Short Biography

I hold a Ph.D. in Communications from Dublin City University, where I also worked on national and multi-country European research projects. Between 2008 and 2011, I worked at the University of Limerick as a Research Scholar while also teaching in areas such as media and cultural studies, media and discourse, culture and the market, and the development of Irish media. Since joining Hope in 2012, my undergraduate and Masters level teaching has spanned media and communication, journalism theory and practice, and digital media theory and practice. I have also held External Examiner positions for Communications degrees at undergraduate and Masters levels. During my time at Hope, I have published research in international peer-reviewed journals, including Journalism and Journalism Studies, have co-edited a book, and published numerous book chapters. I have also presented my research at national and international conferences.

Teaching Specialisms

My teaching specialisms include media industries, media history, media and communication theory, political economy of the media, journalism theory and practice, and digital and editorial development. 

School/Faculty Roles

I am the Chair of the Student Voice Committee for the English Subject Area (Creative Writing, English Language, English Literature, and Media and Communication). I am a Senior Academic Adviser in the School of Humanities, with a focus on academic misconduct. I am also the Ethics Lead for the English Subject Area. Furthermore, I am the Level Coordinator for the first and second years of the Media and Communication Major.

Recent Works

My current research focuses on international rating agencies as communication actors, and their impacts on political and climate change discourse. I have a research interest in examining the challenges facing local media in the digital age. I also research media framing of political and social issues, including the European Union and overseas aid.

Recent Publications and Projects

Cawley, Anthony (2023) ‘Credit Positive or Negative?: Credit Rating Agencies’ Framing of Brexit’s Implications for the Republic of Ireland, the EU, the UK, and the Northern Ireland Peace Process’, Journal of Contemporary European Studies 31(2): 519-535.

Cawley, Anthony (2023) ‘Community, the Public Good and the Market: Media Merger Regulation and the Crisis in Ireland’s Local Newspaper Industry’, in Matthews, Rachel and Hodgson, Guy (eds) Local Journalism: Critical Perspectives on the Provincial Newspaper. London: Routledge, pp. 97-111.

Cawley, Anthony (2021) “’No Time For Diplomatic Squeamishness’: News Media Framing of Irish Political Interventions in the UK’s EU Referendum’, in Holmes, Michael and Simpson, Kathryn (eds) Ireland and the European Union: Economic, Political, and Social Crises. Manchester: University of Manchester Press, pp 120-136.  

Cawley, Anthony (2019) ‘Digital Transitions: The Evolving Corporate Frameworks of Legacy Newspaper Publishers’, Journalism Studies 20(7): 1028-1049.

Cawley, Anthony, Helena Lima, Olga Kruglikova, and Thomas Birkner (2019) ‘The ‘New’ Newspapers: The Popular Press in Britain, Portugal, Russia and Germany, Late-1800s to Early-1900s’, in Preston, Paschal, Klaus Arnold, Susanne Kinnebrock (eds) The Handbook of European Communication History. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 43-59.

Cawley, Anthony (2018) ‘Boom to Bust: Corporate Perspectives on Ireland’s Local Newspaper Industry Since 2000’, in O’Donnell, James and Kenneally, Ian (eds) The Irish Regional Press, 1892-2012: Changing Media in a Changing Country. Dublin: Four Courts Press, pp. 179-191.

Cawley, Anthony (2017) ‘Johnston Press and the Crisis in Ireland’s Local Newspaper Industry, 2005-2014’, Journalism 18(9): 1163-1183.

Cawley, Anthony (2016) ‘From AAA to Junk: Credit Rating Agencies as News Sources in the Irish Print-Media During the Economic Crisis, 2008-2013’, Journalism Studies, 17(5): 647-666. 

Bunnick, Anno, Anthony Cawley, Michael Mulqueen and Andrej Zwitter (eds) (2016) Big Data Challenges: Society, Security, Innovation and Ethics. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Cawley, Anthony (2015) ‘“I’d Be Proud to Spend the Sacred Foreign Aid Budget On Our Poor Pensioners”: Representations of Macro Aid Resourcing in the Irish, UK and US Print-Media During the Economic Crisis, 2008-2011.’ International Communication Gazette, 77(6): 533-556.