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אני פרופסור חבר בבית הספר למדע המדינה, אוניברסיטת חיפה. יש לי תואר דוקטור בממשל מאוניברסיטת קורנל. מחקרי הראשון עוסק בספרות העוסקת בנסיגה דמוקרטית; הוא בוחן את השחיקה של נורמות ומוסדות דמוקרטיים; ומאתגר את הנחות היסוד של השתתפות דמוקרטית. מחקרי השני מתמקד באופן שבו בריאות דמוקרטית מעצבת את רווחתו הפיזיולוגית והפסיכולוגית של הציבור, והשפעותיה על עיצוב עמדותיהם של האזרחים, העדפותיהם האלקטורליות והשתתפותם. מחקריי פורסמו בכתבי עת מובילים בתחום מדע המדינה, תקשורת ורפואה, ופורסמו בכלי תקשורת שונים, כולל הניו יורק טיימס והארץ. שימשתי כפרופסור אורח באוניברסיטת סטנפורד ובאוניברסיטת קורנל.
פרסומים
- Schreiber, A., Waismel-Manor, I., & Settle, J. (2025). Navigating participation: how website design impacts the digital divide in political engagement. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 1–14.
- Laustsen, L., Sheng, X., Ahmad, M. G., Al-Shawaf, L., Banai, B., Banai, I. P., ... Waismel-Manor, I & van Vugt, M. (2025). Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study. Evolution and human behavior, 46(3), 106674.
- Schreiber, A., & Waismel-Manor, I. (2024). Cyber risk assessment model for information assets: a tailored approach for the financial and banking sector. Journal of Operational Risk 10.21314/JOP.2024.006.
- Kaplan, Y. R., Sheafer, T., Waismel-Manor, I., & Shenhav, S. R. (2024). People’s sense of political representation and national stories: The case of Israel. International Political Science Review, 45(4), 552-567.
- Lavi, L., Treger, C., Rivlin-Angert, N., Sheafer, T., Waismel-Manor, I., Shenhav, S., Harsgor, L. & Shamir, M. (2024). The Pitkinian Public: Representation in the eyes of citizens. European Political Science, 1-21.
- Waismel-Manor, I., Kaplan, Y. R., Shenhav, S. R., Zlotnik, Y., Dvir Gvirsman, S., & Ifergane, G. (2023). ADHD and political participation: An observational study. Plos one, 18(2), e0280445.
- Tsfati, Y., Cohen, J., Dvir-Gvirsman, S., Tsuriel, K., Waismel-Manor, I., & Holbert, R. L. (2022). Political para-social relationship as a predictor of voting preferences in the Israeli 2019 elections. Communication Research, 49(8), 1118-1147.
- Dvir-Gvirsman, S., Tsuriel, K., Sheafer, T., Shenhav, S., Zoizner, A., Lavi, L., Shamir, M., & Waismel-Manor, I. (2022). Mediated Representation in the Age of Social Media: How Connection with Politicians Contributes to Citizens’ Feelings of Representation. Evidence from a Longitudinal Study. Political Communication, 39(6), 779-800.
- Zoizner, A., Tsuriel, K., Markus, D.K., Porzycki, V., Mor-Lan, G., Green, A., Levi, E., Tsfati, Y., Waismel-Manor, I., Sheafer, T. and Shenhav, S.R., (2022). Three in a (Right-Wing) Boat: Media, Politicians, and the Public in the Age of Digital Communication 1. In The Elections in Israel, 2019–2021 (pp. 259-282). Routledge.
- Waismel-Manor, I., Bar-Siman-Tov, I., Rozenberg, O., Levanon, A., Benoît, C., & Ifergane, G. (2022). Should I Stay (Open) or Should I Close? World legislatures during the first wave of Covid19. Political Studies, 00323217221090615.
- Waismel-Manor, I., Moy, P., Neumann, R., Shechnick. M. 2021. Does Corruption Corrupt? The Behavioral Effects of Mediated Exposure to Corruption. International Journal of Public Opinion Research 34(1), edab031.
- Tsfati, Y., Cohen, J., Dvir Gvirsman, S., Tsuriel, K., Waismel-Manor, I., & Holbert, R. 2021. Political Para-Social Relationship as a Predictor of Voting Preferences in the Israeli 2019 Elections. Communication Research, 49(8), 1118-1147.
- Vodvonos, A., Novack, V., Waismel-Manor, I., Ezra, Y., Guetta, A. & Ifergane, G. 2021. Sick of News: The Association Between TV News Rating and Following Day Headache Related Emergency Department Visits in Israel. PLOS One 16:4.
- Bar-Siman-Tov, I., Rozenberg, O., Benoît, C., Waismel-Manor, I. & Levanon, A. 2021. Measuring Legislative Activity during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Introducing the ParlAct and ParlTech Indexes. International Journal of Parliamentary Studies, 1: 109–126.
- Hughes, H. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2020. The Macedonian Fake News Industry and the 2016 US Election. PS: Political Science and Politics. 54:1, 19-23.
- Backhaus, S., Gross, M., Waismel-Manor, I., Cohen, H. & Canetti, D. 2020. A Cyberterrorism Effect? Emotional Reactions to Lethal Attacks on Critical Infrastructure. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 23:9, 595-603.
- Waismel-Manor, I. & Simonovits, G. 2017. The Interdependence of Perceived Ideological Positions: Evidence from Three Survey Experiments. Public Opinion Quarterly, 81: 3, 759-768.
- Canetti, D., Gross, M., Waismel-Manor, I., Levanon, A., & Cohen, H. 2017. How Cyberattacks Terrorize: Cortisol and Personal Insecurity Jump in the Wake of Cyberattacks. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 20: 2, 72-77.
- Tal-Or, N. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2017. The Right Faces for Right-Wing and Left-Wing Politicians. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 30: 2, 192-210.
- Lev-On, A. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2016. Looks that Matter: The Effect of Physical Attractiveness in Low-and High-Information Elections. American Behavioral Scientist, 60: 14, 1756-1771. Equal contributor.
- Neiman, J., Giuseffi, K., Smith, K., French, J., Waismel-Manor, I., & Hibbing, J. 2015. Voting at Home Is Associated with Lower Cortisol than Voting at the Polls. PloS one, 10(9), e0135289.
- Canetti-Nisim, D., Gross, M. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2015. Immune from Cyber-Fire? The Psychological & Physiological Effects of Cyberwar . In: Binary Bullets: The Ethics of Cyberwarfare. Edited by Fritz Allhoff, Adam Henschke, and Bradley Jay Strawser. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 157-76.
- Canetti, D., Waismel-Manor, I., Cohen, N. & Rapaport C. 2013. What Does National Resilience Mean in a Democracy? Evidence from the United States and Israel. Armed Forces and Society, 1-17.
- Waismel-Manor, I., & Stroud, N. J. 2013. The Influence of President Obama’s, Middle Name on Middle Eastern and US Perceptions. Political Behavior, 35(3), 621-641.
- Waismel-Manor, I. & Sarid, Y. 2011. Can Overreporting in Surveys be Reduced? Evidence from Israel’s Municipal Elections. International Journal of Public Opinion Research 23:4, 522-529.
- Waismel-Manor, I. 2011. Spinning Forward: Political consultants - a profession in the making? Journal of Political Marketing, 10:350–371.
- Waismel-Manor, I. & Tsfati, Y. 2011. Do Attractive Congresspersons Get More Media Coverage? Political Communication, 28:440–463.
- Waismel-Manor, I., Ifergan, G. & Cohen, H. 2011. When Democracy and Endocrinology Collide: Emotions, Cortisol and Voting at National Elections. European Neuropsychopharmacology 21, 789–795.
- Lowi, T. J. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2011. Waismel-Manor and Lowi’s Reply. New Political Science, 33:1, 97-99.
- Waismel-Manor, I. & Lowi, T. J. 2011. Politics in Motion: A personal history of political science. New Political Science, 33:1, 59-78.
- Tsfati, Y., Markowitz-Elfassi, D. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2010. Exploring the Association Between Physical Attractiveness and News Coverage: Correlational and experimental evidence. International Journal of Press and Politics. 15:2, 175-192.
- Scheindlin, D. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2008. Falafel and Apple Pie: American Consultants, Modernization and Americanization of Electoral Campaigns in Israel in Dennis Johnson (ed.) Handbook of Political Management. New York: Routledge, 317-331.
- Jones-Correa, M. & Waismel-Manor, I. 2007. Verifying Implementation of Language Provisions in the Voting Rights Act in Ana Henderson (ed.) Protecting Democracy: Using Research to Inform the Voting Rights Reauthorization Debate. Berkeley, University of California Press, 161-180.
- Scheufele, D. A., Hardy, B. W., Brossard, D., Waismel‐Manor, I. S. & Nisbet, E. 2006. Democracy based on difference: Examining the links between structural heterogeneity, heterogeneity of discussion networks, and democratic citizenship. Journal of Communication,56:4, 728-753.
- Gupta, D., & Waismel-Manor, I. 2006. Network in progress: A conference primer for graduate students. PS: Political Science & Politics, 39:3, 485-490.
- Waismel-Manor, I. 2005. Striking Differences: Hunger Strikes in Israel and the United States. Social Movement Studies 4:3, 281-300.
- Waismel-Manor, I., & Conroy, S. 2005. Could you spare a dime? Better make it $10,000: contributions to the Clinton legal expense trust. White House Studies, 5:2, 175-194.
- Sherman, D. J., & Waismel-Manor, I. 2003. Get it in writing: Using politics to teach writing and writing to teach politics. Political Science and Politics,36:4, 755-757.
השכלה
Ph.D. Cornell University - Government
תחומי מחקר
- תקשורת פוליטית
- התנהגות פוליטית
- פיזיולוגיה ופוליטיקה
- פוליטיקה אמריקאית
- קמפיינים ובחירות