I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Communication, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. My Ph.D. research topic is “Mediated Intentions: journalists’ role in attributing and distributing political intentions”, Supervised by Prof. Zohar Kampf.

I hold a Master’s degree in communication and a Bachelor’s degree in Hebrew Language and Communication, both from the Hebrew University. In my Master’s dissertation, I explored the scope of journalistic interpretation through the case study of reporting political condemnation of Israel.

My main areas of interest are political discourse, journalistic mediation and intentions.

 

My research focuses on the role of intentions in news stories, and on journalists’ role as mediators of political intentions. I use the report of speech acts - verbal vehicles for encoding and decoding intentions - to examine how journalists interpret statements and actions. By so doing, I ask to shed new light on the ways in which journalists construct events and relationships in the social and political arenas.

 

Publications:

Danziger, R. & Schreiber, M. (Forthcoming). Digital Diplomacy: Face Management in MFA Twitter accounts. Policy & Internet.

Kampf, Z., Chudy, D., Danziger, R., & Schreiber, M. (2020). “Wait with Falling in Love”: Discursive Evaluation of Unexpected Messages Conveyed by Controversial Leaders. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 0261927X20944977.‏ 

Kampf, Z., Aldar, L., Danziger, R., & Schreiber, M. (2019). The pragmatics of  amicable interstate communication. Intercultural Pragmatics, 16 (2), 123-151.‏ 

Schreiber, M. & Kampf, Z. (2018). Intention work: the scope of journalistic interpretation of political speech acts. Journalism; https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918798156  

Schreiber, M. (2016). The act of journalistic interpretation: Reporting the Condemnation of Israel as a case study. Israel Studies in Language and Society, 9 (1-2), 52-70. [Hebrew] 

Under Review: 

Schreiber, M. & Kampf, Z. (Under review). The Performative Mediation of Social Worlds: Intention Markers in News Headlines.

 

Awards & Scholarships:

2020-2021: Recognized as Outstanding Teacher according to the Teacher Evaluation Survey

2020-2021: Israel Association of University Women Scholarship for Research Students

2020-2021: Department of Communication and Journalism Scholarship for Research Students, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2019-2020: Recognized as Outstanding Teacher according to the Teacher Evaluation Survey

2019: The Smart Doctoral Student Award for Excellence 2019

2018-2019: Department of Communication and Journalism Scholarship for Research Students, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2018-2019: Hans Guth Dreyfus scholarship for outstanding research PhD students

2018: The Blum-Kulka Excellence Research Award

2017: The Smart Family institute scholarship 

2016-2017: Department of Communication and Journalism Scholarship for Research Students, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2016-2017: Recognized as Outstanding Teacher according to the Teacher Evaluation Survey

2015-2016: The Dean’s Excellence Scholarship for M.A. students, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2015: Rector's Excellence Award for M.A. studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2015: Dean’s Excellence Award for M.A. studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2015: Ifat Media Research Excellence Prize: “The act of journalistic interpretation: Reporting the condemnation of Israel as a case study [Hebrew]”, 'Metaksherim'  (Communicating) Graduate Student Conference in Communication, Dept. of Communication, University of Haifa

2014-2015: Recognized as Outstanding Teacher according to the Teacher Evaluation Survey