Professor, William Dawson Scholar
Stephen Leacock Building, Room 840
855 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7
Tel.: 514-398-5664
Email: eran.shor [at] mcgill.ca
Office: Leacock 840
Office Hours: Thursdays 4 pm to 6 pm.
Research Areas
Political Conflict and Human Rights; Terrorism and Counterterrorism; the Sociology of Health; Ethnicity and Nationalism; Determinants of Sexual Attraction; Media Coverage of Women and Ethnic Minorities; Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Methods.
Biography
(PhD, Stony Brook University, 2010)
My work spans several major research and teaching interests. First, I examine the causes and effects of political conflict and violence. More specifically, I study state counterterrorist policies, relying on a combination of longitudinal time-series cross-national analyses and case studies. My work demonstrates the importance of social and cultural processes in determining state policies and challenges more traditional theoretical approaches, which emphasize atomized actor-oriented and cost-benefit motivations.
Second, I am leading two separate research projects that examine inequality in the media coverage of ethnic minorities and women, using both qualitative content analysis and various statistical analysis methods. I critically explore the policing and silencing of political discourses by ethnic minority groups in Israeli media and the reaffirmation of national and collective boundaries through the exclusion of these ethnic minority groups.
Third, I am conducting a large-scale statistical meta-analysis project, which explores the effect of different social stressors and of social relationships on mortality in different countries and under varying conditions. This project has already produced analyses of the effects of unemployment, war exposure, widowhood, divorce, lifetime non-marriage, participation in voluntary organizations, and social support, as well as a methodological paper on the use of meta-analysis in sociology. In addition, I plan to conduct analyses on the effects of social networks, immigration, and cumulative stressors on mortality.
Finally, pursuing my interests in gender and sexuality, I have completed a study on attraction between same-group members in Israeli kibbutzim. Relying on in-depth interviews with people who grew up in the communal education system of Israeli kibbutzim, I questioned the reigning psychological and biological views and offered alternative sociological explanations to the classic debate over the origins of incest avoidance and the incest taboo. I plan to extend this research by studying sexual attraction and avoidance in other small groups.
Selected Publications
Books
2021听 听Shor, Eran听and Kimberly Seida.听Aggression in Pornography: Myths and Realities. Milton Park, UK: Routledge.
2019听 听Shor, Eran听and Stephen Hoadley (eds.).听International Human Rights and Counter-terrorism. Singapore: Springer Nature.
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
In press Shor, Eran and Ina Filkobski*. 鈥�Symbolic Boundary Work: Jewish and Arab Femicide in Israeli Hebrew Newspapers.鈥� British Journal of Sociology.
In press Shor, Eran. 鈥�鈥淚f It鈥檚 All an Act, Then What鈥檚 the Point?鈥�: Men鈥檚 and Women鈥檚 Views on Authenticity in Pornographic Videos.鈥� Sociology.
In press Shor, Eran and Arnout van de Rijt. 鈥�Racial bias in media coverage: accounting for structural position and public interest.鈥� European Sociological Review.
2023 Roelfs, David and Eran Shor. 鈥�Financial Stress, Unemployment, and Suicide 鈥� A Meta-Analysis.鈥� Crisis 44:506-517.
2023 Shor, Eran. 鈥�鈥淎s long as it鈥檚 not on the face鈥�: Pornography Viewers Discuss Male Ejaculation Perceptions and Preferences.鈥� Sexes 4:587-600.
2022听听Shor, Eran, Arnout van de Rijt, and Vivek Kulkarni. 鈥�Women who break the glass ceiling get a paper cut: Gender, fame, and media sentiment.鈥� Forthcoming in Social Problems
2022听 听 O鈥橠onnell, Catharina* and Eran shor. "鈥橳his is a Political Movement, Friend鈥�: Uncovering the Motives of 鈥業ncels鈥�." British Journal of Sociology 73:336-351.
2022听 听听Shor, Eran. 鈥�Who Seeks Aggression? Surprising Findings From Interviews with Men and Women Who Watch Pornography.鈥� Archives of Sexual Behavior 51:1237-1255.
2022听 听听Shor, Eran and David Roelfs. 鈥�The Unexpected Effects of Ethno-cultural Origin-destination Interactions on Immigrants鈥� Longevity.鈥� Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 24:1345-1366.
2022听 听 Daniel Sailofsky* and Eran Shor. "It Will Ruin His Career": Does Violence Against Women Really Damage the Careers of Professional Athletes?"听Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37:239-257.
2021听 听 Shor, Eran and David Roelfs. 鈥�Is There Really an Immigrant Mortality Advantage? A Global Perspective.鈥� International Migration Review 55:999-1028.
2021听 听 Burns, Philippe* and Eran Shor. 鈥�Racial Stereotyping of Indigenous People in the Canadian Media: A Comparative Analysis of Two Water Pollution Incidents.鈥� Canadian Review of Sociology 58:207-228.
2021听 听 Kimberly Seida* and听Eran Shor. 鈥�Aggression and pleasure in opposite-sex and same-sex mainstream online pornography: A comparative content analysis of dyadic scenes.鈥澨�Journal of Sex Research听58:292-304.
2021听 听 Baccini, Leonardo, Abel Brodeur*, Sean Nossek*, and听Eran Shor. 鈥�Terrorism and Voting Behavior: Evidence From the United States.鈥澨�Research & Politics.听
2020听 听听Shor, Eran, Arnout van de Rijt, and Babak Fotouhi*. 鈥�A large-scale test of gender bias in the media.鈥澨�Sociological Science听6:526-550.
2020听 听 Shor, Eran, and Alex Miltsov*. "The price of greater representation: A cross-national analysis of parlimentary representation and media coverage sentiment for women."听Newspaper Research Journal听1-14
2020听 听Shor, Eran听and David Roelfs. 鈥�Climate Shock: Moving to Colder Climates and Immigrant Mortality.鈥澨�Social Science & Medicine听235:112397.
2019听 听Shor, Eran and Kimberly Seida*. 鈥�鈥橦arder and Harder鈥�? Is mainstream pornography becoming increasingly violent and do viewers prefer violent content?鈥� Journal of Sex Research. 56: 16-28.
2019听 听Shor, Eran, Arnout van de Rijt and Alex Miltsov*. 鈥�Do women in the newsroom make a difference? Sentiment toward women and men as a function of newsroom composition.鈥澨�. 81: 44-58.
2019听 听Shor, Eran. 鈥�Age, Aggression, and Pleasure in Popular Online Pornographic Videos.鈥澨�Violence Against Women.听25: 1018-1036.
2019听 听Shor, Eran and Golshan Golriz*. 鈥�Gender, Race, and Aggression in Mainstream Pornography.鈥澨�Archives of Sexual Behavior.听48:739-751.
2018听 听van de Rijit, Arnout, Hyang-Gi Song*,听Eran Shor, and Rebecca Burroway. 鈥�Racial and Gender Differences in Missing Children's Recovery Chances.鈥澨�PLOS One听13(12): e0207742.
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2018听 听Shor, Eran, Leonardo Baccini, Chi-ting Tsai, Tai-Ho Lin, and Titus Chen. 鈥�Counterterrorist Legislation and Respect for Civil Liberties: An Inevitable Collision?鈥� Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 41:339-364.
2017 听 Shor, Eran, David Roelfs, and Zoua听Vang. 鈥�The Hispanic Mortality Paradox Revisited: Meta-analysis and Meta-regression of Life-Course Differentials in Latin American and Caribbean Immigrants' Mortality.鈥� Social Science & Medicine 186:20-33.
2017听 听Nazif-Mu帽oz, Jose*, Aaron Blank* and Eran Shor. 鈥�.鈥� Injury Prevention 1-7
2017 听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Why do They Legislate? A Cross-National Time-Series Analysis of Terrorism and Counterterrorist Legislation.鈥澨�Social Problems听64:106-132.
2017 听 Hogans, Robin, David Roelfs,听Eran Shor, Christa Moore*, and Thomas Reece*. 鈥�J-Curve? A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Parity and Parental Mortality鈥�.听Population Research and Policy Review听36:273-308.
2016 听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Counterterrorist Legislation and Subsequent Terrorism: Does it Work?鈥� Social Forces 95:525-557.
2016 听 Shier, Allie* and Eran Shor. 鈥�鈥橲hades of Foreign Evil鈥�: 鈥楬onour Killings鈥� and 鈥楩amily Murders鈥� in the Canadian Press.鈥� Violence Against Women 22:1163-1188.
2016 听 Shor, Eran, Ina Filkobski*, Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Hayder Alkilabi*, and William Su. 鈥�Does Counterterrorist Legislation Hurt Human Rights Practices? A Longitudinal Cross-National Analysis.鈥� Social Science Research 58:104-121.
2015 听 Shor, Eran, Arnout van de Rijt, Alex Mltsov*, Vivek Kulkarni*, and Steven Skiena. 鈥�A Paper Ceiling: What Explains the Sex-Ratio Inequality in Printed News Coverage?鈥澨�American Sociological Review 80(5) 960 鈥�984. , .
2015 听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�The Westermarck Hypothesis and the Israeli Kibbutzim: Reconciling Contrasting Evidence.鈥� Forthcoming in Archives of Sexual Behavior. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0558-5.
2015 听听Shor, Eran and David Roelfs. 鈥�Social Contact Frequency and All-cause Mortality: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression.鈥� Social Science & Medicine 128:76-86.
2015听 听Roelfs, David, Eran Shor, Aaron Blank* and Joseph E. Schwartz. 鈥�Misery Loves Company? Aggregate Unemployment Rates and the Unemployment-Mortality Association.鈥� Annals of Epidemiology 25:312-22.
2014 听听Shor, Eran, Arnout van de Rijt, Charles Ward*, Saoussan Askar*, and Steven Skiena. 鈥�Is There a Political Bias? A Computational Analysis of Female Subjects鈥� Coverage in Liberal and Conservative Newspapers.鈥� Social Science Quarterly 95:1213-1229.
2014 听听Shor, Eran and Yuval Yonay. 鈥�Ethnic Coexistence in Deeply Divided Societies: The Case of Arab Athletes in the Hebrew Media.鈥� The Sociological Quarterly 55:396-420.
2014 听听Shor, Eran, Jason Carmichael, Ignacio Nazif*, John Shandra, and Michael Schwartz. 鈥�Terrorism and State Repression of Human Rights: A Cross-national Time-series Analysis.鈥� International Journal of Comparative Sociology 55:294-317.
2014 听听Shor, Eran, Arnout van de Rijt, Charles Ward*, Aaron Blank*,听and Steven Skiena. 鈥�Time Trends in Printed News Coverage of Female Subjects, 1880-2008.鈥�听Journalism Studies听15:759-773.
2013 听 van de Rijt, Arnout, Eran Shor, Charles Ward, and Steven听Skiena. 鈥�Only Fifteen Minutes? The Social Stratification of Fame in Printed Media.鈥澨�American Sociological Review 78:266-289.
2013 听 Shor, Eran, David Roelfs and Tamar Yogev. 鈥�The Strength听of Family Ties: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Self-Reported Social Support and Mortality." Social Networks 35:626-638.
2013 听 Shor, Eran and David Roelfs. 鈥�Talking to God or Talking听to Others? A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Social Participation and Mortality.鈥澨�Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 52:120-145.
2013 听 Roelfs, David, Eran Shor, Louise Falzon, Karina W.听Davidson, and Joseph E. Schwartz. 鈥�Meta Analysis for Sociology: A Bottom-Up Approach.鈥澨�Bulletin of Sociological Methodology 117:75-92.
2013 听 Shor, Eran and Dalit Simchai. 鈥�Lions and Tigers in the听Kibbutzim: Sexual Aversion and Sexual Attraction in the Communal Education System.鈥澨�Megamot 49:106-133 (Hebrew).
2012 听听Shor, Eran and Dalit Simchai. 鈥�Exposing the Myth of Sexual Aversion in the Israeli Kibbutzim: A Challenge to the Westermarck Hypothesis.鈥� American Journal of Sociology 117:1509-1513.
2012 听听Shor, Eran, David J. Roelfs, Misty Curreli, Lynn Clemow, Matthew M. Burg, and Joseph E. Schwartz. 鈥�Widowhood and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.鈥� Demography 49:757-606.
2012 听听Shor, Eran, David J. Roelfs, Paul Bougy, and Joseph E. Schwartz. 鈥�Meta-analysis of Marital Dissolution and Mortality: Reevaluating the Intersection of Gender and Age.鈥� Social Science & Medicine 75:46-59.
2012 听听Shor, Eran and Yair Galily. 鈥淏etween Adoption and Resistance: Grobalization and Glocalization in the Development of Israeli Basketball.鈥� Sociology of Sport Journal 29 (4).听
2012 听 Charland, Lyn, Ian Shrier, and Eran Shor. 鈥�Simultaneous Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Orgasm.鈥� Journal of Sexual Medicine 9:334.
2011 听听Shor, Eran. 鈥�Constructing a Global Counterterrorist Legislation Database: Dilemmas, Procedures, and Preliminary Analyses.鈥� Journal of Terrorism Research 2:249-277.
2011听听 Roelfs, David J., Eran Shor, Rachel Kalish, and Tamar Yogev. 鈥�The Rising Relative Risk of Mortality among Singles: Meta-analysis and Meta-regression.鈥� American Journal of Epidemiology 74:379-389.
2011听听 Shor, Eran and Yuval Yonay. 鈥�Play and Shut Up鈥�: The Silencing of Palestinian Athletes in Israeli Media.鈥� Ethnic and Racial Studies 34:229-247.
2011听听 Roelfs, David J., Eran Shor, Karina W. Davidson, and Joseph E. Schwartz. 鈥�Losing Life and Livelihood: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of the Effect of Unemployment on All-Cause Mortality.鈥� Social Science & Medicine 72:840-854.
2010 听 Shor, Eran and Yuval Yonay. 鈥�Sport, National Identity, and Media Discourse over Foreign Athletes in Israel.鈥� Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 16:483-503.
2010听听 Roelfs, David J., Eran Shor, Karina W. Davidson, and Joseph E. Schwartz. 鈥�War-Related Stress Exposure and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis.鈥� The International Journal of Epidemiology, 39:1499-1509.
2010听听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Terrorism and Human Rights in the New Millennium: In Search for Equilibrium.鈥� Qualitative Sociology 33:205-210.
2009听听 Shor, Eran and Dalit Simchai. 鈥�Incest Avoidance, the Incest Taboo, and Social Cohesion: Revisiting Westermarck and the Case of the Israeli Kibbutzim.鈥� American Journal of Sociology 114:1803-1842.
* Featured in Contexts (2010), under 鈥淐ontexts Discoveries: Sociology Takes on the Incest Consensus鈥�
* Winner of the 2007 paper award from the ASA鈥檚 Section on Sexuality
2009听听 Shandra, John M., Eran Shor and Bruce London. 鈥�World Polity, Unequal Ecological Exchange, and Organic Water Pollution: A Cross-National Analysis.鈥� Human Ecology Review 16:52-62.
2008听听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Conflict, Terrorism, and the Socialization of Human Rights Norms: The Spiral Model Revisited.鈥� Social Problems 55:117-138.
* Winner of the 2007 paper award from the ASA鈥檚 Section on Political Sociology
2008 听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Utilizing Rights and Wrongs: Right-Wing, the "Right" Language, and Human Rights in the Gaza Disengagement.鈥� Sociological Perspectives.
2008 听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Contested Masculinities: The New Jew and the Construction of Black and Palestinian Athletes in Israeli Media.鈥� Journal of Sport and Social Issues 32:255-277.
* Winner of the 2008 paper award from the ASA鈥檚 Section on Race, Gender, and Class
2008听听 Shandra, John M., Eran Shor, Gary Maynard, and Bruce London. 鈥�Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Deforestation: A Cross-National Study.鈥� Journal of World-Systems Research 14:1-20.
2008听听 Shandra, John M., Eran Shor, and Bruce London. 鈥�Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Organic Water Pollution: A Cross-National Analysis.鈥� Organization and Environment 21:38-55.
Book Chapters and Other Publications
2022听 听Shor, Eran and Kimberly Seida. 鈥淜ey Trends in Pornography.鈥� In Weitzer, Ronald (ed.) Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry (3rd Edition).鈥� London and New York: Routledge.
2022听 听Shor, Eran and Yuval Yonay. 鈥淧alestinian Athletes in Israeli Media: Bridging Divides?鈥� Pp. 162-198 in Paul-Claudiu Cotirlet (ed.) Religion and Sport in the Middle East Societies. Sibiu: Astra Museum.
2019听 听Shor, Eran听and Stephen Hoadley. 鈥淧reface.鈥� Pp. vii-viii in Shor, Eran and Stephen Hoadley (eds.)听International Human Rights and Terrorism.
2019听 听Shor, Eran. 鈥淐ounterterrorist Legislation Effects on Human Rights and Civil Liberties: A Global Perspective.鈥� Pp. 203-218 in Eran Shor and Stephen Hoadley (eds.)听International Human Rights and Terrorism.
2019听 听Louis, Rebecca and听Eran Shor. 鈥淣ation-level Counterterrorist Legislation, 1945-2017.鈥� Pp. 13-29 in Eran Shor and Stephen Hoadley (eds.)听International Human Rights and Terrorism.
2019听 听Shor, Eran听and Daniel Sialofsky. 鈥淗uman Rights and Terrorism: Issues and Overview.鈥� Pp. 1-9 in Eran Shor and Stephen Hoadley (eds.)听International Human Rights and Terrorism.听
2018听 听Shor, Eran听and Kimberly Seida. 鈥�.鈥� Short article published in听The Conversation.听
2017听 听Roychowdhury, Poulmai and听Eran Shor. 鈥淪ex and the Province: A Short History of Quebec.鈥澨�Footnotes听45:1-4.
2015 听听Shor, Eran. 鈥淛ewish Masculinity and Other Masculinities in the Media Coverage of Israeli Sports.鈥� In Yair Galily, Moshe Levy, and Ilan Tamir (eds.), Sport and Gender: Identities, Representations, and Conflict. Herzliya: IDC. (Hebrew).
2015 听听Shor, Eran. 鈥淲estermarck Effect.鈥� In George Ritzer (ed.), Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd Edition).
2012 听Shor, Eran. 鈥�.鈥� Pp. 341-356 in Dennis Erasga (ed.), Sociological Landscape: Theories, Realities and Trends. Rijeka: In-Tech.
2010听听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�In Search of a Voice: Arab Soccer Players in the Israeli Media.鈥� Pp. 8-10 in John Calabrese (ed.), Sports and the Middle East: A Special Edition of Viewpoints.
2008听听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Quantification.鈥� Pp. 655-656 in William A. Darity Jr. (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd Edition), Volume 6. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.
2008听听 Shor, Eran. 鈥�Performance.鈥� Pp. 207-209 in William A. Darity Jr. (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd Edition), Volume 6. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.
Book Reviews
2014 听 Whose Rights? Counterterrorism and the Dark Side of American Public Opinion, by Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza. In: Contemporary Sociology 43:833-834.
2010 听 Jewish Terrorism in Israel, by Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger. In: Israel Studies Forum 25:116-141.
2009听听 Israel and the Family of Nations: The Jewish nation-state and Human Rights, by Alexander Yakobson and Amnon Rubinstein. In: Israel Studies Forum 24:128-129.
2008听听 The Men We Loved: Male Friendships and Nationalism in Israeli Culture, by Danny Kaplan. In: Men and Masculinities 10:368-370.
2007听听 Cultures of Masculinity, by Tim Edwards. In: Journal of Men Studies 15:232-241.
2007听听 Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave, by Tamir Sorek. In: Israeli Sociology 9:215-217 (Hebrew).
Research Grants
2022-28 Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC): Insight Grants ($245,103). 鈥淭he Determinants of Racial Imbalances in Media.鈥�
2019-24 海角社区: William Dawson Chair ($125,000)
2015-20 听 Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC): Insight Grants ($222,738). 鈥淎 Paper Ceiling? Explaining Sex-Ratio Inequality in Media Coverage.鈥�
2015-16 听 NSF and the American Sociological Association (ASA), Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline ($7,000US). 鈥淭he Determinants of Sex-Ratio Imbalance in Media Coverage.鈥�
2015-16 听 SSHRC Development Grants ($7,000), 海角社区. 鈥淎 cross-national comparison of the determinants and consequences of counterterrorist legislation.鈥�
2014-19 听 海角社区: William Dawson Chair ($125,000)
2012-14听听听听听 Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada听(SHHRC): Insight Development Grants ($74, 988). 鈥淎 cross-national analysis of the factors shaping counterterrorist legislation policies."
2011-14听听 Fonds Qu茅b茅cois de la Recherch茅 sur la Soci茅t茅 et la Culture (FQRSC): 脡tablissement de nouveaux professeurs-chercheurs ($39,600). 鈥淟e terrorisme et les politiques d鈥櫭﹖at: explication des variations dans les mesures antiterrorists.鈥�
2009-10听听 National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Grant, Sociology Program ($8,084).
2009听听 The Mildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000) Awarded each year to one graduate student (any department) completing a dissertation bearing significant scholarly promise. Stony Brook University, NY.
2009听听 The Judith Tanur Sociology Dissertation Fellowship ($3,300) Awarded each year to one graduate student in the Department. Dpt. of Sociology, Stony Brook Un., NY.