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Yariv Tsfati

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Department of Communication, University of Haifa; Studies trust and other audience perceptions of media. https://yariv.com.haifa.ac.il/

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Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Aug 17

A day of huge protests and a general strike against the war and for the hostage deal in Israel started across the country this morning. I started the day on 7:10 AM in front of Minister Amichai Shikli's home. The Rabbi is singing "a deceitful war... a deceitful war"

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Apr 27

Protests in Tel Aviv April 26

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Apr 17

Just before the holiday I had the privilege of chairing a special session at the annual conference of the Israel Communication Association celebrating 30 years to Haifa's comm department. Thank you so much Aya, Neta, Nathan and Tsahi. Such a pleasure to talk to you about our academic home.

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Apr 1

If you want to know if media cynics, skeptics and automatic trustors differ in their processing of news stories read my recent CR publication. Thank you Aviv Barnoy for your work on this and to the reviewers for being so wise and sharp.

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Media Cynicism, Media Skepticism and Automatic Media Trust: Explicating Their Connection with News Processing and Exposure - Yariv Tsfati, Aviv Barnoy, 2025

In an era of increasing attention to media trust, some have argued that differentiating between media cynicism and media skepticism (as both attitudinal and beh...

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Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Mar 23

After more than two years of protesting, I got some media attention. This picture was published by Haaretz website in a story about last night's protests, but you need to look really carefully to find me... 😀

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Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Mar 19

Marching to Jerusalem

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Dec 31

Our annual "Communicating" graduate students conference. So much fun to meet alumni and colleagues, and listen to students from all over the country present their work and receive feedback.

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Dec 28

Tel Aviv Protests Dec 28

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Dec 26

Congrats to our new graduates!

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Dec 22

TLV protests Dec 14/21

Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Dec 10

University faculty across the country protested today against governmental legislation initiatives to hurt academic freedom and students' free speech. I don't know how effective these protests are, but at least my colleagues could enjoy me shutting up for a while 😀

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Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Dec 2

Protesting in Tel Aviv Nov 30

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Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social · Nov 29

Congratulations!