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Email: vladv@yvc.ac.il

Dissertation Title: Digital Culture Industry: An Examination of Application Production (Supervisors: Dr. Rivka Ribak and Dr. Roei Davidson)

The Dissertation deals with application developers in Israel, as producers of cultural content. This will be conducted by focusing on the developer's corporate culture, work environment, working practices in the field, the way in which the developers perceive the users and the product, and the developer's background characteristics. 

Research Interests

New Media & Computer-mediated communication
Content production
Virtual Communities
Political participation on the Internet and in social networks

Education

BA: Department of Communication, Academic College of Emek Yezreel
MA: Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University. MA thesis: The Influence of Urban vs. Rural Residence on the Use of Online Social Networks (Supervisor: Dr. Eli Dresner)

Conference Presentations

Ariel, Y., & Vasiliu, V. (2012). Perceived and Presumed Trustworthiness of Wikipedia. Israel Communication Association, Tel-Aviv, Israel, April. [Hebrew]

Ariel, Y., & Vasiliu, V. (2013). Political Participation and Voting Intention of SNS Users. Israel Political Science Association, Jerusalem, Israel, May 2th. [Hebrew]

Ariel, Y., & Vasiliu, V. (2013). "Perceived and Presumed Trustworthiness of Wikipedia". The 15th General Online Research, Mannheim, Germany, March 4th-5th.

Ariel, Y., & Vasiliu, V. (2013). "Political Participation and Voting Intention of SNS Users". The 16th General Online Research, Cologne, Germany, March 5th-7th.

Courses Taught

 Statistical Applications-SPSS, Department of Communication, Netanya Academic College

TA:
Canonical texts in the media, Department of Communication, Academic College of Emek Yezreel
Qualitative Research Methods, Departments of Communication, Academic College of Emek Yezreel and Netanya Academic College
Quantitative Research Methods, Department of Communication, Netanya Academic College
Cultural studies and media, Department of Communication, Netanya Academic College
Political marketing in social networks, Department of Communication, IDC Herzliya
Network Marketing Workshop, Department of Communication, IDC Herzliya
Regulation of the media, Department of Communication, IDC Herzliya