Eran Fisher
Professor
Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication
The Open University of Israel
Israel
Biography
2003-2008 PhD in Sociology, The New School for Social Research, New York. Dissertation title: "The Spirit of Networks: Wired magazine and the Discourse on Technology in Post-Fordist Society". Adviser: Prof. Paolo Carpignano 2000-2002 MA in Sociology, The New School for Social Research, New York. 1997-1999 MA in Sociology, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Thesis title: "Post-historicism and Post-Nationalism in Israel: Television Series Tkuma and the Crisis of Israeli Identity". Adviser: Prof. Uri Ram 1994-1996 BA in Behavioral Science, Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
Research Interest
The Internet and emotions,Social Theory
Publications
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Fisher, Eran. 2009. "Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age, by Christian Fuchs: A Book Review". Journal of Communication, 59: E13-E18.
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Fisher, Eran. 2010. "Disenthralling Ourselves: Rhetoric of Revenge and Reconciliation in Contemporary Israel by Nita Schechet: A Book Review". Israel Studies Forum, 25(2): 136-138.