Communications
Prof Paschal Preston
Selected Peer Reviewed Journals
- Sparviero, S; Paschal Preston (forthcoming, 2010). 2010. 'Creativity and the positive reading of Baumol cost disease'. In "The Service Industries Journal", 2010, 30(10). 30, 10
- Preston, Paschal; Kerr, Aphra; Cawley, Anthony (forthcoming, 2009). 2009. "Digital media sector innovation in the knowledge economy: rethinking knowledge inputs and policies". Journal: Information, Communication & Society. Information, Communication & Society, 12,
- Prof. Paschal Preston. 2009. "An Elusive Paradigm - International Journalism Studies in Theory and Practice? In "Journalism: Theory Practice and Criticism" journal. 10, 2
- Prof. Paschal Preston. 2009. Preston, Paschal and Cawley, Anthony (2008) 'Broadband development in the European Union to 2012 - a virtuous circle scenario.'. Futures, 40, , pp812-821.
- Paschal Preston. 2009. An Elusive Trans-national Public Sphere?: Connectivity versus Journalism and News Cultures in the EU Setting.. Journalism Studies, 10, 1, pp114-130.
- Anthony Cawley and Paschal Preston. 2007. Broadband and digital media `content¿ in EU countries:- recent trends and challenges¿. In TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS journal, [ Published online, Feb. 2007]. Vol. 24.. 24,
- Preston,Paschal, Anthony Cawley & Monika Metykova. 2007. `Broadband and Rural Areas in the EU: Recent Research and Implications¿ . Telecommunications Policy. Vol. 31. Telecommunications Policy, 31,
- Paschal Preston. 2007. `Good and Bad News : Stories from the Journalism Front¿. Journalism Studies, 8(2), pp.348-353. 8, 2, pp348-353.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 2006. Beyond Euro-Centricity?: Internationalising Cultural Studies. Media Culture & Society, 28, 6, pp941-945.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 2005. `The Cultural Turn Versus Economic Returns: The Production of Culture in an Information Age'. In 'THE REPUBLIC: A Journal of Contemporary & Historical Debate¿, No. 4. [pp. 60-80]. 4, pp60-80.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 2005. `Globalisation, Imperialism & Communication Studies: From the MacBride Report to World Summit on the Information Society`. In 'JAVOST--the Public',. 12, 3, pp31-46.
- MacKeogh,Carol & Paschal PRESTON. 2004. `Strategies of Inclusion: A Case Study from Ireland¿. In `Gender, Technology and Development¿,. 8, 2, pp231-253.
- Preston,Paschal & Anthony Cawley. 2004. Mis-Understanding the `Knowledge Economy¿ in early 21st Century: Lessons from Innovation in the Media Sector. `COMMUNICATION & STRATEGIES¿ Journal,. 55, pp119-145.
- Paschal Preston and Aphra Kerr. 2001. Digital media, nation-states and local cultures: the case of multimedia 'content' production. Media Culture & Society, 23(1),, pp109-131.
- Paschal Preston. 2000. Content is King? Culture, Community and Commerce. New Media And Society, 2(3), , pp259-267.
- PRESTON, Paschal & Roddy FLYNN. 2000. Rethinking Universal Service: Citizenship Consumption Norms and the Telephone. Information Society, 16, , pp91-98.
- Paschal Preston and Roderick Flynn. 1999. The Long-Term Performance and Utility of National Telecoms Systems: A Case Study of Ireland 1920 - 1998. Telecommunications Policy, 23, , pp437-457.
- Paschal Preston. 1999. 'The Spaces and Flows of Digital Communication: globalisation, national/local cultures and multimedia 'content'. In 'Communication and Strategies Review',. 34, , pp167-203.
- Paschal Preston. 1998. The Media, Communication Services and 'Europe's Way to the Information Society'. In'KURSWECHSEL' journal. 1998, 2, pp101-116.
- Paschal Preston. 1998. 'Content' Matters: The Media and Cultural Industries in Ireland's Information Strategy. Irish Communications Review, *,
- PRESTON, Paschal. 1997. "Bits and Bytes along the Information `Super-Highway¿ or Super-hypeways¿. In POLICY STUDIES journal. 17, 4, pp319-322.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 1997. ¿The Key Challenge for Telecom Eireann¿s Information Age Town Project¿. In INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, No.3, pp. 2-15. 3, pp2-15.
- PRESTON, Paschal et al. 1997. Editorial : Guest editors' introduction to special issue on ¿Ireland in the European/Global Info Society¿. Economic And Social Review, 28, 3, ppR5-R8.
- Preston, Paschal. 1997. Beyond the Information Society: Selected Atoms and Bits of a National Strategy in Ireland. Economic And Social Review, Vol. 28; No. 3,, pp185-212.
- Preston, Paschal. 1996. Technology, Space and Cohesion: An Irish View of "Europe's Way to the Information Society". In TELEMATICS & INFORMATICS. 13, 2/3, pp123-140.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 1995. Network on European Communications Policy & Peripheral Regions/Small Countries (NETEPS) :Workshop Report. Telecommunications Policy, 19, , pp339-344.
- PRESTON, Paschal, et al. 1995. GUEST EDITORIAL : Special issue on Telecoms Competition and Smaller States. Telecommunications Policy, 19,
- Preston, Paschal. 1995. Competition in the telecoms infrastructure: implications for the peripheral regions and small countries in Europe. Telecommunications Policy, Vol 19; No. 4,, pp253-272.
- PRESTON P. 1993. Contra-flow in Global News - International and Regional News Exchange Mechanisms. European Journal Of Communication, 8, , pp520-522.
Selected Books
- Prof. Paschal Preston. `Making the News: Journalism and News Cultures in Contemporary Europe¿, Routledge, 2008.
- PRESTON, Paschal; MacKEOGH, Carol. Strategies of Inclusion and Gender in the Information Society: Private and Voluntary Sector Initiatives, NTNU Centre for Technology and Society, 2004.
- Paschal PRESTON. 'Reshaping Communications: Technology, Information and Social Change', Sage Publications, 2001.
- Farrel Corcoran & Paschal PRESTON (eds). (eds) 'Democracy and Communication in the New Europe: Change & Continuities in East and West', Hampton Press, 1995.
- Peter Hall & Paschal PRESTON. 'La Ola Portadora: Nueves tecnologias de la informacion y geografia de las innovaciones, 1840-2000', FUNDESCO, 1990.
- P HALL & Paschal PRESTON. 'The Carrier Wave: New IT and the Geography of Innovation', Unwin Hyman, 1988.
Selected Chapters
- Paschal Preston and Monika Metykova. 2009. Media, Political Communication and the European Public Sphere.. The European Public Sphere and the National Media : European Crises (in Post-War Era).
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- Dr. Monika Metykova and Prof. Paschal Preston. 2009. 'Elusive European Public Spheres: The role of shared journalistic cultures'. 'Media in the Enlarged Europe -Politics, Policy and Industry'.
- Paschal Preston. 2007. Preston, Paschal (2007) `Ireland¿s Way to the Information Society: Media and Knowledge(s) Matters¿. Chapter 5 in Horgan, John, Barbara O¿Connor and Helena Sheehan (Eds.) (2007) Mapping Irish Media: Critical Explorations., pp79-94.
- Preston, Paschal. 2005. New ICTs in Everyday Life:- Public Policy Implications for 'Europes Way to the Information Society'. `Media Technology and Everyday Life¿ ., pp195-212.
- Preston, Paschal and Carol MacKeogh. 2005. A 'Chilly Culture' for Women? : Gendered Exclusions in ICT Work. The New World of Work: Labour Markets in Contemporary Ireland, pp105-124.
- MacKeogh, Carol; Preston, Paschal. 2003. Gender in the Production and Consumption of ICT in Ireland: A Review of Literature and Data. In "Digital Divides and Inclusion Measures: A Review of Literature and Trends on Gender and ICT", pp113-135.
- Preston, Paschal. 2003. The European Union's ICT Policies: Neglected Social and Cultural Dimensions. The European Information Society, pp33-58.
- Preston, Paschal. 2003. Gender, ICT & Work in the Information Society: Aspects of the SIGIS project's findings. In "Collaboration@Work 2003: Report on new working practices and environments", pp99-101.
- Preston, Paschal. 2002. ¿The `Knowledge¿ Versus `Know-less¿ Society: Reflections on Melody and the Canadian Tradition",. Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention., pp232-239.
- Aphra KERR & Paschal PRESTON. 1999. 'Development of the Multimedia Sector in Ireland'. 'Europe Appropriates Multimedia: A Study of the National Uptake of Multimedia in Eight European Countries and Japan', pp215-275.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 1999. 'Multimedia Spaces and Places: The Shaping of Multimedia Content Production and Consumption',. 'Place and Identity in an Age of Technologically Regulated Movement', [ Report of Varenius Project specialist Workshop],
- Preston, Paschal. 1998. New ICTs, Citizenship Information Needs & 'Europe's Way to the Info Society'. Freedom of Information: Philosophy and Implementation, pp35-50.
- Paschal Preston. 1997. `Information and Citizenship Issues in Ireland¿. Information and Citizenship in Europe. London: PSI, pp108-146.
- Preston, Paschal. 1997. The Info Superhighway, Less Developed Regions and Smaller Entities. The Social Shaping of Information Highways: Comparing US & EU Action Plans
- Paschal PRESTON & Andrea GRISOLD. 1995. "Unpacking the Concept of Competition in Media Policy Making: The Case of Ireland & Austria". 'Democracy and Communication in the New Europe: Change & Continuity in East and West¿, pp67-96.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 1995. "Irlande et Les Televisions du Monde".. Les Televisions du Monde . ISBN 2-85480-881-9, pp228-234.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 1994. `Neo-liberal regulation and the smaller and/or peripheral economies: an institutionalist perspective¿. `Telecommunication: Exploring Competition¿., pp123-146.
Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals
- Preston, Paschal. 2005. The Cultural Turn Versus Economic Returns: The Production of Culture in an Information Age. The Republic: A Journal of Contemporary & Historical Debate¿,, pp60-80.
- Preston, Paschal. 2005. International Governance of the Internet: Comments on the WGIG¿s Draft Working Papers. Submission to the Working Group on Internet Governance (WSIS), appointed by the UN¿s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) meeting in Geneva, November 2003. Submission date: 22 May, 2005.,
- Preston, Paschal. 2004. Tackling the `Chilly Culture¿ for Women in the ICT Workforce. SIGIS Project Briefing Booklet for Policy and Practitioners. [ Edinburgh: RCSS, Univ. of Edinburgh.], pp2-10.
- PRESTON, Paschal. 2003. The Digital Media Industry in Ireland & Changing Role of Media Functions and Skills: Review of prior Research, Concepts & Policy Initiatives. Commissioned research report for FORFAS/FAS study of Digital Media & `Content¿ Skills Requirements. [ `PPfas-Proj03-H9¿ ],
- Preston, Paschal. 2001. Telecoms and Ireland¿s "Economic Miracle", 1990-2001: Case Study of Re-Regulation and Facilities Policies in a Small Open Economy. MEDA Project Case Study reports: Montpellier, France: ENCIP.,
- PRESTON, Paschal (Ed.). 1996. The Internet, Communication Tariffication & Regulation: Access and pricing for Information Infrastructure Services. Edited summary of proceedings of OECD/EC/COMTEC Workshop on Internet regulation issues. Organised by Paschal Preston and Held in Dublin, 20-21 June 1996.,
- Preston, Paschal. 1995. "Ireland and the Information Society: Scoping Study and Set of Proposals". Ireland's first 'Information Society' policy report
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Active Research Grants
- Media and Ethics of a European Public Sphere from the Treaty of Rome to the "War on terror"
- Knowledge, Innovation, Society
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