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Yael Warshel: Publications

Books

 

Warshel, Y. When conflict is real: Reimagining the study of children, youth and media and international and global conflict zones. (Under Contract with Stanford University Press).

Warshel, Y. (2021 hardback and electronic editions; 2022 paperback). Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Children, peace communication and socialization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • 2024 - Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist in Current Events

  • 2024 - International Studies Association Book Award Runner-up in International Communication

 

  • 2023 - National Communication Association Outstanding book of the Year Award in Ethics

 

  • 2023 - International Communication Association Activism, Communication and Social Justice Outstanding Book Award-Honorable Mention

  • 2022 - National Communication Association Applied Communication Division Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award

 

  • 2021 - Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Teaching Award in International Communication (in conjunction with a teaching module I developed)

Katz, Elihu and Yael Warshel (Eds.). (2019 hardback edition, 2018 electronic). Election studies: What’s their use? Boulder, CO: Routledge.

[Katz, Elihu and Yael Warshel (Eds.). (2001 paperback edition). Election studies: What’s their use? Boulder, CO: Westview.

 

Policy Reports

 

Hopman, Marieke, Guleid Hamed Jama and Yael Warshel. (2024). Born in a non-existent place? Towards inclusive global rights protection for children living in de facto states. Children’s Rights Research Group Maastricht University Report to the United Nations Children’s Rights Committee, (27 pp.).

  • Summary translated into Somali, Spanish, French, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Hebrew, Greek, Korean, and Portugese,

Warshel, Y. (2016). Preserving mobile literacy. The importance of preserving human capital in conditions of mass migration as a basis for sustainable development, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Baku international humanitarian forum conference proceedings, (2 pp.).

Sample Articles, Chapters and Reviews

 

Warshel, Y. (2023). Two plus two does not equal four: (Non-) Childist calls for Sahrawi statehood. NEOS: A Publication of the American Anthropology Association. Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group (Communication in the Worlds of Children and Youth: Imagination, Language, Performance, and Creative Expression),15(2).

Warshel, Y. (2023). So-called firsts scored by the Moroccan “Muslim, Arab, African, post-colonial” and Amazigh Atlas Lions at the 2022 World Cup football games. Journal of North African Studies. 28(2), 219-229.

Warshel, Y. (2021). Conducting conflict zones media studies research while being a woman. Feminist Media Studies, 22(6),1553-1557. https://doi/abs/10.1080/14680777.2021.1931396

Warshel, Y. (2019). Problematizing the variable of conflict to address children, media, and conflict. Journal of Global Ethics (Global Justice for Children), 15(3), 361-381.

Warshel, Y. (2021). Why “peace” between Morocco and Israel matters for Western Sahara but not for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review.11(2), 121-134.

 

Warshel, Y. (2018). Conducting ethical research with children inside and/or displaced by conflict zones. NEOS (Child Displacement). 10(2) 8-10, October.

Katz, Elihu and Yael Warshel. (2019, 2018). Introduction. In Katz, E. with Warshel. Y. (eds.), Election Studies: What’s their use? (pp. 1-14). New York: Routledge.

Warshel, Y. (2018). Peace communication. Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 91, https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/2018/10/15/kc91-peace-communication/

Warshel, Y. (2014). Mamafakinch: Moroccan citizen journalism collective. In Harvey, K. and J. G. Golson (Eds). Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics. 2 (pp. 787-789). Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage.

  • Encyclopedia won the 2014 Apex Award for “One-of-a-kind Print Publication”, and the 2014 LibraryJournal’s Best Reference.

Warshel, Y. (2014). Social media and Middle Eastern, North African and Gulf politics. In Harvey, K. (ed.), Encyclopedia of social media and politics. 2 (pp. 821-827). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

  • Encyclopedia won the 2014 Apex Award for “One-of-a-kind Print Publication”, and the 2014 LibraryJournal’s Best Reference.

Warshel, Y. (2012). Political alienation in Libya: Assessing citizens’ political attitude and behaviour, by M. al-Werfalli (book review). Journal of North African Studies. 17(4) 734-737.

Warshel, Y. (2012). It’s all about Tom and Jerry, Amr Khaled and Iqra, Not Hamas’s Mickey Mouse: Palestinian children’s cultural practices around the television-set. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 5(2) 211-245,.

  • Precursor paper won the 2008 Middle East Studies Association Top Paper Award (across all divisions of the association).

Ellis, Donald and Yael Warshel. (2010). The contributions of communication and media studies to peace education. In E. Cairns and G. Salamon. (eds.) Handbook on Peace Education. (pp. 135-153). New York: Psychology Press.

Warshel, Y. (2009). Broadening the discourse about martyrdom television programming. Arab Media and Society, 8(Spring), 10 pp.

 

Warshel, Y. (2007). "As though there is peace:” Opinions of Jewish-Israeli children about watching Rechov Sumsum/Shara’a Simsim amidst armed political conflict. In Lemish, D. and Gotz, M. (eds.), Children and media at times of conflict and war (pp. 309-332). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

  • Precursor paper won a 2003 International Communication Association International Communication Top Student Paper Award.

Warshel, Y. (2004).  Surrogate languages: Alternative communication. In P. Peek and K. Yankah (Eds.) African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. (pp. 450-451). New York, NY: Routledge.

  • Article won a University of California at San Diego African and African-American Studies Research Project Outstanding Graduate Research in African Studies Award

Warshel, Y. (2003, Dec.). "Dear BBC”; Children, television storytelling, and the public sphere, by M. Davies (book review). Journal of Communication. 53(4) 735-737.

Peer-Reviewed Blogs  

Warshel, Y. (2021, October 22) How might media aid and empower young people to manage armed political conflict? The Critical Childhoods and Youth Studies Collective Blog: Children and Political Conflict. www.theccysc.com/post/how-might-media-aid-and-empower-young-people-to-manage-armed-political-conflict (Republished from Parenting for a Digital Future).

Warshel, Y. (2021, June 22) How might media aid and empower young people to manage armed political conflict? Media@LSE Blog. (Republished from Parenting for a Digital Future).

Warshel, Y. (2021, June 16) How might media aid and empower young people to manage armed political conflict? Parenting for a Digital Future.

Other Blogs

Warshel, Y. (2011, March 11) Mugafi: “African” Mercenaries in Libya, and the plight of Zimbabwe’s People.

Photographs

Warshel, Y. (2021) Book cover photograph: Arab/Palestinian Israeli tweens stand outside Jaffa’s Sawalha Sweets. Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Children, peace communication and socialization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  

Warshel, Y. (2021) - 4 photographs: Morocco, and Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria. Why “peace” between Morocco and Israel matters for Western Sahara but not for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review. 11(2), 121-134.

Warshel, Y. (2021) - 13 color and 23 black and white photographs: Israeli and Palestinian children’s mundane conflict zones lives. Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Children, peace communication and socialization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  

Warshel, Y. (2013, October) - Photograph: Syrian Alawi family leisure practices. Photos from the field, Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group Newsletter.

Warshel, Y. (2009) - Photograph: Palestinian children watching TV. Arab Media and Society, 8(Spring).

Warshel, Y. (1996, December 20) - photograph: Indigenous People’s Day UN Meeting. UNESCO NEWS, 3(6)10. 

 

Warshel, Y. (1996, May) - Photograph: public lecture. Public Affairs Report. 37(3)

 

Warshel, Y. (1996, March) - Photograph: public lecture. Public Affairs Report. 37(2)

 

Warshel, Y. (1996, January) - Photograph: public lecture. Public Affairs Report. 37(1)

 

Warshel, Y. (1995, November) - Photograph: public lecture. Public Affairs Report. 36(4)

Warshel, Y. (1995-1996) - Numerous photographs covering live performances, e.g. David Bowie at Shoreline Amphitheatre, San Francisco. Daily Californian.

Warshel, Y. (1994) - Weekly photographs covering USC events, e.g. George Olah Nobel Prize win. Daily

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Photojournalism Exhibitions

Warshel, Y. (1996). Zimbabwe: The Baobab and Democracy, collection of photographs exhibited in Berkeley, CA.

Press Articles

Warshel, Y. Johnson, P. J. (2013, November 11). A Nobel Victory: 'Dubbed the Sherlock Homes of chemistry,' Arieh Warshel's creativity and perseverance lead to the Nobel Prize. USC Dornsife: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.   Yael Warshel Contributed Family History to Article.

Warshel, Y. (1996, October 20). Concerns of indigenous people are focus of UN panel. UNESCO NEWS, 3(5)7.

TEDx Talks

Warshel, Y. 2018 - Do Media Have the Power to Make Peace? TEDxPSU

Podcasts

2018, April 5 - Sesame Street in Palestine – Can Media Influence for Good? with Yael Warshel.

Featured guest for BeTheTalk podcast, hosted by Nathan Eckel, Episode 66.

2018, April 5 - Do Media Have the Power to Make Peace?: Policy Takeaway Bonus Content.

Featured guest for BeTheTALK podcast, hosted by Nathan Eckel, Episode 66 Bonus Content.

Teaching Modules

Warshel, Y. Teaching Empathy and World System Categories as Research Methodologies for Critical International Communication Research. International Communication Division Teaching Contest 2021 Winners, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication International Communication Division News. Forthcoming, (pp. 21).

 

Warshel, Y. Responding to a Diverse and Global World:  Ethics of International Reporting International Communication Division Teaching Contest 2015-2016 Winners, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication International Communication Division News. (August), (pp. 8).

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