Dr Ido Rosen is co-editor of New Directions in Israeli Media: Film, Television, and Digital Content (2025). He completed his PhD studies at the University of Cambridge. Beforehand, he studied and taught at the Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. His MA thesis examined National Fears in Israeli Horror Films.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Don’t Grow Up Its a Trap: The Temporality of Israeli Web Comedies.- Chapter 3: Can You Make Good Satire When You Race for Likes.- Chapter 4: TV Killed the Web Video Star Dudu Faruk Online Fame and the Challenges of Stardom in Convergence Culture.- Chapter 5: Rethinking Distinctions between Amateurish Independent and Professional in the Age of Social Media: Udi Kagans Messiah and the Genre Blunder.

Dr Ido Rosen is co-editor of New Directions in Israeli Media: Film, Television, and Digital Content (2025). He completed his PhD studies at the University of Cambridge. Beforehand, he studied and taught at the Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. His MA thesis examined National Fears in Israeli Horror Films.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Don’t Grow Up Its a Trap: The Temporality of Israeli Web Comedies.- Chapter 3: Can You Make Good Satire When You Race for Likes.- Chapter 4: TV Killed the Web Video Star Dudu Faruk Online Fame and the Challenges of Stardom in Convergence Culture.- Chapter 5: Rethinking Distinctions between Amateurish Independent and Professional in the Age of Social Media: Udi Kagans Messiah and the Genre Blunder.