Dr Ciaran Ryan
Biography
Ciarán Ryan is a member of the Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music at Dundalk Institute of Technology, where he teaches on various media & cultural studies and radio production modules across the Department's programmes.He obtained a PhD from University of Limerick (Mary Immaculate College) in 2015, and has since lectured at Mary Immaculate College, NUI Galway, and University of Limerick. Ciarán has also presented and produced various talk and music shows for a range of commercial, community and public service radio broadcasters, and continues to make radio documentaries.
Teaching
BA in Theatre and Film Practice
BA in Creative Media
BA (Hons) in Creative Media
BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production
Qualifications & Awards
Qualifications- PhD in Media & Communication Studies, 2015 (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick)
- BA in Media & Communication Studies and History, 2003 (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick)
Awards
- DkIT Emerging Researcher Award - Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023.
Research & Interests
Current/ of interest research areas: fan cultures/ fandom (popular culture, music, sports); fan and alternative media; popular music studies (in particular DIY/ alternative music cultures); sports media; radio/ podcasting; soundscapes.Publications:
Ryan, C. (2025 - forthcoming). 'Trail and Mountain Running Vlogging: Dizziness, Disorder and Joy' In: 216-266. Kennedy Beames, S. & Maher, P.T. (Eds) Routledge Handbook of Mobile Technology, Social Media and The Outdoors. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 216-226.
Ryan, C. (2024). 'Mud, sweat and cameras – Irish trail and mountain running vlogging', Sport in Society, 27(6), pp. 965–982.
Ryan, C. (2023) 'Book Review: Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black, Michael Hinds and Jonathan Silverman (2020)', Journal of Fandom Studies, 11(2-3), pp. 229-231.Ryan, C. (2022) 'DIY Connections and Collaborations - Mid-West to North-East', Irish Communications Review, 18(1), pp.9-25.
Ryan, C. (2021) 'Unwrapped: Football Fans and The Anfield Wrap' In: Millar, S.R., Power, M.J., Widdop, P., Parnell, D., and Carr, J. (Eds) Football and Popular Culture: Singing Out From The Stands. Oxon: Routledge.
Ryan, C. (2020) ‘Fit for consumption? Fanzines and fan communication in 21st Century Irish DIY Music Scenes’ In: Mangaoang, Á., O’Flynn. J., Ó Briain, L. (Eds) Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music. Oxon: Routledge
Ryan, C. (2020) ‘Talking Broken Biscuits: Irish Liverpool Fans and The Anfield Wrap' In: Free, M. & O’Boyle, N. (Eds) Sport and Media in Ireland: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Cork: Cork University Press.
Ryan, C. (2017) ‘A destabilising pleasure: alternative music(s) and their representations in Irish fanzines’, Ethnomusicology Ireland Journal.
Ryan, C. (2015) 'Music fanzine collecting as capital accumulation', Participations - Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 12(2), pp. 238-254.
Recent Radio Documentaries:
The Southern Cross - The Irish-Argentine Connection (Newstalk, 2022)
The Wicklow Round (Newstalk, 2021)
Mary and the Joy (Newstalk, 2018)
This Ain't No Party (RTÉ 2XM, 2018)
Publications
The publications listed below represent my 8 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD
1 July 2024
DOI: 10.4324/9781003367536-22
Type: Book chapter
Journal of Fandom Studies, The
1 June 2023
DOI: 10.1386/jfs_00083_5
Type: Journal article
Irish Communications Review
2022
Type: Journal article
Football and Popular Culture: Singing Out From The Stands
2021
Type: Book chapter
Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music
2020
Type: Book chapter
Sport and Media in Ireland: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
2020
Type: Book chapter
Ethnomusicology Ireland Journal
2017
Type: Journal article
Participations - Journal of Audience and Reception Studies
2015
Type: Journal article
