Moran Yarchi Ph.D. is a Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya and

Senior Lecturer at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications, and

the Head of the Public Diplomacy program, at the Interdisciplinary

Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel. Her main fields of research are 

political communication, public diplomacy, media coverage of

conflicts and terrorism, and election campaigns on social media.

Integrating theories from communication studies, political science

and international relations, Moran’s studies investigates the ability

of political actors to promote their messages' thru the media.

Moran’s studies had granted her with various awards and

scholarships including the: Nina Wain's Prize for public and

international communication for 2012, the Inbar fund scholarship

for 2013, the Hecht Prize for 2012-3, The ICA’s annual conference 

Mass Communication Division's top paper award 2014, and the

NCA’s annual conference Mass Communication Division's top paper award 2015.