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'''Amit Schejter''' is Associate Professor of Communications and co-director of the Institute for Information Policy at the College of Communications of the Pennsylvania State University. Schejter received his LL.B. from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in 1986, his M.S. in mass communications from [[Boston University]] in 1991 and his Ph.D. in communication and information policy from [[Rutgers]] in 1995.
'''Amit Schejter''' is Associate Professor of Communications and co-director of the [Institute for Information Policy][http://www.comm.psu.edu/iip] at the [College of Communications][http://www.comm.psu.edu] of the [Pennsylvania State University][http://www.psu.edu]. Schejter received his LL.B. from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in 1986, his M.S. in mass communications from [[Boston University]] in 1991 and his Ph.D. in communication and information policy from [[Rutgers]] in 1995.
Between 1988-89 and 1992-93 he served as bureau chief and senior advisor to Israeli ministers of education and culture Yitzhak Navon and Shulamit Alomi. Between 1993-1997 he was director of legal affairs and international relations at the Israel Broadcasting Authority. In 1997 he joined the faculty at Tel Aviv University and in 2000 he was appointed vice president for regulatory affairs at Cellcom Israel. Since 2004 he has been at Penn State.
Between 1988-89 and 1992-93 he served as bureau chief and senior advisor to Israeli ministers of education and culture [[Yitzhak Navon]][[Yitzhak Navon]] and [[Shulamit Aloni]][[Shulamit Aloni]]. Between 1993-1997 he was director of legal affairs and international relations at the [Israel Broadcasting Authority][http://www.iba.org.il/]. In 1997 he joined the faculty at [Tel Aviv University][http://spirit.tau.ac.il/comm/defaultE.asp] and in 2000 he was appointed [vice president for regulatory affairs][http://www.globes.co.il/DocsEn/did=665037.htm] at [Cellcom Israel][http://investors.ircellcom.co.il/]. Since 2004 he has been at Penn State.
He is the author of numerous academic articles, law review articles and book chapters on communication law and policy, which have been published in four languages. He is co-author (with Akiba Cohen and Dafna Lemish of "The Wonder Phone in the Land of Miracles: Mobile Telephony in Israel" (Hampton Press, 2008) and author of "Muting Israeli Democracy: How Media and Cultural Policy Undermine Freedom of Expression" (University of Illinois Press, 2009).
He is the author of numerous academic articles, law review articles and book chapters on communication law and policy, which have been published in four languages. He is co-author (with Akiba Cohen and Dafna Lemish of ["The Wonder Phone in the Land of Miracles: Mobile Telephony in Israel"][http://www.hamptonpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1-57273-855-3&Category_Code=Q208] (Hampton Press, 2008) and author of ["Muting Israeli Democracy: How Media and Cultural Policy Undermine Freedom of Expression"][http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/69tfg6mg9780252034589.html] (University of Illinois Press, 2009).
In 2007-9 he headed the "Future of American Telecommunications Working Group" (FACT), which produced the volume "...And Communications for All: A Policy Agenda for a New Administration" (Lexington Books, 2009) and presented it to President Barack Obama's administration upon inauguration.
In 2007-9 he headed the ["Future of American Telecommunications Working Group"][http://www.fact-wg.info] (FACT), which produced the volume ["...And Communications for All: A Policy Agenda for a New Administration"][http://books.google.com/books?id=liJ4uEvN2fMC&source=gbs_navlinks_s] (Lexington Books, 2009) and presented it to President Barack Obama's administration upon inauguration.


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Links:
On career at IBA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakdi_Report
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=288848&contrassID=2&subContrassID=14&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
http://www.informaworld.com/index/903830971.pdf
http://www.uta.fi/jour/ripe/2004/Programme/Saranovitz.pdf
On career at Cellcom:
http://www.globes.co.il/DocsEn/did=665037.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theintifadaclub/message/1293
http://archive.globes.co.il/searchgl/Ministry%20of%20Communications:%20No%20free%201-800%20cell%20phone_h_hd_0L3GuE38uN3OmD3GtCYveT6ri.html

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Amit Schejter is Associate Professor of Communications and co-director of the [Institute for Information Policy][1] at the [College of Communications][2] of the [Pennsylvania State University][3]. Schejter received his LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1986, his M.S. in mass communications from Boston University in 1991 and his Ph.D. in communication and information policy from Rutgers in 1995. Between 1988-89 and 1992-93 he served as bureau chief and senior advisor to Israeli ministers of education and culture Yitzhak NavonYitzhak Navon and Shulamit AloniShulamit Aloni. Between 1993-1997 he was director of legal affairs and international relations at the [Israel Broadcasting Authority][4]. In 1997 he joined the faculty at [Tel Aviv University][5] and in 2000 he was appointed [vice president for regulatory affairs][6] at [Cellcom Israel][7]. Since 2004 he has been at Penn State. He is the author of numerous academic articles, law review articles and book chapters on communication law and policy, which have been published in four languages. He is co-author (with Akiba Cohen and Dafna Lemish of ["The Wonder Phone in the Land of Miracles: Mobile Telephony in Israel"][8] (Hampton Press, 2008) and author of ["Muting Israeli Democracy: How Media and Cultural Policy Undermine Freedom of Expression"][9] (University of Illinois Press, 2009). In 2007-9 he headed the ["Future of American Telecommunications Working Group"][10] (FACT), which produced the volume ["...And Communications for All: A Policy Agenda for a New Administration"][11] (Lexington Books, 2009) and presented it to President Barack Obama's administration upon inauguration.

Links: On career at IBA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakdi_Report http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=288848&contrassID=2&subContrassID=14&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y http://www.informaworld.com/index/903830971.pdf http://www.uta.fi/jour/ripe/2004/Programme/Saranovitz.pdf On career at Cellcom: http://www.globes.co.il/DocsEn/did=665037.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theintifadaclub/message/1293 http://archive.globes.co.il/searchgl/Ministry%20of%20Communications:%20No%20free%201-800%20cell%20phone_h_hd_0L3GuE38uN3OmD3GtCYveT6ri.html