Welcome

Dr. Yaron Ariel [Ph.D University of Haifa, 2009] is a researcher & lecturer at the Department of Communication, College of Jezreel Valley.

Yaron teaches in the Department of Communication at the Academic College of Jezreel Valley [since 2003]; Adjunct lecturer at the School of Communications at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya [since 2008]; Involved in research projects at the Sagy Center for Internet Research, the School of Managment at the University of Haifa [since 2002].

B.A. in Communication and in Political Sciences; M.A. in Communication

Main Interests

New Media/ICT/CMC; Online Communities and Social Networks; Audience/User Centered Approaches: Motivational and Usages Research. Studies were presented at local conferences and international conferences (ICA, IAMCR, AoIR, GOR, Wikimania) and published in books- e.g. 'Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology', 'Cyberculture and New Media' and 'Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace'.

Research

Ariel, Y., Levy, E.C., & Rafaeli, S. (2012). 'Mobile Phone Users Behavior: The Israeli Case'. Presented at the 14th General Online Research 2012 (GOR12), March 5-7 2012, Cooperative State University Mannheim, Germany

Levy, E.C., Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2012). 'Online interruption effect on cognitive performance' Presented at the 14th General Online Research 2012 (GOR12), March 5-7 2012, Cooperative State University Mannheim, Germany

Levy, E.C., Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2012). 'The Effect of Interruption on Cognitive Task: A Comparison between Mobile Phone and the WWW as Mediators'. Presented at the Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies 2012 (Chais Conference 2012), February 15-16 2012, The Open University, Raanana, Israel [*Hebrew]

Levy, E. C., Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2011). "Effect of richness of interruption messages on the quality of cognitive performance" Presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the Israel Communication Association, University of Haifa, Haifa [*Hebrew]

Ariel, Y., & Avitay, S. (2011). "Uses and exposure on Facebook: the Israeli Case" Presented at the panel 'From Blogs to Wikis: a brave new world?'  At the 15th Annual Conference of the Israel Communication Association, University of Haifa, Haifa [*Hebrew]

Levy, E. C., Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2011). “Richness of Interruption messages - take your time?”. Presented at IAMCR 2011. July 14 2011, Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey

Manosevitch, E., & Ariel, Y. (2011). “Conceptualizing UGC in the Context of Participatory Journalism”. Presented atIAMCR 2011. July 14 2011, Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey

Rafaeli, S., Ariel, Y., Katsman, M. (2010). Youth Online: online shopping usage patterns. Administration for Research and Economy, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel.[*Hebrew]

Rafaeli, S., Hayat, T & Ariel, Y. (2009). "Knowledge building and motivations in Wikipedia: Participation as Ba” In: F. J. Ricardo. (Ed). Cyberculture and New Media. Rodopi Press, Amsterdam

Ariel, Y. (2009). "Interactivity, Cognition and Value of Information: Interactive Information Exchanges in Online-Mediated Environments". Doctoral Dissertation, Graduate studies Authority, University of Haifa

Rafaeli, S, & Ariel, Y. (2008). “Online motivational factors: Incentives for Participation and Contribution in Wikipedia". In: A. Barak (Ed.), Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, Research, Applications. Cambridge University Press

Avidar, R., & Ariel, Y. (2008). "Exploring Interactivity and Responsiveness Divergence". Presented at Internet Research 9.0. Copenhagen, Denmark. October 2008

Avidar, R., & Ariel, Y. (2008). "Interactivity and responsiveness: Is there a place for confusion?". Presented at Communicating: Student Research Conference, University of Haifa, December 2008 [*Hebrew]

Avidar, R., & Ariel, Y. (2008). "New media: Interactivity and responsiveness". Presented at the panel 'What's New in New Media?' At The 12th Conference of the Israel Communication Association, Tel-Aviv [*Hebrew]

Rafaeli, S. Hayat, T. and Ariel, Y. (2008) "Virtual Knowledge-Building Communities", in: G.D., Putnik, & Cunha, M.M. Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations, New York: Information Science Reference, Vol. 3, pp. 1792-1796.

Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2007)." Assessing Interactivity in Computer-Mediated Research". In: A.N Joinson, K.Y.A McKenna., T. Postmes & U-D. Reips (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology. Oxford University Press

Ariel, Y. (2007). "Interactive information exchanges in online-mediated environments". Presented at the Doctoral Colloquium of Internet Research 8.0, Vancouver, Canada. October 2007

Rafaeli, S., Ariel, Y., Hayat, T., & Pollak, H. (2007). "Knowledge network analysis in Wikipedia: Nodes as opinion leaders". Presented at Internet Research 8.0 Vancouver, Canada. October 2007

Rafaeli, S., Ariel, Y., & Hayat, T. (2007). “Virtual Knowledge-Building Community & Users Incentives: Wikipedia Case”. Presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA USA May 24-28, 2007

Levanon, Y., & Ariel, Y. (2007). "Virtual Communities Usages: Content analysis & Survey of Locally Based Mailing Lists". The Ninth International GOR Conference [General Online Research '07] March, 26-28, 2007 Leipzig, Germany

Rafaeli, S., Ariel, Y., & Hayat, T. (2007). "Virtual knowledge building communities and users' motivations: Wikipedia as a case study”. Presented at The 11th Annual Conference of the Israeli Communication Association. The Open University of Israel, Raanana March 2007[*Hebrew]

Rafaeli, S., Ariel, Y., & Hayat, T. (2007). "Wikipedia as a knowledge virtual community: a multilingual comparison of Wikipedians perceptions”. Presented at The 38th Annual Conference of the Israeli Sociological Society. University of Haifa, February 2007 [*Hebrew]

Ariel, Y., Ben-Zvi, D., Forte, A., Kali, Y., Konja, M., Levin-Peled, R., Meishar-Tal, H., Rafaeli, S., Ravid, G., & Tal-Elhasid, E. (2006). “Wiki Uses in Learning and Teaching -Panel” Paper presented at the Wikimania, August 4-6 Boston, MA, USA

Rafaeli, S., Ariel, Y., & Hayat, T. (2006). "Sense of (Virtual) Community". Presented at The eighth International Conference General Online Research - GOR06: Bielefeld, Germany, March 2006

Ariel, Y., Ben-Zvi, D., Forte, A., Kali, Y., Konja, M., Levin-Peled, R., Meishar-Tal, H., Rafaeli, S., Ravid, G., & Tal-Elhasid, E. (2006). “Wiki Uses in Learning and Teaching -Panel”. Paper presented at the WikiSym August 21-23 2006, Odense, Denmark

Ariel, Y. (2006). "Interactivity, Cognition and Information Value". Presented at The Doctoral Students Conference of the Netvision Institute for Internet Studies – NIIS, Tel Aviv University, March 2006 [*Hebrew]

Rafaeli, S., Ariel, Y., & Hayat, T. (2006). "Virtual knowledge community -The Hebrew Wikipedia". Presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Israeli Sociological Society, Bar-Ilan University, March 2006 [*Hebrew]

Hayat, T., & Ariel, Y. (2006). "Gratifications and Sense of Community among Wikipedia users". Presented at 'Communicating': student research conference, University of Haifa. January 2006[*Hebrew]

Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2005). "Interactivity and the Subjective Value of Information". Paper presented at Internet Research 6.0: Internet Generations, October 2005, Chicago, IL, USA

Levanon, Y., & Ariel, Y. (2005). "Uses Typologies: Networked Communities Mailing Lists". Paper presented at Internet Research 6.0: Internet Generations, October 2005, Chicago, IL, USA

Rafaeli, S., Hayat, T & Ariel, Y. (2005). "Wikipedia Community: Users' Motivations and Knowledge Building". Presented at Cyberculture 3rd Global Conference. August 2005 Prague, Czech Republic

Rafaeli, S., Hayat, T., & Ariel, Y. (2005). "Wikipedians' sense of community, motivations, and knowledge building: a cross-cultural study" Proceedings of Wikimania 2005 - The First International Wikimedia Conference. August 2005 Frankfurt, Germany

Ariel, Y. (2005). "Web user's gratifications expectations". Presented at the Seventh International Conference General Online Research - GOR05: Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland, March 2005

Ariel, Y., & Levanon Y. (2005). "Networked Communities: Uses Typologies of Local Distribution Lists". Presented at The 36th Annual Conference of the Israeli Sociological Society. Tel-Hai Academic College, February 2005 [*Hebrew]

Levanon, Y., & Ariel, Y. (2004). "Distribution Lists in Light of the Uses and Gratifications Approach". Presented at 'Communicating': student research conference, University of Haifa. December 2004[*Hebrew]

Ariel, Y. (2004). "Web Site interactivity and gratifications expectations among users". Presented at the AoIR5 (Association of Internet Researchers) Conference: University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton U.K, September 2004

Ariel, Y. (2003). "Web site interactivity and gratifications expectations among users". Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an M.A. degree, University of Haifa, Department of Communication [*Hebrew]

Teaching

Courses:

- Introduction to Descriptive and Inferential Statistics (*Required Course)

- Research Methods for M.A (*Required Course)

- Quantitative Research Methods in Communication (*Required Course)

- Online Media: From Interactivity to Participatory (*Required Course, Specially developed)

- Pro-Seminar in Communication Studies (*Required Course, Specially developed)

- Media: Uses and Gratifications (*Elective Course, Specially developed)

- New Media (*Elective Course, Specially developed)

- Computer Mediated Communication (*Elective Course, Specially developed)

- Internet and Perspectives of Interactivity (*Elective Course, Specially developed)

- Online Communities (*Research Seminar, Specially developed)

- Media Usages Patterns (*Research Seminar, Specially developed)

- Moderator of Honor B.A Theses

Personal

Yaron was born in July 1975, grew up in Rosh-Pinna (in the Upper Galilee), and currently lives in Kiryat Bialik.

Married to Yael, and father of two sons - Uri (5 yrs.) and Ido (3 yrs.)