Browsing Media and Communication Studies (Peer-reviewed publications) by Issue Date
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Homilies for April (Pre-published version)
(The Furrow, 1993) -
The Local and the Global in North African Popular Music.
(Cambridge University Press, 1996) -
Homilies for July (C) (Pre-published version)
(The Furrow, 1998) -
The Gnawa of Oujda: music at the margins in Morocco
(VWB - Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 1998)This paper describes some of my fieldwork encounters with the Gnawa, a group of eth- nic minority musicians living in Oujda , north-eastern Morocco, where I conducted re- search in 1994. I recount how I met the group and ... -
Fear of Social Isolation: Testing an Assumption from the Spiral of Silence
(Irish Communications Review, 2000)An untested assumption of the Spiral of Silence has been whether people’s fear of social isolation affects their willingness to voice their opinions in public, especially if their opinions are in the minority. It has also ... -
When Size Does Matter: How Church Size Determines Media Coverage of Religion.(Pre-Published Version)
(Praeger:Westport, 2000) -
The Irish language and radio: a response
(Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2001) -
The Truth Will Set You Free: Reflections on the Scandal of Child Sexual Abuse
(The Furrow, 2002) -
A review of "Men and Popular Music in Algeria, Modern Middle-East Series No. 20" by Marc Schade-Poulson
(Cambridge University Press, 2002)Rai is a form of popular music most closely associated with the city of Oran (Waharan) in the northwestern corner of Algeria. Marc Schade-Poulson's book considers the social significance of the genre in its place of origin ... -
Setting up Margins: Public Attitudes and Media Construction of Poverty and Exclusion in Ireland
(Journal of Irish-Nordic Studies, 2003) -
No Racists here: Public Opinion and Media Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
(Manchester University Press, 2003) -
Depraved Paedos and Other Beasts: The Media Portrayal of Child Sexual Abusers in Ireland and the UK
(Oxford: Interdisciplinary Press, 2004)Child sexual abuse is a significant social problem is Ireland and the UK. Research shows that there are significant differences between the reporting of sexual offences in the process and the reality of such offences on ... -
Through the Looking Glass: How the mass media represent, reflect and refract sexual crime in Ireland
(Irish Communications Review, 2004)Sexual crimes, against adults and children, represent significant social problem in Ireland as indicated in the SAVI report (McGee et al., 2002). This paper examines the framing, representation and construction of sexual ... -
A review of "Niger, Musiques des Tuaregs, Vols 1&2 (Azawagh and In Gall)" recorded by François Borel (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2004)This excellent pair of CDs is largely compiled from recordings made by Francois Borel between 1971 and the late 1990s. Each takes a specific regional community as its focus and provides a comprehensive cross-section of its ...