Yariv Tsfati
@yarivtsfati.bsky.social
Department of Communication, University of Haifa; Studies trust and other audience perceptions of media. https://yariv.com.haifa.ac.il/
Excited to announce that our new edited volume on news media trust is officially out and available #OpenAccess! Working on this project genuinely shifted how I view audience trust in today’s media landscape. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Mainstream News Media Trust | Antecedents, Consequences, and Remedies
Bringing together some of the foremost scholars in the field, this book offers a critical introduction to mainstream news media (dis)trust and its social and
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הפגנה מרגשת של ערבים ויהודים במחאה על אזלת היד בטיפול בפשיעה בחברה הערבית Arabs and Jews protesting the government’s failure to tackle crime in the Arab community
A day of huge protests and a general strike against the war and for the hostage deal in Israel started across the country this morning. I started the day on 7:10 AM in front of Minister Amichai Shikli's home. The Rabbi is singing "a deceitful war... a deceitful war"
Just before the holiday I had the privilege of chairing a special session at the annual conference of the Israel Communication Association celebrating 30 years to Haifa's comm department. Thank you so much Aya, Neta, Nathan and Tsahi. Such a pleasure to talk to you about our academic home.
If you want to know if media cynics, skeptics and automatic trustors differ in their processing of news stories read my recent CR publication. Thank you Aviv Barnoy for your work on this and to the reviewers for being so wise and sharp. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Media Cynicism, Media Skepticism and Automatic Media Trust: Explicating Their Connection with News Processing and Exposure - Yariv Tsfati, Aviv Barnoy, 2025
In an era of increasing attention to media trust, some have argued that differentiating between media cynicism and media skepticism (as both attitudinal and beh...
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After more than two years of protesting, I got some media attention. This picture was published by Haaretz website in a story about last night's protests, but you need to look really carefully to find me... 😀
Our annual "Communicating" graduate students conference. So much fun to meet alumni and colleagues, and listen to students from all over the country present their work and receive feedback.
University faculty across the country protested today against governmental legislation initiatives to hurt academic freedom and students' free speech. I don't know how effective these protests are, but at least my colleagues could enjoy me shutting up for a while 😀
