Anat Ben-David

Anat Ben-David is a digital communication researcher in the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at The Open University of Israel, and co-founded the university's Media and Information Lab. Her research focuses on the intersection of new media and Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies. Her dissertation conceptualized the process of boundary-making on the Internet through historical and spatial analysis of the Palestinian web, using digital methods for network research. The work examines the emergence and evolution of the Palestinian web from its introduction to the Palestinian territories in 1993 - following the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority after the Oslo Accords - until 2010. She serves on the board of directors of "The Seventh Eye" website.