@inbook {2069, title = {On Pomegranates and Etrogs: Internet Filters as Practices of Media Ambivalence among National Religious Jews in Israel}, booktitle = {Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Culture}, year = {2015}, pages = {145-160}, publisher = {Routledge}, organization = {Routledge}, address = {New York}, abstract = {In the contemporary environment of media saturation, users are continually making choices about the types and kinds of media technologies to employ or avoid at different moments and places in their everyday lives. Some of these choices are based on simple technical or practical criterion (i.e., my smartphone is easy to access during my daily commute), while others are informed by a sense of decorum (i.e., one should not text during a funeral) or the idea that self-imposed limits of media use will lead to a more balanced lifestyle (i.e., no e-mail after work hours). Among such abundance, it is nearly impossible to be an early adopter or enthusiastic user of all media-users are constantly making choices (i.e., to text rather than telephone, to invest in a laptop but not in a smartphone, etc.), and through these choices they express ambivalence about certain media and enthusiasm about others. Users{\textquoteright} deliberations and discussions about these choices and practices are increasingly employed as identity markers (Hoover, Clark and Alters, 2004; Seiter, 2003). Media consumption and avoidance of specific contents or technologies are not only practical choices but also are expressions of identification with a specific class, ethnic, religious or spiritual community.}, keywords = {internet filters, Israel, Jews, religious}, issn = {978-0415736244}, url = {https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317817345/chapters/10.4324\%2F9781315818597-13}, author = {Rosenthal, M and Ribak, R} }