Eoin Devereux
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eoin Devereux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eoin |
| FAMILY NAME | Devereux |
| SIGNATURE | DEVEREUX E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2530-4935 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Muslim audiences in Ireland
Based on fieldwork undertaken with Muslim communities in Dublin, Ireland, this article adds new insights on media reportage as received by Muslim audiences. Utilising agenda setting theory, we evidence how dominant representations of otherness are constructed and received. Participants reveal their perspectives on the perceived dominant discourses of racialised media representations of Muslimness and Islam, and their impacts on both Muslim and no…
Framing and Shaming
The repeated circulation of anti-welfare discourses has served to encourage limited and often incorrect public understandings of issues pertaining to welfare. Central to these processes is the social construction of notions of ‘deservedness’ and ‘undeservedness.’ In this article we examine the 2017 ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All ’ (original emphasis) campaign initiated by the Department of Social Protection in the Republic of Ireland. We present o…
Fake news? A critical analysis of the ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All ’ campaign in Ireland
Using qualitative content analysis, informed by a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach, this article examines the production, content and reception of print and online media discourses concerning the 2017 ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All’ campaign in the Republic of Ireland. Our article is situated in the context of recent debates concerning the media’s role in articulating ‘disgust’ discourses focused on ‘welfare fraud’, poverty and unemploym…
Saying Hello to the Lunatic Men
Pierrot the clown is a recurring figure in David Bowie’s oeuvre. In this article we examine Bowie’s use of Pierrot in his self-directed homemade video for the single release of ‘Love is Lost’ (2013). The article demonstrates how an understanding of Pierrot (and all he represents), as well as Bowie’s engagement with avant-garde Jewish composers and artists, is vital to interpreting ‘Love is Lost’. We provide a reading of Bowie’s use of Pierrot as …
Sicherheit’
Reasonable People vs. The Sinister Fringe
Resistance to austerity in Ireland has until recently been largely muted. In 2013 domestic water charges were introduced and throughout 2014 a series of protests against the charges emerged, culminating in over 90 separate marches on November 1. In this paper we examine the discourses which are produced and circulated by politicians and the mainstream media about this protest movement, and offer a brief insight into the contemporary Irish context…
I sing out to the youth of the slums”
In this article, we examine “The Slum Mums,” a song that was written by popular music icon Morrissey about the contempt felt for lone female mothers in the UK under the New Labour government. We hold that the song pre-empted the intensification of gendered and classed disgust discourses which have become even more prevalent in the UK and elsewhere in the current age of austerity. The article demonstrates that popular music can be an important sit…
A push and a shove and the land is ours
We explore how the singer Morrissey has represented the struggles of the proletariat in creative and provocative ways, inviting a deep textual reading that reveals a complex counter-hegemonic stance on the issue of social class. A champion of the 'Other' in a variety of guises, Morrissey is revealed in this article as a raconteur of the marginalized working class. We illustrate this through a detailed semiotic, musical and contextual reading of o…
Why bother seeing the world for real?’
We examine how an Irish stigmatised neighbourhood is represented by Google Street View. In spite of Google’s claims that Street View allows for ‘a virtual reflection of the real world to enable armchair exploration’ (McClendon, 2010). We show how it is directly implicated in the politics of representations. We focus on the manner in which Street View has contributed to the stigmatisation of a marginalised neighbourhood. Methodologically, we adopt…
At the edge
Tarring everyone with the same shorthand? Journalists, stigmatization and social exclusion
This article investigates the role of journalists in the media construction of a socially excluded and stigmatized local authority housing estate. We seek to identify the ways in which the production context of ‘newsmaking’ is reflected in such content. Having outlined the problematic ways in which the estate in question is portrayed, we argue that an increasingly competitive commercial environment – best evidenced in the marketization of news – …
Good causes, God's poor and telethon television
The Codes and Conventions of Irish Current Affairs Television
Taking the 1992 RTÉ Tuesday File documentary Are You Sitting Comfortably? as a case study, an ethnographic approach is used to examine the codes and conventions of Irish current affairs television. Against a background of the production pressures which surrounded the making of the documentary, the organisational context in which Are You Sitting Comfortably? was produced is considered, the perceptions those involved in the making of current affair…
The Lonely Furrow
Journal Article The Lonely Furrow: Muintir Na Tire and Irish Community Development 1931–1991 Get access Eoin Devereux Eoin Devereux Eoin Devereux is an Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Limerick, and is also currently an RTE Rasearch Fellow at Dublin City University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Community Development Journal, Volume 28, Issue 1, January 1993, Pages 45–54, https://doi.o…
Replaying the ‘Match’
In this paper, marriage settlement records from a north Galway legal practice are utilised to provide additional insights into the socio-legal aspects of the marriage practices of west of Ireland farmers. The significant new findings include: the complexity and variety of forms of property transfer; the wide range of actors and interests involved in the settlements; and the far from universal presence of the dowry. While the empirical base of the…
Ethnographic Perspectives
Tarring everyone with the same shorthand? Journalists, stigmatization and social exclusion
This article investigates the role of journalists in the media construction of a socially excluded and stigmatized local authority housing estate. We seek to identify the ways in which the production context of ‘newsmaking’ is reflected in such content. Having outlined the problematic ways in which the estate in question is portrayed, we argue that an increasingly competitive commercial environment – best evidenced in the marketization of news – …
At the edge
Reasonable People vs. The Sinister Fringe
Resistance to austerity in Ireland has until recently been largely muted. In 2013 domestic water charges were introduced and throughout 2014 a series of protests against the charges emerged, culminating in over 90 separate marches on November 1. In this paper we examine the discourses which are produced and circulated by politicians and the mainstream media about this protest movement, and offer a brief insight into the contemporary Irish context…
Good causes, God's poor and telethon television
Why bother seeing the world for real?’
We examine how an Irish stigmatised neighbourhood is represented by Google Street View. In spite of Google’s claims that Street View allows for ‘a virtual reflection of the real world to enable armchair exploration’ (McClendon, 2010). We show how it is directly implicated in the politics of representations. We focus on the manner in which Street View has contributed to the stigmatisation of a marginalised neighbourhood. Methodologically, we adopt…
The Lonely Furrow
Journal Article The Lonely Furrow: Muintir Na Tire and Irish Community Development 1931–1991 Get access Eoin Devereux Eoin Devereux Eoin Devereux is an Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Limerick, and is also currently an RTE Rasearch Fellow at Dublin City University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Community Development Journal, Volume 28, Issue 1, January 1993, Pages 45–54, https://doi.o…
A push and a shove and the land is ours
We explore how the singer Morrissey has represented the struggles of the proletariat in creative and provocative ways, inviting a deep textual reading that reveals a complex counter-hegemonic stance on the issue of social class. A champion of the 'Other' in a variety of guises, Morrissey is revealed in this article as a raconteur of the marginalized working class. We illustrate this through a detailed semiotic, musical and contextual reading of o…
Fake news? A critical analysis of the ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All ’ campaign in Ireland
Using qualitative content analysis, informed by a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach, this article examines the production, content and reception of print and online media discourses concerning the 2017 ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All’ campaign in the Republic of Ireland. Our article is situated in the context of recent debates concerning the media’s role in articulating ‘disgust’ discourses focused on ‘welfare fraud’, poverty and unemploym…
Framing and Shaming
The repeated circulation of anti-welfare discourses has served to encourage limited and often incorrect public understandings of issues pertaining to welfare. Central to these processes is the social construction of notions of ‘deservedness’ and ‘undeservedness.’ In this article we examine the 2017 ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All ’ (original emphasis) campaign initiated by the Department of Social Protection in the Republic of Ireland. We present o…
I sing out to the youth of the slums”
In this article, we examine “The Slum Mums,” a song that was written by popular music icon Morrissey about the contempt felt for lone female mothers in the UK under the New Labour government. We hold that the song pre-empted the intensification of gendered and classed disgust discourses which have become even more prevalent in the UK and elsewhere in the current age of austerity. The article demonstrates that popular music can be an important sit…
Sicherheit’
Ethnographic Perspectives
Ethnographic Perspectives
Replaying the ‘Match’
In this paper, marriage settlement records from a north Galway legal practice are utilised to provide additional insights into the socio-legal aspects of the marriage practices of west of Ireland farmers. The significant new findings include: the complexity and variety of forms of property transfer; the wide range of actors and interests involved in the settlements; and the far from universal presence of the dowry. While the empirical base of the…
The Lonely Furrow
Journal Article The Lonely Furrow: Muintir Na Tire and Irish Community Development 1931–1991 Get access Eoin Devereux Eoin Devereux Eoin Devereux is an Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Limerick, and is also currently an RTE Rasearch Fellow at Dublin City University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Community Development Journal, Volume 28, Issue 1, January 1993, Pages 45–54, https://doi.o…
The Codes and Conventions of Irish Current Affairs Television
Taking the 1992 RTÉ Tuesday File documentary Are You Sitting Comfortably? as a case study, an ethnographic approach is used to examine the codes and conventions of Irish current affairs television. Against a background of the production pressures which surrounded the making of the documentary, the organisational context in which Are You Sitting Comfortably? was produced is considered, the perceptions those involved in the making of current affair…
Good causes, God's poor and telethon television
At the edge
Tarring everyone with the same shorthand? Journalists, stigmatization and social exclusion
This article investigates the role of journalists in the media construction of a socially excluded and stigmatized local authority housing estate. We seek to identify the ways in which the production context of ‘newsmaking’ is reflected in such content. Having outlined the problematic ways in which the estate in question is portrayed, we argue that an increasingly competitive commercial environment – best evidenced in the marketization of news – …
A push and a shove and the land is ours
We explore how the singer Morrissey has represented the struggles of the proletariat in creative and provocative ways, inviting a deep textual reading that reveals a complex counter-hegemonic stance on the issue of social class. A champion of the 'Other' in a variety of guises, Morrissey is revealed in this article as a raconteur of the marginalized working class. We illustrate this through a detailed semiotic, musical and contextual reading of o…
Why bother seeing the world for real?’
We examine how an Irish stigmatised neighbourhood is represented by Google Street View. In spite of Google’s claims that Street View allows for ‘a virtual reflection of the real world to enable armchair exploration’ (McClendon, 2010). We show how it is directly implicated in the politics of representations. We focus on the manner in which Street View has contributed to the stigmatisation of a marginalised neighbourhood. Methodologically, we adopt…
I sing out to the youth of the slums”
In this article, we examine “The Slum Mums,” a song that was written by popular music icon Morrissey about the contempt felt for lone female mothers in the UK under the New Labour government. We hold that the song pre-empted the intensification of gendered and classed disgust discourses which have become even more prevalent in the UK and elsewhere in the current age of austerity. The article demonstrates that popular music can be an important sit…
Reasonable People vs. The Sinister Fringe
Resistance to austerity in Ireland has until recently been largely muted. In 2013 domestic water charges were introduced and throughout 2014 a series of protests against the charges emerged, culminating in over 90 separate marches on November 1. In this paper we examine the discourses which are produced and circulated by politicians and the mainstream media about this protest movement, and offer a brief insight into the contemporary Irish context…
Saying Hello to the Lunatic Men
Pierrot the clown is a recurring figure in David Bowie’s oeuvre. In this article we examine Bowie’s use of Pierrot in his self-directed homemade video for the single release of ‘Love is Lost’ (2013). The article demonstrates how an understanding of Pierrot (and all he represents), as well as Bowie’s engagement with avant-garde Jewish composers and artists, is vital to interpreting ‘Love is Lost’. We provide a reading of Bowie’s use of Pierrot as …
Sicherheit’
Fake news? A critical analysis of the ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All ’ campaign in Ireland
Using qualitative content analysis, informed by a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach, this article examines the production, content and reception of print and online media discourses concerning the 2017 ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All’ campaign in the Republic of Ireland. Our article is situated in the context of recent debates concerning the media’s role in articulating ‘disgust’ discourses focused on ‘welfare fraud’, poverty and unemploym…
Framing and Shaming
The repeated circulation of anti-welfare discourses has served to encourage limited and often incorrect public understandings of issues pertaining to welfare. Central to these processes is the social construction of notions of ‘deservedness’ and ‘undeservedness.’ In this article we examine the 2017 ‘Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All ’ (original emphasis) campaign initiated by the Department of Social Protection in the Republic of Ireland. We present o…
Muslim audiences in Ireland
Based on fieldwork undertaken with Muslim communities in Dublin, Ireland, this article adds new insights on media reportage as received by Muslim audiences. Utilising agenda setting theory, we evidence how dominant representations of otherness are constructed and received. Participants reveal their perspectives on the perceived dominant discourses of racialised media representations of Muslimness and Islam, and their impacts on both Muslim and no…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Media studies (8 works) · Irish (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Context (archaeology (4 works) · Geography (4 works)