Neil O’boyle
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 82216 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Neil O’boyle |
| NOMBRES | Neil |
| APELLIDO | O’boyle |
| FIRMA | O’BOYLE N |
| AFILIACIONES | Dublin City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3865-2579 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The events before the event
This article demonstrates how the concept of paratexts can be employed in the analysis of unfolding sports events. Drawing on the work of Jonathan Gray and Matt Hills, it reflects on the “extended presence” of sports events across media, space, and time – how mean- ing is created before, during, and after their apparent conclusion, and how their mediated “centres” appear to move in the process. By way of illustration, it examines a boxing event i…
Communication Theory for Humans
WhatsAppening Donald
Place, Peripherality, and Play
Place, Peripherality, and Play: Reflections on Film Tourism in IrelandAs two films made or partly made in Ireland, The Quiet Man (dir.John Ford, 1952) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (dir.J. J. Abrams, 2015) offer fruitful possibilities for considering the role of film tourism in destination place-making.Though sixty-three years apart, both can be considered "cult" films-or part of a cult franchise in the case of The Force Awakens-and their resp…
The hurlers
It is often remarked that good characters make good fiction, however, I would venture to suggest that the same is also true of non-fiction – as Paul Rouse’s (2018) excellent The Hurlers demonstrate
The Greening of Euro 2016
This article considers the representation of Irish identity in the media-sport discourse surrounding Euro 2016 in France. The behavior of Irish football fans attracted considerable attention in both the domestic and international media, and they were praised for their friendliness, helpfulness, and goodwill while in France. This media lionization eventually culminated in the Irish fans being awarded (jointly with their Northern Irish neighbors) t…
Polish Immigrants and the Challenges of Political Incorporation in the Republic of Ireland
Poles constitute the largest immigrant community in the Republic of Ireland and, according to the 2011 census, more than 2.5 per cent of its population. Polish has become the country's second most commonly spoken language. Notwithstanding efforts by immigrant organisations, most notably Forum Polonia, and efforts by Polish candidates to contest local government elections in 2009 and 2014, the current picture is one of chronic under-representation…
The risks of ‘university speak’
Research finds that participation in higher education is generally empowering for mature students but that it can also create tensions in their off-campus relationships. This article reports on findings from an ongoing study of the experiences of mature students at university in Ireland and draws from interviews with 15 such students in the final year of their studies. Following similar research by Baxter and Britton in the UK, the article consid…
The significance of small differences
This article is concerned with a comparative assessment of public service and commercial broadcast media in Ireland, specifically in relation to their respective capacities to reflect and promote migration-related diversity and migrant integration. The core material drawn upon in the article derives from the findings of a recent exploratory, pilot-level European research project (‘Media for Diversity and Migrant Integration’, MEDIVA) involving Ir…
Who Needs or Delivers Diversity Training
This article engages with key questions concerning diversity training issues and trends related to media professionals in contemporary Europe. It draws on interviews with 68 senior journalists and media professionals working in six Member States of the European Union. The study on which this article is based included interview questions on four aspects of ethno-cultural diversity in European media (content, recruitment, newsmaking and training), …
Managing Indeterminacy
Drawing on interviews with advertising practitioners working in Ireland, this article investigates how Irishness is discursively constructed by these workers and focuses particularly on their tendency to shift between a view of Irishness as fluid and uncertain and a view of it as fixed and essential. Rather than consider these positions contradictory, I regard practitioners' wavering constructions of Irishness as provisional truths born of advert…
Well-being, Cultural Capital and Social Inclusion
Immigrant Candidates and Politics in the Republic of Ireland
Recent waves of new immigration distinct from postcolonial-era migrations can be identified in many Western countries. More than 40 such “new immigrant” candidates contested the 2009 local government elections in the Republic of Ireland. This article draws on interviews with just under half of these and on official responses from each of the Republic's five political parties to a study of “new immigrant” participation in Irish politics. It also d…
Immigrants in Irish Politics
High levels of immigration to Ireland have left an impact on the economy and society, but arguably less of an impact on politics. Though immigration has been an issue in party politics and the subject of a controversial referendum, the immigrants themselves have had little direct impact on parties or the political system. This article treats the immigrant as the political actor of interest, and through a series of interviews examines individual m…
Knowing what it means to be Irish
This article derives from sociological research examining practitioners in the Irish advertising industry. Drawing from interviews with workers in this field, I examine how Irish advertising practitioners have co-opted the 'idiom of identity', enabling them to speak with greater confidence and in more emotionally compelling ways about advertising audiences, to humanize business strategy and to operationalize personal biographical experience in pr…
Analysing an Advertising Campaign
This article critically examines an advertising campaign for Smithwick's ale that is known as the 'locals' campaign and was televised in Ireland throughout the 1990s. My intention is not to 'explain' the campaign but to suggest an analytical approach that captures and preserves its sociological complexity. The article is divided into two parts and the analysis is built primarily around the interview accounts of producers of the campaign. In the f…
Immigrant Candidates and Politics in the Republic of Ireland
Recent waves of new immigration distinct from postcolonial-era migrations can be identified in many Western countries. More than 40 such “new immigrant” candidates contested the 2009 local government elections in the Republic of Ireland. This article draws on interviews with just under half of these and on official responses from each of the Republic's five political parties to a study of “new immigrant” participation in Irish politics. It also d…
Immigrants in Irish Politics
High levels of immigration to Ireland have left an impact on the economy and society, but arguably less of an impact on politics. Though immigration has been an issue in party politics and the subject of a controversial referendum, the immigrants themselves have had little direct impact on parties or the political system. This article treats the immigrant as the political actor of interest, and through a series of interviews examines individual m…
Polish Immigrants and the Challenges of Political Incorporation in the Republic of Ireland
Poles constitute the largest immigrant community in the Republic of Ireland and, according to the 2011 census, more than 2.5 per cent of its population. Polish has become the country's second most commonly spoken language. Notwithstanding efforts by immigrant organisations, most notably Forum Polonia, and efforts by Polish candidates to contest local government elections in 2009 and 2014, the current picture is one of chronic under-representation…
WhatsAppening Donald
The risks of ‘university speak’
Research finds that participation in higher education is generally empowering for mature students but that it can also create tensions in their off-campus relationships. This article reports on findings from an ongoing study of the experiences of mature students at university in Ireland and draws from interviews with 15 such students in the final year of their studies. Following similar research by Baxter and Britton in the UK, the article consid…
Who Needs or Delivers Diversity Training
This article engages with key questions concerning diversity training issues and trends related to media professionals in contemporary Europe. It draws on interviews with 68 senior journalists and media professionals working in six Member States of the European Union. The study on which this article is based included interview questions on four aspects of ethno-cultural diversity in European media (content, recruitment, newsmaking and training), …
Knowing what it means to be Irish
This article derives from sociological research examining practitioners in the Irish advertising industry. Drawing from interviews with workers in this field, I examine how Irish advertising practitioners have co-opted the 'idiom of identity', enabling them to speak with greater confidence and in more emotionally compelling ways about advertising audiences, to humanize business strategy and to operationalize personal biographical experience in pr…
The hurlers
It is often remarked that good characters make good fiction, however, I would venture to suggest that the same is also true of non-fiction – as Paul Rouse’s (2018) excellent The Hurlers demonstrate
The significance of small differences
This article is concerned with a comparative assessment of public service and commercial broadcast media in Ireland, specifically in relation to their respective capacities to reflect and promote migration-related diversity and migrant integration. The core material drawn upon in the article derives from the findings of a recent exploratory, pilot-level European research project (‘Media for Diversity and Migrant Integration’, MEDIVA) involving Ir…
Managing Indeterminacy
Drawing on interviews with advertising practitioners working in Ireland, this article investigates how Irishness is discursively constructed by these workers and focuses particularly on their tendency to shift between a view of Irishness as fluid and uncertain and a view of it as fixed and essential. Rather than consider these positions contradictory, I regard practitioners' wavering constructions of Irishness as provisional truths born of advert…
Analysing an Advertising Campaign
This article critically examines an advertising campaign for Smithwick's ale that is known as the 'locals' campaign and was televised in Ireland throughout the 1990s. My intention is not to 'explain' the campaign but to suggest an analytical approach that captures and preserves its sociological complexity. The article is divided into two parts and the analysis is built primarily around the interview accounts of producers of the campaign. In the f…
Knowing what it means to be Irish
This article derives from sociological research examining practitioners in the Irish advertising industry. Drawing from interviews with workers in this field, I examine how Irish advertising practitioners have co-opted the 'idiom of identity', enabling them to speak with greater confidence and in more emotionally compelling ways about advertising audiences, to humanize business strategy and to operationalize personal biographical experience in pr…
Analysing an Advertising Campaign
This article critically examines an advertising campaign for Smithwick's ale that is known as the 'locals' campaign and was televised in Ireland throughout the 1990s. My intention is not to 'explain' the campaign but to suggest an analytical approach that captures and preserves its sociological complexity. The article is divided into two parts and the analysis is built primarily around the interview accounts of producers of the campaign. In the f…
Well-being, Cultural Capital and Social Inclusion
Immigrant Candidates and Politics in the Republic of Ireland
Recent waves of new immigration distinct from postcolonial-era migrations can be identified in many Western countries. More than 40 such “new immigrant” candidates contested the 2009 local government elections in the Republic of Ireland. This article draws on interviews with just under half of these and on official responses from each of the Republic's five political parties to a study of “new immigrant” participation in Irish politics. It also d…
Immigrants in Irish Politics
High levels of immigration to Ireland have left an impact on the economy and society, but arguably less of an impact on politics. Though immigration has been an issue in party politics and the subject of a controversial referendum, the immigrants themselves have had little direct impact on parties or the political system. This article treats the immigrant as the political actor of interest, and through a series of interviews examines individual m…
Who Needs or Delivers Diversity Training
This article engages with key questions concerning diversity training issues and trends related to media professionals in contemporary Europe. It draws on interviews with 68 senior journalists and media professionals working in six Member States of the European Union. The study on which this article is based included interview questions on four aspects of ethno-cultural diversity in European media (content, recruitment, newsmaking and training), …
Managing Indeterminacy
Drawing on interviews with advertising practitioners working in Ireland, this article investigates how Irishness is discursively constructed by these workers and focuses particularly on their tendency to shift between a view of Irishness as fluid and uncertain and a view of it as fixed and essential. Rather than consider these positions contradictory, I regard practitioners' wavering constructions of Irishness as provisional truths born of advert…
The significance of small differences
This article is concerned with a comparative assessment of public service and commercial broadcast media in Ireland, specifically in relation to their respective capacities to reflect and promote migration-related diversity and migrant integration. The core material drawn upon in the article derives from the findings of a recent exploratory, pilot-level European research project (‘Media for Diversity and Migrant Integration’, MEDIVA) involving Ir…
The risks of ‘university speak’
Research finds that participation in higher education is generally empowering for mature students but that it can also create tensions in their off-campus relationships. This article reports on findings from an ongoing study of the experiences of mature students at university in Ireland and draws from interviews with 15 such students in the final year of their studies. Following similar research by Baxter and Britton in the UK, the article consid…
Polish Immigrants and the Challenges of Political Incorporation in the Republic of Ireland
Poles constitute the largest immigrant community in the Republic of Ireland and, according to the 2011 census, more than 2.5 per cent of its population. Polish has become the country's second most commonly spoken language. Notwithstanding efforts by immigrant organisations, most notably Forum Polonia, and efforts by Polish candidates to contest local government elections in 2009 and 2014, the current picture is one of chronic under-representation…
The Greening of Euro 2016
This article considers the representation of Irish identity in the media-sport discourse surrounding Euro 2016 in France. The behavior of Irish football fans attracted considerable attention in both the domestic and international media, and they were praised for their friendliness, helpfulness, and goodwill while in France. This media lionization eventually culminated in the Irish fans being awarded (jointly with their Northern Irish neighbors) t…
Place, Peripherality, and Play
Place, Peripherality, and Play: Reflections on Film Tourism in IrelandAs two films made or partly made in Ireland, The Quiet Man (dir.John Ford, 1952) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (dir.J. J. Abrams, 2015) offer fruitful possibilities for considering the role of film tourism in destination place-making.Though sixty-three years apart, both can be considered "cult" films-or part of a cult franchise in the case of The Force Awakens-and their resp…
The hurlers
It is often remarked that good characters make good fiction, however, I would venture to suggest that the same is also true of non-fiction – as Paul Rouse’s (2018) excellent The Hurlers demonstrate
WhatsAppening Donald
Communication Theory for Humans
The events before the event
This article demonstrates how the concept of paratexts can be employed in the analysis of unfolding sports events. Drawing on the work of Jonathan Gray and Matt Hills, it reflects on the “extended presence” of sports events across media, space, and time – how mean- ing is created before, during, and after their apparent conclusion, and how their mediated “centres” appear to move in the process. By way of illustration, it examines a boxing event i…
Sociology (15 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Law (7 obras) · Irish (6 obras) · Media studies (6 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (5 obras) · Irish and British Studies (5 obras) · Politics (5 obras)