Dafna Lemish | |
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Born | Haifa, Israel | September 26, 1951
Alma mater | Tel Aviv University (BA) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA) Ohio State University (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Media studies Social science |
Institutions | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
Thesis | Viewing television in public places : an ethnography[1] (1982) |
Dafna Lemish is an Israeli media researcher in the fields of children, youth and leisure culture; as well as construction of gender identity in the media.
She is the Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2] She is also the founding editor of the Journal of Children and Media.[3] Lemish is a fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA).[4]