Sheizaf Rafaeli was born on June 7,1955 and is an Israeli researcher, scholar of computer-mediated communication and newspaper columnist.
16 Facts About Sheizaf Rafaeli
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Sheizaf Rafaeli is professor and dean at the School of Management Haifa GSB, University of Haifa Israel and additionally director of the Center for Internet Research Center for Internet Research and the Games for Managers Project.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli is a senior research fellow at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy, Technion.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli was born in kibbutz Maagan Michael, Israel, to a Jewish family.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli graduated from the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli served as an officer in the Israeli military in combat units; he was discharged in 1977.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli has written software and books on graphics, electronic spreadsheets and statistical analysis, and a textbook on information systems for the Open University.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli served as founder and co-editor of The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and initiated the SHIL online service.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli is a member of several journal editorial boards, including those of JCMC, ITSharenet and IJKL.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli is a director of NPTech Israel, and of StartUpSeeds.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli is a member of the board at the Wikimedia foundation.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli is a member of the Stockholm International Challenge Jury for Information Systems' Projects.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli has held visiting research and teaching positions at Ohio State University, Michigan State University, IBM, Stanford University, Technion, College of Management Academic Studies, and the University of Michigan.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli's research covers issues of the Value of Information, Information Overload, Social Networks and Network Analysis, Information Sharing, and digital life.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli is a member of the Scientific Management of the Learning in a Networked Society national Center of Research Excellence, where he studies the role of online tools in learning, teaching and education.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli writes weekly columns for the Calcalist and Globes financial and business daily newspapers in Israel and the Ynet news site.