Prof. Elad Segev

I study the relationship between information and power from different cross-national perspectives, including culture and national identity, Americanization and globalization, international news flow, information search and search strategies, digital divide, network analysis, data mining, and new applications and methodologies in social science and communication.

• International Communication
• National Image, Americanization and Globalization
• International News
• Information Search
• Network Analysis and Data Mining

BOOKS:

• Segev, E. (2016). International News Online: Global Views with Local Perspectives. New York, Peter Lang
• Segev, E. (2010). Google and the Digital Divide: The Bias of Online Knowledge, Elsevier (Oxford: Chandos Publishing Imprint). doi:10.1533/97817806317837

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:

• Segev, E. (2020). Textual Network Analysis: Detecting Prevailing Themes and Biases in International News and Social Media. Sociology Compass, 14(4), 1–14. doi:10.1111/SOC4.12780 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. (2019). Volume and Control: The Transition from Information to Power, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 14(3), 240–257. doi:10.1080/17447143.2019.1662028 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. (2018). Googling the World: Global and Regional Information Flows in Google Trends. International Journal of Communication, 12, 2232-2250.
• Boudana, S. & Segev, E. (2017). The bias of provocation narratives in international news. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 22(3), 314–332. doi:10.1177/1940161217704968 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. (2017). From where does the world look flatter? A comparative analysis of foreign coverage in world news. Journalism. doi:1464884916688292. (preprint version)
• Segev, E. (2016). The group-sphere model of international news flow: A cross-national comparison of news sites. International Communication Gazette, 78(3), 200–222. doi: 10.1177/1748048515620858 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. (2015). Visible and Invisible Countries: News-Flow Theory Revised. Journalism, 16(3), 412–428. doi:10.1177/1464884914521579 (preprint version)
• Segev, E., Nissenbaum, A., Stolero, N. and Shifman, L. (2015). Families and Networks of Internet Memes: The Relationship between Cohesiveness, Uniqueness, and Quiddity Concreteness. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 20(4), 417–433. doi:10.1111/jcc4.12120
• Blondheim, M., Segev, E., & Cabrera, M. A. (2015). The Prominence of Weak Economies: Factors and Trends in Global News Coverage of Economic Crisis, 2009–2012. International Journal of Communication, 9, 46–65.
• Segev, E. & Hills, T. (2014). When News and Memory Come Apart: A Cross-National Comparison of Countries’ Mentions. International Communication Gazette, 76(1), 67–85. doi:10.1177/1748048513504159 (preprint version)
• Segev, E., Sheafer, T., & Shenhav, S. (2013). Is the World Getting Flatter? A New Method for Examining Structural Trends in the News. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 64(12), 2537–2547. doi:10.1002/asi.22932 (preprint version)
• Wolfsfeld, G., Segev, E., & Sheafer, T. (2013). The Social Media and the Arab Spring: Politics Always Comes First. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 18(2), 115–137. doi:10.1177/1940161212471716  (preprint version, podcast)
• Segev, E. & Blondheim, M. (2013). America’s Global Standing According to Popular News Sites from Around the World. Political Communication, 30(1), 139–161. doi:10.1080/10584609.2012.737418 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. & Blondheim, M. (2013). Online News about Israel and Palestine: A Cross-National Comparison of Prominence and Trends. Digital Journalism, 1(3), 1–13. doi:10.1080/21670811.2012.744560 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2012). Seeking Science Information Online: Data Mining Google to Better Understand the Roles of the Media and the Education System. Public Understanding of Science, 21(7), 813–829. doi:10.1177/0963662510387560 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. & Miesch, R. (2011). A Systematic Procedure for Detecting News Biases: The Case of Israel in European News Sites. International Journal of Communication, 5, 1947–1966. doi:1932–8036/20111947
• Segev, E. (2010). Mapping the International: Global and Local Salience and News-Links Between Countries in Popular News Sites Worldwide. International Journal of Internet Science, 5(1): 48–71.
• Segev, E. & Ahituv, N. (2010). Popular Searches in Google and Yahoo!: A "Digital Divide" in the Information Uses? The Information Society, 26(1): 17–37. doi:10.1080/01972240903423477 (preprint version)
• Segev, E. (2008). Search Engines and Power: A Politics of Online Mis-Information. Webology, 5(2).
• Segev E., Ahituv, N. & Barzilai-Nahon, K. (2007). Mapping Diversities and Tracing Trends of Cultural Homogeneity / Heterogeneity in Cyberspace. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), 1269–1297. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00373.x

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