Dr. Patrick Hughes is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood and until recently was a Senior Lecturer in Communications at Deakin University, Victoria. He has taught Media Studies and Cultural Studies at London University and at the Open University and he has been a communications consultant to companies and governments in the UK and Australia. His work has been published as books, book chapters and articles in Australia, the UK and the USA and he presents papers regularly to international academic conferences.

Books
2007 (in press): Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press. (Co-authored with Glenda MacNaughton)

2007 (in press): Young Children As Active Citizens. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. (Co-edited with Glenda MacNaughton and Kylie Smith)

1999: Communication in Early Childhood Services: a practical guide. Melbourne: RMIT Press. (Co-authored with Glenda MacNaughton.)

1982: Hunt on Cable: chaos or coherence? London: Campaign for Press & Broadcasting Freedom. (With others.)

1981: British Broadcasting: programmes and power. Bromley: Chartwell-Bratt.

Book chapters
2007 (in press): “Threat, promise or just deficient? Representing children in media policy.” in MacNaughton, G., Hughes, P. & Smith, K. (eds.) Young Children As Active Citizens. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press.

2006: “Whose truth do you privilege? Parents, partnerships and power.” in Van Keulen, A. (ed.) Parents and diversity. The Netherlands: (with Glenda MacNaughton)

2003: “Reflecting on contexts.” in MacNaughton, G. Shaping early childhood: learners, curriculum and contexts. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 247-254. (With Glenda MacNaughton, Heather Lawrence, Sheralyn Campbell and Jane Page)

2003: “Curriculum contexts: parents and communities.” in MacNaughton, G. Shaping early childhood: learners, curriculum and contexts. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 255-281. (With Glenda MacNaughton.)

2003: “Curriculum contexts: critical reflections.” in MacNaughton, G. Shaping early childhood: learners, curriculum and contexts. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 302-319. (With Glenda MacNaughton, Diana Hetherich, Jane Page and Sheralyn Campbell.)

2003: “Building meaningful partnerships between staff and families.” in Dau, E. (ed.). Enhancing Children's Development Melbourne: Tertiary Press, Australia. 222-248. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2001: "Research paradigms, perspectives and methods." in MacNaughton, G., Rolfe, S. & Siraj-Blatchford, I. (eds.) Doing early childhood research: an international perspective. Buckingham & Philadelphia: Open University Press; St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. 31-55.

2001: "Fractured or Manufactured: gendered identities and culture in the early years." in Grieshaber, S. & Cannella, G. S. (eds.) Embracing Identities in Early Childhood Education: expanding possibilities for thought and action. New York: Teachers College Press. 114-130. (With Glenda MacNaughton.) (Spanish version, 2005.)

2000: "Take the money and run: toys, consumerism and capitalism in early childhood conferences." in Soto Diaz, L. (ed.) The Politics of Early Childhood Education. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. 85-98. (With Glenda MacNaughton.)

1989: "Today's Television, Tomorrow's World." in Goodwin, A. & Whannel, G. (eds.) Understanding Television. London: Routledge. 165-182.

Articles in refereed journals
2007 “Teaching respect for cultural diversity in Australian early childhood programs: a challenge for professional learning.” Journal of Early Childhood Research. 5. 189 - 204. (with Glenda MacNaughton)

2007: “Rethinking approaches to working with children who challenge: action learning for emancipatory practice.” International Journal of Early Childhood. 39 (1) 39 - 58. (With Glenda MacNaughton and Kylie Smith)

2007 “Early childhood professionals and children’s rights: tensions and possibilities around the United Nations General Comment No. 7 on Children’s Rights.” International Journal of Early Years Education. 15 (2) 161 - 170. (With Glenda MacNaughton and Kylie Smith)

2007 "Young children's rights and public policy: practices and possibilities for citizenship in the early years." Children and Society. 21. 458 – 469. (With Glenda MacNaughton and Kylie Smith)

2006: “Engaging with stakeholders or ‘constructing’ them? Attitudes and assumptions in stakeholder software.” The Journal of Corporate Citizenship. 23. 93 - 101. (With Kristin Demetrious)

2005: “Mickey and Barbie and Strawberry Shortcake: children growing up in promotional webs.” International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood. 2 (2) 98 - 117.

2005: “Baby, it’s you: international capital discovers the under-threes.” Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 6 (1) 30 – 40.

2004: “‘Publics’ or ‘stakeholders’? Performing social responsibility through stakeholder software.” Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal. 5 (2) 1 – 12. (With Kristen Demetrious)

2004: “Promise or threat? Models of the child in media policy.” International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood. 1 (2) 43 - 57.

2002: “Preparing early childhood professionals to work with parents: the challenges of diversity and dissensus.” Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 28 (2) 14 - 20. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2001: “From nostalgia to metatheory: researching children’s relationships with the media.” Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 2 (3) 354 - 367.

2001: "Making Science 'Family Fun': the fetish of the interactive exhibit." Museum Management and Curatorship. 19 (2) 175 - 185.

2001: “When ‘Risk’ is Taboo: fun, spectacle and citizenship in science centres.” Open Museum Journal. 4. (online). Reprinted in Informal Learning. 51. Nov. – Dec. 2001. 1, 4 – 8.

2001: “Building equitable staff-parent communication in early childhood settings: an Australian case study.” Early Childhood Research and Practice. 3 (2) (Online; no page nos.)
(http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/index.html) (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2000: "New media in the 'new museums': much technology, little historiography." Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy. 95. 183 - 190.

2000: “Consensus, Dissensus or Community: the politics of parent involvement in early childhood education.” Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 1 (3) 241 - 258. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2000: "Identity-formation and popular culture: learning lessons from Barbie." Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. 16 (3) 57 - 67. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

1999: “Where are audiences and does it matter?” Social Semiotics. 9 (1) 131 - 135.

1999: "Who's the expert? Reconceptualising parent-staff relations in early education." Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 24 (4) 27 - 32. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

1997: “Can governments survive in the new communications climate?” Australian Journal of Public Administration. 56 (2) 78 - 86.

1996: “Producing audiences to sell channels: towards a political economy of subjectivities.” Media International Australia. 80. 93 - 98.

1995: "The 'Process' of government communications: some semiotic and cultural considerations." Australian Journal of Public
Administration. 54 (2) 163 - 169.

1995: "Orality, literacy, television: subsumption or appropriation?" Media International Australia. 77. 145 - 154.

1994: "Modernist histories of communication: some problems with 'grand narratives'." Australian Journal of Communication. 21 (1) 76 - 86.

1992: "Girl you know it's industry: Milli Vanilli and the industrialisation of popular music." Popular Music and Society. 16 (3) 39 - 52.

1992: "Brand news." Social Alternatives. 11. 1 April. 41 - 45.

1983: “Behind the news: cable technology.” Capital and Class. 19. Spring. 5 - 16. (With Neil McCartney.)

Conference Papers
2005: “Children, science and staff: some new directions.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: reconsidering rights and responsibilities. University of Melbourne 17 - 20 November. (With Sharon Saitta and Sue de Vincentis)

2005: “Citizens of a risk society: children’s voices in science education.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: reconsidering rights and responsibilities. University of Melbourne 17 - 20 November.

2005: “Human rights or citizens’ rights? Young children and public policy.” Invited paper to the Soong Chin Ling Foundation/China Welfare Institute conference - ‘Early Childhood Education in a Multicultural Background’. Shanghai 22 - 25 October. (With Kylie Smith)

2004: “Baby, it’s you: international capital discovers the under-threes.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: pushing the boundaries to make a difference. University of Melbourne. 11 - 14 November. (With Karina Davis)

2004: “Science and citizenship in an early childhood setting.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: pushing the boundaries to make a difference. University of Melbourne. 11 - 14 November.

2004: “The new ‘Baby’ market: multinational firms discover the under-threes.” Competitive refereed paper to the Pacific Early Childhood Research Association annual conference, Identities and innovations: shaping better worlds through early childhood education. University of Melbourne. 16 - 19 July.

2003: “Teletubbies to Terminator: children, media, citizenship.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: acting together to make a difference. University of Melbourne. 6 - 9 November.

2002: “Brands, profits, and children's identities: implications for teachers & students.” Competitive, refereed paper to the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association conference: Early childhood education in cultural contexts. East China Normal University, Shanghai. July 23 - 25.

2002: “Responding to the challenges of family diversity: how ‘little narratives’ can help.” Competitive, refereed paper to the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association conference: Early childhood education in cultural contexts. East China Normal University, Shanghai. July 23 - 25. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2001: “Honor and respect in models of the child: analyzing present practices and imagining better futures.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: creating change for the future. University of Melbourne. 9 - 10 November.

2001: “Publicising equitable communities: practical skills for early childhood advocates.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: creating change for the future. University of Melbourne. 9 - 10 November. (With Kristin Demetrious)

2001: “Honour, equity and public relations: advocacy strategies in early childhood services.” Competitive refereed paper to the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood annual conference, Honoring the child, honoring equity: creating change for the future. University of Melbourne. 9 - 10 November. (With Kristin Demetrious)

2001: “Responding to the challenges of family diversity: how ‘little narratives’ can help.” Competitive refereed paper to the Australian Early Childhood Association annual conference, Excellence for Children. Sydney. 18 - 21 July. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2001: “Spectacle or risk: representing science in uncertain times.” Competitive refereed paper to the American Educational Research Association annual conference, What we know and how we know it. Seattle. 10 - 14 April.

2001: “Equity through dissensus?: Using ‘little narratives’ to reframe relationships between researcher and researched in qualitative research.” Competitive refereed paper to the American Educational Research Association annual conference, What we know and how we know it. Seattle. 10 - 14 April. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2001: “Creating interpretive communities through staff-parent communication: case studies from an Australian research project.” Competitive refereed paper to the Association of Childhood Education International annual conference, 2001 Education Odyssey: from Froebel to the Internet. Toronto. 4 - 7 April. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2000: “Using ‘little narratives’ to rethink researcher-researched relationships: a study of staff-parent communication.” Competitive refereed paper to the conference, Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: research, theory and practice around the world. Brisbane. 3 - 7 July. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2000: “Linking Communities of Inquiry.” Competitive refereed paper to the conference, Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: research, theory and practice around the world. Brisbane. 3 - 7 July. (With others.)

2000: "Teacher-centred versus student-centred science education in museums: the significance of interactive communications technologies." Competitive refereed paper to the American Educational Research Association annual conference, Creating Knowledge In The 2st Century: Insights From Multiple Perspectives. New Orleans. 24 - 28 April.

2000: "The Challenges of 'Commercialized Fun': profits, brand names and children's identities." Invited paper to the C.A.R.E. Inclusion Support Team Conference "Challenging Children, Challenging Adults: the challenge for the future." Byron Bay, NSW. 26 - 28 May. (“C.A.R.E” stands for Community Access, Resources and Equity.)

2000: "Building equitable staff-parent communication in early childhood settings: an Australian case study." Invited symposium paper. Association of Childhood Education International annual conference, Moving Beyond Our Assumptions of Education and Learning: a new role for families, schools and communities. Baltimore, Maryland. 17 - 20 April. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

1999: "Some politics of staff-parent communication in early childhood: links between knowledge and power." Keynote address to the Annual Conference of the North Coast Region of the Australian Early Childhood Association Inc.: Celebrating Childhood. Ballina, NSW. 24 October. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

1999: "Consensus, dissensus or community: the politics of parent involvement in early childhood education." Competitive refereed paper to the conference, Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: politics, identity and practice. Columbus, Ohio. 24 - 27 June. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

1998: “Fractured or manufactured: gendered identities and culture in the early years.” Competitive refereed paper to the conference, Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: Research, Theory and Practice. Tokai University, Honolulu, Hawai’i. 7 - 9 January. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

1997: “Consuming fashions: does it matter who defines Barbie?”. Paper to a postgraduate research conference, Theorising Barbie and Her Friends: dolls and toys as sites of cultural practice. Melbourne. 20 September. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

1997: “Advocacy and audiences: communicating for change in Early Childhood Services.” Paper to the Annual National Conference of the Crèche & Kindergarten Association of Queensland: Children: commodity or investment or ...? Brisbane. 23 - 27 June.

1996: “Binary opposites and discursive repertoires: deconstructing and reconstructing ‘culture versus industry’.” Paper to the International Association for Mass Communication Research conference: Shifting Centres: information, identity and citizenship. Sydney. 18 - 22 August.

1995: “Reinforcing ‘core’ discursive repertoires: evaluating press representations of child care accreditation.” Paper to the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference: Framing Communication: exclusions, edges and cores. Perth. 5 - 7 July.
1989: “Industrialised knowledge: blessing or curse?” Paper to the Footscray Institute of Technology conference: Universities of Technology. Melbourne. 2 - 4 June. (With Michael Muetzelfeldt)

1989: “A skills-based course in epistemology?” Paper to the Australian Communication Association conference: The Communication Agenda: disciplines, discourses and directions. Brisbane. 13-15 July.

1988: “Training to sell Australia.” Paper to the Institute for Cultural Policy Studies: Inaugural Conference. Brisbane. 10 - 14 December.

Reviews in refereed journals
2004: Review of Alperstein, N. (2003) Advertising in everyday life. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press Inc. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal. 5 (2). (Online, no page numbers.)

2004: Review of Jackson, D. (2003) Sonic branding: an introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal. 5 (2). (Online, no page numbers.)

2001: Review of Nacos, B. L., Shapiro, R. Y. and Isernia, P. (eds.) (2000)Decisionmaking in a Glass House: Mass Media, Public opinion and American and European Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Contemporary Sociology. 30 (4).

1999: Review of Pecora, N. O. (1998) The Business of Children's Entertainment. New York: The Guildford Press. Australian Journal of Communication. 26 (1) 135 - 137.

1999: Review of Franklin, B. (1997) Newszack and News Media. London: Arnold. Australian Journal of Communication. 26 (1) 137 - 138.

1997: Review of Penny, S. (ed.) (1995) Critical Issues in Electronic Media. New York: New York University Press. Media International Australia. 83. 146 - 147.

Invited presentations
2003: “From Teletubbies to Terminator: thinking about children and the entertainment industry.” Public lecture at the Boroondara Civic Centre. Organised by Children’s Resources Division, City of Boroondara, Melbourne. 28 October.

2001: “Understanding the media-toy connection.” Public lecture at Trinity College, Melbourne. Organised by the Trinity College Parent-Teacher Association. 23 October.

2001: “Media, toys and young children’s identities.” Professional development seminar for Early Childhood staff. The University of Melbourne. 2 May.

2000: “Parents: partners or problems?” One-day certificated training course for Early Childhood staff. The Lady Gowrie Centre, Melbourne. 13 October.

2000: “Selection-based Recruitment.” One-day certificated training course for Early Childhood staff. Western Region Family Day Care Association, Geelong. 6 October. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

2000: “Challenging children, challenging adults." Keynote address to the Annual National Conference, The Lady Gowrie Centre, Melbourne. 9 September.

2000: “Culture/s and Identity/ies: some lessons from Barbie.” Public lecture at the University of Tasmania. 1 September.

2000: “Making science ‘family fun’.” Staff/postgraduate seminar at the Institute for Cultural Policy Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane. 6 July.

2000: “Profits, brand-names and young children’s identities.” Public lecture at the University of Melbourne. Organised by D.A.R.E. (Dimensions of Action Research for Equity). 28 June.

2000: “Sick of Pokemon? Wait ‘til the next craze!” Public lecture at Byron Bay. Organised by the C.A.R.E. Inclusion Support Team. 29 May.

2000: “Heritage Communication: some technological and epistemological issues.” Lecture to students enrolled in “Heritage Communication” (u/g). Organised by Deakin University’s Museum Studies group. 23 May.

2000: “Selection-based Recruitment.” One-day certificated training course for Early Childhood staff. The Family Day Care Association, Melbourne. 16 May. (With Glenda MacNaughton)

Other publications
1985: “Televising conferences: entertainment politics?” Tribune. October 25.

1985: “Review of Michie, D. & Johnston, R. ‘The Creative Computer: machine intelligence and human
knowledge.’” Computing. May 23.

1984: “Review of Beaty, R. ‘Free Speech: how to reform the media.’” Free Press. 26. Nov./Dec. 1984.

1984: “Tubular vision is bad for us.” Free Press. 25. September/October.

1984: “Blackmail by TV companies.” Free Press. 24. July/August.

1984: “Review of Schlesinger, P. et al ‘Televising Terrorism’. Free Press. 24. July/August.

1984: “How the cable companies have blackmailed Leon Brittan.” Tribune. July 13.

1984: “Intervention, agitation, legislation.” Free Press. 26. November/December.

1984: “No room for public interest in free market radio.” Tribune. November 30.

1984: “Pirates ruled off the airwaves.” New Socialist. 22. December.

1982: “Whose Information Revolution?” Science for People. 53. Winter. (With Neil McCartney.)

1982: “Cable Television: who’s fighting in the information revolution?” Science for People. 52.

1982: “Up For Grabs: Britain’s communications industry.” Undercurrents. 9.

1976: “Target Practice for Social Work.” Health & Social Service Journal. July 24.

1975: “Professional or Bureaucrat?” Community Care. December 10.

1974: “A Binary Model of Social Work in an Area Team.” Health & Social Service Journal. August 31