Communications

Biographical Details:

Dr. Neil O'Boyle lectures in the School of Communications, DCU. He is Cluster Director of the International Media, Interculturalism and Migration research cluster in DCU and is a member of the Migration and Citizenship Research Initiative in UCD. He was formerly the lead researcher on the IRCHSS theme-funded project 'Immigration and Social Change in the Republic of Ireland' based in the School of Applied Social Science at UCD and is co-author of the report 'New Irish Politics: Political Parties and Immigrants in 2009'.

His research interests include migration, communication theory and the cultural industries. Dr. O'Boyle has held various executive roles in the Irish advertising industry and recently completed his first book, titled New Vocabularies, Old Ideas: Culture, Irishness and the Advertising Industry (published by Peter Lang).

Research Interests:

Migration studies; communication theory; cultural production and creativity

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Fanning B, Haase T, O'Boyle N. 2012. 'Well-being, Social Capital and Social Exclusion: Immigrants in the Republic of Ireland'. Journal Of International Migration And Integration, 12, 1, pp1-24.
• Fanning B, Howard K, O'Boyle N. 2012. 'Immigrant Candidates and Politics in the Republic of Ireland: Racialization, Ethnic Nepotism or Localism?'. Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, 16, 3/4, pp420-442.
• O'Boyle N. 2012. 'Managing Indeterminacy: Culture, Irishness and the Advertising Industry'. Cultural Sociology, 6, 3, pp351-366.
• O'Boyle N, Fehr F, Preston P and Rogers J. 2012. 'Who Needs or Delivers Diversity Training'. Journalism Practice,
• O'Boyle N. 2012. 'Becoming local: Immigrant candidates in Irish politics' OBSERVATORIO. Online, 6, 2, pp51-70.
• Fanning B, O'Boyle N. 2010. 'Immigrants in Irish politics: African and East European candidates in the 2009 Local Government Elections'. Irish Political Studies, 25, 3, pp417-435.
• O'Boyle N. 2009. 'Analysing an advertising campaign: Towards an integrated cultural-industrial analysis'. Sociological Research Online, 14, 4
• O'Boyle N. 2009. 'Knowing what it means to be Irish: Cultural identity and the production of Irish advertising'. Social Identities: Journal For The Study Of Race, Nation And Culture, 15, 5, pp565-584.
• O'Boyle N. 2009. 'Integration and political participation: Immigrants and the 2009 local elections in Ireland'. Studies, 389, 98, pp59-70.
• O'Boyle N, Fanning B. 2009. 'Immigration, integration and risks of social exclusion: The social policy case for disaggregated data in the Republic of Ireland'. Irish Geography, 42, 2, pp145-164.
• O'Boyle N. 2006. 'Addressing multiculturalism? - Conservatism and conformity; access and authenticity in Irish advertising'. Translocations: The Irish Migration, Race And Social Transformation Review, 1, 1, pp95-120.
• O'Boyle N. 2006. 'Addressing youth and being young: Investigating the 'bias of youth' in Irish advertising'. Youth Studies Ireland, 1, 1, pp40-60.

Selected Books

• O'Boyle N. New Vocabularies, Old Ideas: Culture, Irishness and the Advertising Industry, Peter Lang, 2011.

Selected Chapters

• Fanning B, O'Boyle N, Haase T. 2011. 'Immigrant Child Well-being and Cultural Capital' . Ethnic Minority Children and Youth in Ireland
• Fanning B, O'Boyle N, Howard K. 2011. 'African and East European Immigrants in Irish Politics'.
• O'Boyle N. 2008. 'Paddy Power and the tenacity of the traditional' . Belongings: Shaping Identity in Modern Ireland (Irish Sociological Chronicles Sixth Edition), pp153-166.

Reviews

• O'Boyle N. 2006. Review essay: Culture and Everyday Life by D. Inglis. Irish Journal Of Sociology, 15, pp119-121.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• O'Boyle N, Fanning B. 2009. 'Immigration, integration and risks of social exclusion: The social policy case for disaggregated data in the Republic of Ireland'. UCD School of Applied Social Science Working Paper Series 2009.,
• O'Boyle N. 2008. 'A short reflection on the researcher and researched'. Mental and Moral News, Summer, pp3-8.

• O'Boyle N., 'MEDIVA Findings Ireland', MEDIVA Final European Workshop, 15-JUN-12 - 15-JUN-12, Press Club Brussels
• O'Boyle N. and Fehr F., 'MEDIVA Diversity Training Report Findings and Recommendations', MEDIVA Symposium, 02-FEB-12 - 03-FEB-12, Dublin City University
• O'Boyle N. and Fehr F., 'Tackling the diversity deficit in the Irish media sector: training matters?', ECREA Diaspora Migration and the Media Conference, 02-DEC-11 - 03-DEC-11, Maynooth
• O'Boyle N., 'Locals before citizens: Immigrants in Irish politics', IAMCR Annual Conference, 18-JUL-10 - 22-JUL-10, Braga Portugal
• O'Boyle N., 'Counting immigrant readers: New directions in the Joint National Readership Survey', IMRN Annual Conference, 19-SEP-08 - 20-SEP-08, Maynooth Ireland
• O'Boyle N., 'A hollow discourse of coexistence: 'Strategic multiculturalism' in Irish advertising', IMRN Annual Conference, 06-JUN-06 - 08-JUN-06, DIT Dublin
• O'Boyle N., 'The 'cultural' component: Dissonance and disavowal in Irish advertising', Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference, 01-MAY-06 - 03-MAY-06, Sligo IT Ireland
• O'Boyle N., 'Consensual creativity and conformist identities in Irish advertising', British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 21-APR-06 - 23-APR-06, Harrogate International Centre, UK