Browsing Media and Communication Studies (Peer-reviewed publications) by Title
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Secularization in Ireland: Analyzing the relationship between religiosity and demographic variables in Ireland from the European Social Survey 2002-2012 (Pre-published version)
(Common Ground Research Networks, 2014)This research will explore both of these theories, secularization and existential (in)security, within Ireland against the backdrop of the recent economic crisis of 2008 using the first five rounds of the European Social Survey. -
Setting up Margins: Public Attitudes and Media Construction of Poverty and Exclusion in Ireland
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‘Smart, clued-in guys’: Irish rugby players as sporting celebrities in post-Celtic Tiger Irish media (Pre-published version)
(Intellect, 2018)Ireland’s ‘Celtic Tiger’ economic boom ended with the 2008 global financial crisis. There followed a series of severe ‘austerity’ budgets and public service pay deals involving cuts in public service provision and employment ... -
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 ... -
Standard Southern British English as referee design in Irish radio advertising
(Linguistics Journal, 2016)The exploitation of external as opposed to local language varieties in advertising can be associated with a history of colonization, the external variety being viewed as superior to the local (Bell 1991: 145). Although ... -
Suing the Pope and Scandalising the People: Irish attitudes to sexual abuse by clergy pre- and post-screening of a critical documentary
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Tales from the Fifth Green Field: The Psychodynamics of Migration, Masculinity and National Identity amongst Republic of Ireland Soccer Supporters in England
(Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group, 2007)Based on qualitative research on Irish soccer supporters in England in the 1990s it is argued that these supporters’ substantial devotions of time, emotion, imagination and money were psychic investments through which ... -
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 ... -
The Truth Will Set You Free: Reflections on the Scandal of Child Sexual Abuse
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When Size Does Matter: How Church Size Determines Media Coverage of Religion.(Pre-Published Version)
(Praeger:Westport, 2000)