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Amir Hetsroni

Amir Hetsroni is an Israeli communication scholar, novelist and media personality known for provocative public statements.

born 1968Provocative public statementsResearch on television effectsThe novel Pitzuhim

Born: 6 February 1968, Tel Aviv
Occupation: honorary fellow, senior teacher, visiting professor, lecturer
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University

Amir Hetsroni was born in 1968 in Tel Aviv

Amir Hetsroni was born on February 6, 1968, in Tel Aviv. He was the only child of Sima Kolker and David Hetsroni, whose family name was originally Shtagovsky.

After his army service, he earned a BA in psychology and cinema and television from Tel Aviv University in 1993. He completed an MA in 1996 and a PhD in communication science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1999.

He taught at Max Stern Yezreel Valley College from 2000 to 2009 and then at Ariel University. His research looks at how sexual and violent television content shapes viewers' views of reality. Ariel University fired him in 2014 after his comments about women who described sexual assaults.

In 2015 he left Israel, living in Copenhagen and then teaching in China. In 2016 he began teaching at Koç University in Istanbul, which fired him in 2021. He published the novel Pitzuhim in 2013 and later worked in stand-up comedy and online broadcasting.

His remarks led to calls for police investigations, but the attorney general ruled they fell within free speech. In 2020 a documentary about him, Amir Hetsroni: Case Study, won awards at film festivals.