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Prof. Noy’s research and opinions on media and tourism are featured on Israeli and international media organizations.

Prof. Noy has authored over 80 scientific publications and has written 3 books. His book “Thank You for Dying for Our Country” (New York: Oxford University Press) has won the Best Book Award by the Israeli Communication Association (ISCA) in 2016. The Award Committee noted that “the book expands the scope of the field of Media and Communication Studies beyond mass communication” and that it “embodies a rigorous and well-founded ethnographic approach, which brings together various means through which data is collected”. His article “Mediation Materialized: The Semiotics of a Visitor Book at an Israeli Commemoration Site” won the Jean Widmer Award by Fribourg University, Switzerland, in 2010.

Noy has written three books, published over 80 academic publications, as well as contributed numerous conference papers. For his book, Thank You for Dying for Our Country: Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem (Oxford University Press, 2015), Noy received the Best Book Award by the Israeli Communication Association.

Chaim Noy was born in Jerusalem, to his parents – Prof. Dov Noy, and Dr. Tamar Noy. He studied at Gymnasia Rehavia, and served in the IDF in the Intelligence Corps. He received his B.A. in Psychology and Biblical Studies from Bar-Ilan University (summa cum laude) in 1994, and his M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (summa cum laude) in 1996.

In 2012 Noy became an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication, University of South Florida. He returned to Israel in 2015 and worked as an Associate Professor at the Department of Tourism Studies, Ashkelon Academic College. In 2018 Noy joined the School of Communication at Bar Ilan University as an Associate Professor.

During the years 2003 – 2008 Noy was a Visiting Lecturer at the Noah Mozes Department of Communication and Journalism, and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2009–2012 he worked as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication, Sapir Academic College. During 2011 – 2012, Noy was on the Ruth Meltzer Distinguished Fellowship at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Noy earned his Ph.D. degree in 2002 from the Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Title: “The Great Journey: Narrative Analysis of Israeli Trekking Stories”. Advisors: Prof. Amia Lieblich, Prof. Yoram Bilu. In 2001–2002, Noy was a Rothschild's (Yad Hanadiv) Post-Doctorate Fellowship Tenure.

Chain Noy (Hebrew: חיים נוי; born: 1 July 1968) is an Israeli media and communication professor in the School of Communication at Bar Ilan University. He is the Chair of Israel Communication Association (ISCA), and the Vice President – International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA). Noy previously taught at the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida.