Dr. Renana Atia
CV
Dr. Renana Atia completed her PhD in the Department of Communication at the Hebrew University. In her work, she revealed the mechanisms underlying the effect of exposure to counter-stereotypical media frames on reducing intergroup bias. Her research center is in the field of political communication and media psychology, and embedded in mainstream and digital media discourse. To do so, she employs a range of methods, including experiments, surveys, content analysis, and qualitative in-depth interviews. Her work has been published in high-ranking journals, including Media Psychology, International Journal of Communication, and Human Communication Research. She recently completed her postdoctoral fellow at the James J. Shasha Center for Strategic Studies.
Research
- AI effects on political discourse
- Political communication and media psychology
- Intergroup relations and stereotypes
- Media framing and digital media
- Research methods: experiments, surveys, quantitative content analysis
Publications
Ushomirsky, I., Hasson, Y., Atia, R., Attias, N., Balmas, M., Endevelt, K., Gur, T., Hameiri, B., Hebel-Sela, S., Leshem, O. A., Malovicki-Yaffe, N., Manekin, D., Perry, A., Porat, R., Saguy, T., Shuman, E., & Halperin, E. (2025). Increasing perceived outgroup heterogeneity following exposure to extreme violence: An intervention tournament in times of war. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251345517
Atia, R., Balmas, M., Orian Harel, T., & Halperin, E. (2025). Effects of Framing Counter-Stereotypes as Surprising on Rethinking Prior Opinions About Outgroups: The Moderating Role of Political Ideology. Media Psychology, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2458593
Atia., R., & Balmas, M. (2023). Between “Me, myself, I” and the “Royal We”: Gender differences in personalized political discourse on Facebook and their effect on users. International Journal of Communication, 17, 6154–6177. Retrieved from https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20316/4345
Balmas, M., Atia, R., & Halperin, E. (2023). The mediating role of depression in the relationship between news consumption and cross-party hostility during Covid-19. International Journal of Communication, 17, 304-330. Retrieved from https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19905/3996
Balmas, M., & Atia, R. (2022). Buy me: the effect of leaders’ perceived personality abroad on consumption of their national products. Human Communication Research, 48(4), 591-605. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac017
Encyclopedia Entries:
Atia, R., & Balmas, M. (2025). Personalization and Privatization of Politics. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication.
Last Updated Date : 13/03/2026
