Browsing Department of Media and Communication Studies by Issue Date
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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 cosy consensus on deviant discourse: How the refugee and asylum seeker meta-narrative has endorsed an interpretative crisis in relation to the transnational politics of the world's displaced persons.
(University of Limerick & Mary Immaculate College, 2004) -
Abusers, Beasts and Child Molesters: The ABCs of constructing sexual abuse in the Irish print media.
(Proceedings of the 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii., 2004) -
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 ... -
A review of "Maroc: The Art of Maroc: The Art of Sama in Fez" recorded by Ted Levin
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2004)The Orchestra Ahl-Faˆhs, under their director, Muhammad Bennis, performs all the music featured on this contemporary recording. It illustrates the exclusively male tradition of religious song and chant collectively known ... -
Smuggling Zebras for Lunch: Media framing of asylum seekers in the Irish print media.
(Presses Universitaires de Rennes., 2005)In this paper we offer a critical account of Irish print media coverage of recent immigration. Using data from the year 2002 we consider how both broadsheet and tabloid print media have sought to explain the issues surrounding ... -
How Media Content Assists and Neglects Child Safety
(Canada's Children, 2005) -
Outside-In: Music, New Media and Tradition in North Africa.
(Scarecrow Press (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group), 2005) -
Keeping Them Under Pressure: Masculinity, Narratives of National Regeneration and the Republic of Ireland Soccer Team
(Routledge, 2005)Since 1988 the Republic of Ireland soccer team has been cast, in Irish media, as both symbol and material example of social, economic and cultural regeneration in Ireland. This paper argues that such claims are narrative ...