Anat First is Full Prof. of Media Studies and serves as a dean at the School of Communication, Netanya Academic College, Israel. Her main fields of research include: the history of communication research; mediated representations of minority groups; conflicts, culture values and nationalism that illuminate the symbolic ways in which culture is formulated and constructed. Among her published books: Adoni, H., & First, A. (2006). Structural Dilemmas in the Consolidation of Communication Research and Teaching: The Case of the Department of Communication at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Magnes, the Hebrew University Press; First, A., & Avraham, E. (2009). America in Jerusalem: Globalization, National Identity and the Israeli Advertising. Maryland: Lexington; Kama, A., & First, A. (2015). Exclusion: Mediated Representations of Minority Groups. Tel Aviv: Resling; Sheffi, N. & First, A. (2022). Ideology in the wallet: the role of banknotes in construction national identity. Jerusalem: Magnes, the Hebrew University Press .
