  • Networks and Illusions of Democracy (2012)
    Democracy in Networks conference - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Politics of Networks (2012)
    Annual conference of the ministry of social affairs and social services - Israel
  • Politics of Networks (2012)
    The 25th hour lecture series - Israel
  • Politics, Information and Social Protests (2012)
    The Nordau lecture series - Israel
  • Roundtable about the biometric database act in Israel (2012)
    The Science Museum - Jerusalem, Israel
  • Social Media Confidential: Exposing the Details of Social Media Data Collection and Cleaning (2012)
    Internet Research 13 (IR-13) - Salford, England, United Kingdom
  • The Biometric Database: An Opportunity or a Risk? (2012)
    30th Annual conference of the information community - Israel
  • The fight against the biometric database in Israel (2012)
    The Interdisciplinary Center - Herzliya, Israel
  • Viral Information and Political Campaigns? (2012)
    Open University - Israel
  • Viral Political Information and the Blogosphere: Some Lessons Learned about Power and Homophily (2012)
    The Interdisciplinary Center - Herzliya, Israel
  • Who is Afraid of Social Networks? (2012)
    Annual conference of directors of departments of education of municipalities - Israel
  • Wikipedia and Social Networks (2012)
    Workshop of the ministry of social affairs and social services - Israel
  • Addressing Policy of Open Government In the Israeli Government (2011)
    The Open Government Rountable in Israel - Israel
  • Biometric Surveillance in a Comparative Perspective (2011)
    Cost Action: Living in a Surveillance Societies, University of Haifa - Haifa, Israel
  • Blogs and Political Viral Information (2011)
    UW Department of Communication Guest Lecture - Seattle, WA
  • Dynamics of Information Virality (2011)
    Google Lecture - Zurich, Switzerland
  • E-book: Trends and Meanings (2011)
    A workshop of Professional Librarians - Israel
  • Freedom of Information and Participation in Public Decision Making (2011)
    Annual conference of Commissioners of freedom of information in the public sector in Israel - Israel
  • New Media in the Age of Revolutions: Environment and Society as a Reflection of Digital Culture (2011)
    Pratt Award ceremony for Environmental Journalism - Israel
  • Power dynamics and information flows in networks (2011)
    Trapped in the Network: Social Networks Dynamics, Open University - Raanana, Israel
  • The Impact of the Internet on Political Processes (2011)
    Annual conference of judges - Israel
  • The Role of the Internet in Social Protest (2011)
    A Symposium of the Top-rank Officers of the Israeli Prison Services - Israel
  • Tipping point for the Israeli Internet (2011)
    ISOC-IL with Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Uncovering Social Dynamics in Networks through Intertwined Methods and Frameworks (2011)
    JITP 2011: The Future of Computational Social Science - Seattle, WA
  • Democracy.com: A tale of Political Blogs and Content (2010)
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem, Israel
  • Dynamics of Viral Information in the Blogosphere (2010)
    Information School, University of Toronto - Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Internet Governance (2010)
    Internet Society, Israel Internet Association - Israel
  • Network Gatekeeping (2010)
    Sociology department, Haifa University - Haifa, Israel
  • Social Networks Workshop panelist (2010)
    Social Networks Panel, HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (IEEE) - Koloa, HI
  • The Fuzziness of Inclusion/Exclusion: Network Gatekeeping Theory (2010)
    Network Theory Seminar, ANN - Annenberg Networks Network - Los Angeles, CA
  • A Comparative Analysis of Biometric Database (2009)
    The Biometric Database Panel, The Interdisciplinary Center - Herzliya, Israel
  • Digital Diplomacy: The Era of Social Communication and the Networked Society (2009)
    Meeting of Foreign Ministry Staff, Foreign Ministry of Israel - Israel
  • E-Commerce and e-Government: How Do They Compare? What Can They Learn From Each Other (2009)
    Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Libraries as Public Spaces for E-Government (2009)
    Meeting, Israel Center for Libraries - Israel
  • Digital Natives (2008)
    Seattle Innovation Symposium, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Let's get Wild: Building a National Research and Service Agenda for Community Technologies and Networking (2008)
    Annual Conference: Futures: Systems, Selves, Society, iSchools Caucaus - Los Angeles, CA
  • Network Gatekeeping Identification and Salience Theory (2007)
    Research Seminar, Communications Department, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Similarities and Differences of E-Commerce and E-Government: Insights from a Pilot Study (2007)
    DUB research seminar, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Social Computing as Co-created Experience (2007)
    Annual Meeting, ASIS&T - American Society for Information Science & Technology - Milwaukee, WI
  • E-Government and Politics (2006)
    Interdisciplinary Center - Herzliya, Israel
  • Measurement of Access to Knowledge (2006)
    Conference on Access to Knowledge, Yale Law School - Hartford, CT
  • Online Collective Action (2006)
    Symposium on Social Movements & Online Collective Action, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Politics and Ethics of Information as a Reflection of iSchool Identity (2006)
    Annual Conference: Research Frontiers in Information, iSchools Caucaus - Ann Arbor, MI
  • Politics of Power in the Ne (2006)
    Research seminar, Bar-Ilan Universit - Ramat Gan, Israel
  • Search Engines and Social Desig (2006)
    The Law of Search Engines, Haifa Center of Law and Technology - Haifa, Israel
  • Similarities and Differences of E-Commerce and E-Government: Insights from a Pilot Study (2006)
    Research seminar, Haifa University - Haifa, Israel
  • Toward a Global University: Concrete Steps (2006)
    Global Affairs retreat, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Cultured Technology and Religious Fundamentalism (2005)
    Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Foundation Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, University of Haifa - Haifa, Israel
  • Digital Divide Dimensions (2005)
    Seminar, World Summit of the Information Society - Tunis, Tunisia
  • Gatekeepers and Gatekeeping (2005)
    The Future of Society in a World of Open Information: Internet and Another Kind of Politics, Sapir College - Ashkelon, Israel
  • Gatekeepers and Gatekeeping Mechanisms in Networks (2005)
    Industry Talk, IBM Research Labs - Haifa, Israel
  • Gatekeeping and Information Control in Networks: The Case of Virtual Communities (2005)
    MIS Seminar, College of Business and Economics, Washington State University - Pullman, WA
  • Managing Government Program Risk (2005)
    The Government IT Summit - Seattle, WA
  • Patterning Virtual Activities (2005)
    Meeting with the Italian delegation, Israeli Ministry of Communication - Israel
  • Strategies for Bridging the Digital Divide: the Israeli Case (2005)
    First National Bank (FNB) - Israel