Reality Television: Merging the Global and the Local

Amir Hetsroni is a professor of communication at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in China. He published four books and nearly 100 journal articles and book chapter including entries in Journal of Communication, Sex Roles, Mass Communication & Society, Communication Monographs, Social Science Quarterly, and others. A study published in Journal of Advertising identified him as one of the 100 most prolific scholars in advertising research. He was Associate Editor of Communication Research Reports and editorial board Member in Journal of Communication, Communication Studies and Corporate Communications. He is also a media celebrity in his home country, Israel, where he takes part in reality shows as consultant and commentator and takes an active role in anti-censorship campaigns.