Omer Keynan

Dr. Keynan received  his Ph.D from the Graduate Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at Bar-Ilan University in 2019. The doctoral dissertation examined how Israelis of Ethiopian descent used Facebook as part of their protests against police brutality. He has extensive research and teaching experience in Social Sciences, Israeli Studies and Digital Culture.

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Research title: "Social Movements and Social Media: The Case of the Ethiopian Community Protest Movement, 2015-2016"

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M.A degree, Tel-Aviv University in Sociology-Anthropology

​The Master’s Thesi is on the subject of online self-disclosure as a therapeutic release.

​Keynan gave a lecture on the subject at a conference for graduate students of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and on IchoTec.

B.A degree, Tel-Aviv University in East Asian Studies and Sociology-Anthropology, Student union representative for 2 years.