Ashton, D and Noonan, C (2013) Cultural work and higher education. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137013934

Ashton, D (2014) 'The expertise of illness: celebrity constructions and public understandings.' In: Van Brussel, L and Carpentier, N, eds. The social construction of death: interdisciplinary perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 114-134. ISBN 9781137391902

Ashton, D (2013) 'Industry professionals in higher education: values, identities and cultural work.' In: Ashton, D and Noonan, C, eds. Cultural work and higher education. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 172-192. ISBN 9781137013934

Ashton, D and Noonan, C (2013) 'Cultural work and higher education.' In: Ashton, D and Noonan, C, eds. Cultural work and higher education. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9781137013934

Ashton, D and Noonan, C (2013) 'Afterword: further and future directions for cultural work and higher education.' In: Ashton, D and Noonan, C, eds. Cultural work and higher education. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 254-264. ISBN 9781137013934

Newman, J and Ashton, D (2012) '"Tips and tricks to take your game to the next level": expertise and identity in FPS games.' In: Voorhees, G, Call, J and Whitlock, K, eds. Guns, grenades and grunts: first-person shooter games. Approaches to digital game studies . Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 225-247. ISBN 9781441193537

Ashton, D (2010) 'Archives and prefigurative practices: digital games walkthrough archives as record and resource.' In: Bose, N and Grieveson, L, eds. Using moving image archives. Scope e-Book, pp. 101-114. ISBN 9780956464118

Ashton, D and Thebo, M (2010) 'Researching the media and cultural industries.' In: Stanbury, D, ed. New directions in career studies: English and Media degrees. Ideas for modules that explore career, identity and subject . University of Reading: Centre for Career Management Studies, Reading, pp. 3-4.

Ashton, D (2008) 'Simple, meaningful graphics: digital gaming counter-mobilisations and the politics of graphics.' In: Grindon, G, ed. Aesthetics and radical politics. Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 26-41. ISBN 9781847189790

Ashton, D (2015) 'Creative work careers: pathways and portfolios for the creative economy.' Journal of Education and Work, 28 (4). pp. 388-406. ISSN 1469-9435

Ashton, D (2015) ''Creative Contexts': reflecting on work placements in the creative industries.' Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39 (1). pp. 127-146. ISSN 0309-877X

Ashton, D (2014) ''Creative Contexts': work placement subjectivities for the creative industries.' British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37 (2). pp. 268-287. ISSN 1465-3346

Ashton, D (2014) 'Making media workers: contesting film and television industry career pathways.' Television and New Media, 16 (3). pp. 275-294. ISSN 1527-4764

Ashton, D and Feasey, R (2014) ''This is not how cancer looks': celebrity diagnosis and death in the tabloid media.' Journalism, 15 (2). pp. 237-251. ISSN 1464-8849

Ashton, D (2013) 'Cultural workers in the making.' European Journal of Cultural Studies, 16 (4). pp. 468-488. ISSN 1367-5494

Jeune, N and Ashton, D (2013) 'Hid(ing) media professionals: constructing and contesting the 1st AD.' View: Journal of European Television History and Culture, 2 (4). ISSN 2213-0969

Ashton, D (2011) 'Upgrading the self: technology and the self in the digital games perpetual innovation economy.' Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 17 (3). pp. 307-321. ISSN 1354-8565

Ashton, D (2011) 'Awarding the self in Wikipedia: identity work and the disclosure of knowledge.' First Monday, 16 (1). ISSN 1396-0466

Ashton, D (2011) 'Media education and media industries: identity, anxiety, and aspirations.' Media Education Research Journal, 1 (2). pp. 85-93. ISSN 2040-4530

Ashton, D (2011) 'Media work and the creative industries: identity work, professionalism and employability.' Education and Training, 53 (6). pp. 546-560. ISSN 0040-0912

Ashton, D (2011) 'Pathways to creativity: self-learning and customising in/for the creative economy.' Journal of Cultural Economy, 4 (2). pp. 189-203. ISSN 1753-0350

Ashton, D (2011) 'Playstations and workstations: identifying and negotiating digital games work.' Information Technology & People, 24 (1). pp. 10-25. ISSN 0959-3845

Newman, J and Ashton, D (2011) 'Slow play strategies: digital games walkthroughs and the perpetual upgrade economy.' Transformations, 20. ISSN 1444-3775

Ashton, D (2010) 'Productive passions and everyday pedagogies: exploring the industry-ready agenda in higher education’.' Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, 9 (1). pp. 41-56. ISSN 1474-273X

Ashton, D (2010) 'Player, student, designer: games design students and changing relationships with games.' Games and Culture, 5 (3). pp. 256-277. ISSN 1555-4120

Newman, J and Ashton, D (2010) 'Relations of control: walkthroughs and the structuring of player agency.' The Fibreculture Journal, 16. ISSN 1449-1443

Ashton, D (2010) '‘You just end up feeling more professional’: media production and industry-ready personhood.' Networks, 10. pp. 14-19. ISSN 1756-963X

Ashton, D (2009) 'Critical thinking across contexts.' Politics and Culture, 10 (4).

Ashton, D (2009) 'Interactions, delegations and online digital games players in communities of practice.' Participations: International Journal of Audience Research, 6 (1). ISSN 1749-8716

Ashton, D (2009) 'Making it professionally: student identity and industry professionals in higher education.' Journal of Education and Work, 22 (4). pp. 283-300. ISSN 1363-9080

Ashton, D (2009) 'Media studies and the industry-ready agenda.' Networks, 7. p. 29. ISSN 1756-9648

Ashton, D (2009) 'Thinking with games: exploring digital gaming imaginaries and values in higher education.' Journal of Media Practice, 10 (1). pp. 57-68. ISSN 1468-2753

Ashton, D (2008) 'Digital gaming upgrade and recovery: enrolling memories and technologies as a strategy for the future.' M/C Journal, 11 (6). ISSN 1441-2616

Ashton, D (2008) 'Policy, productivity, passion and piracy: drawing lines around innovation in a knowledge-based economy.' eSharp, 12. ISSN 1742-4542

Ashton, D (2006) 'Values in design and politics and programming made ordinary.' TeamEthno-Online, 2. pp. 127-129.

Ashton, D (2015) 'A bottle of white spirit, a pair of Marigolds and a scraper': contesting career pathways in film and television production. In: New Directions in Film and Television Production Studies, 14-15 April 2015, Watershed, Bristol, UK.

Ashton, D (2014) Practitioner-academics in media education: creative transfer and communities of practice. In: International Media Education Summit, 20-21 November 2014, Metropolitan University, Prague.

Ashton, D and Soyinka, B (2014) The practitioner-academic: the struggles and successes of those who 'cross the divide'. In: Teaching Screenwriting: Creativity, Innovation and Professional Practice, 7 April 2014, University of Salford Media City, Manchester, UK.

Ashton, D (2014) 'Also get rid of any weeds you can see': contesting career pathways in film and television production. In: Creative Energies, Creative Industries (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies conference 2014), 19-21 June 2014, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.

Ashton, D and Chaplain, C (2014) Co-location, co-working and creative collaboration. In: AHRC Creative Territories, 20 May 2014, Bristol Games Hub, Bristol, UK.

Ashton, D (2014) Cultural work and critical pedagogies. In: Cultural Industries, Work and Value: AHRC Cultural Value Workshop, 21 February 2014, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Ashton, D (2014) Producing cultural diversity in 'Britain in a Day': amateur filmmaking meets the quality discourse. In: Community Filmmaking and Cultural Diversity: Practice, Innovation and Policy, 22 - 23 January 2014, BFI Southbank.

Ashton, D (2014) Producing participation: 'Britain in a Day' and curating mass participation. In: Annual MeCCSA Conference, 8 - 10 January 2014, Bournemouth University.

Ashton, D (2014) Producing participation: 'Britain in a Day', amateur filmmaking and the quality discourse. In: Media Research Seminar Series, 12 February 2014, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.

Ashton, D (2014) The career trajectories of creative graduates: pathways and portfolios for the creative economy. In: Higher Education & the Creative Economy, 23-24 June 2014, Kings College London, London, UK.

Ashton, D (2013) Industry intersections: professional practice and students working in/as industry. In: ASET Annual Conference, 3-5 September 2013, University of Greenwich, London.

Ashton, D (2013) Industry intersections: flexible learning through professional practice. In: Higher Education Academy Conference, 3-4 July 2013, University of Warwick, UK.

Ashton, D (2013) I'd advise anyone contemplating this to find a separate wing to live in: pride, prejudice and spaces of cultural heritage. In: Spaces of Television: Production, Site and Style three-day conference, 18 - 20 September 2013, University of Reading.

Ashton, D (2013) Researching media education. In: Media Education Research Journal (MERJ)/HEA Researchers' retreat, 17 May 2013, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.

Ashton, D (2012) Creative contexts and student voices on work placements. In: ASET Annual Conference, 3-4 September 2012, University of Chester, UK.

Ashton, D (2012) Creative contexts: work placement expectations and peer learning through Reflections Films. In: Higher Education Academy Conference, 3-4 July 2012, University of Manchester, UK.

Ashton, D (2012) Work placements in the creative industries: peer learning and the reflective practitioner. In: GLAD Conference 2012: It Started With a KIS!, 25 April 2012, Kingston University, UK.

Ashton, D (2012) Cultural work and higher education. In: Media School Seminar Series, 5 December 2012, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.

Ashton, D (2011) Creative labour and higher education. In: Moral Economies of Creative Labour, 7-8 July 2011, Leeds University, UK.

Ashton, D (2011) The Jade effect, affect, and public understandings of risk and celebrity. In: Risk, Policy and Decision Making: BSA Risk Study Group, 12 April 2011, City University, London.

Ashton, D (2011) The Jade effect: illness, mediated celebrity disclosure and audience. In: MeCCSA, 12-13 January 2011, University of Salford, UK.

Ashton, D (2011) Creative work and higher education: industry, identity, passion, and precarity. In: Shaping Things to Come - ADM-HEA Annual Forum, 17 May 2011, Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK.

Ashton, D (2011) Enterprise, employability and identity: researching artswork media. In: Creative Enterprise Conference, 18 May 2011, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.

Jeune, N and Ashton, D (2011) Reflections on practice: work-based learning, identity and professionalism. In: Media Education Summit, 6 - 7 Sep 2011, Ravensbourne.

Ashton, D and Jeune, N (2010) Cultural work and creative agency: contexts and practical means. In: The Creativity and Work Conference, 12 November 2010, London.

Feasey, R and Ashton, D (2010) 'Not just documented but sold': Jade and death on the TV, radio, magazines, news, and the web. In: Death and the Media : Joint BSA Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group and BSA Media Study Group Event, 15 November 2010, British Sociological Association, London, UK.

Ashton, D (2010) 'This is not how cancer looks': public understandings of celebrity and risk in the news. In: Celebrity News, 15-17 September 2010, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Ashton, D (2010) Freelancing, moonlighting, networking, volunteering: cultural workers-in-the-making. In: The Future of Cultural Work, 7 June 2010, Open University, Milton Keynes.

Ashton, D (2010) From the bedroom to beyond: identifying (with) industry tools and technologies. In: Affective Fabrics of Digital Culture: Feelings, Technologies, Politics, 3-4 June 2010, University of Manchester, UK.

Ashton, D (2010) Mediating industry and employability: images and accounts from a hybrid space. In: Employability in the Curriculum: Beyond the Bolt-on?, 22-23 June 2010, University of Central Lancashire’s Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETH), UCLAN, Preston.

Ashton, D (2010) Positioning participatory production. In: DCRD Symposium: Access All Areas, 21 May 2010, University of the West of England, UK.

Ashton, D and Jeune, N (2010) From campus to creative quarter. In: Knowledge Spaces, 29 March 2010, University of Warwick, UK.

Ashton, D (2010) Researching creative media work: Media Studies in/and the creative economy. In: Higher Education and the Creative Economy, 22-23 March 2010, University of Southampton, UK.

Ashton, D (2010) Digital gaming and the documentary form: agency, engagement and designed experiences. In: Documentary Now, 15-16 January 2010, Birkbeck College, UK.

Ashton, D (2010) 'You just end up feeling more professional': media production and industry-ready personhood. In: MeCCSA, 6-8 January 2010, LSE, London.

Jeune, N and Ashton, D (2010) Artswork Media: a work-related learning environment. In: The Creativity and Work Conference, 12 Nov 2010, London.

Ashton, D (2012) 'Shifting tides in higher education' (2011) by Witt, A.W. [book review]. Networks, 17. ISSN 1756-9648

Ashton, D (2011) 'Identity crisis' (2011) by Marr, L. and Forsyth, R. [book review]. Networks, 14. ISSN 1756-9648

Ashton, D (2008) 'Rethinking media education' (2008) by Nowak, A., Abel, S. and Ross, K. [book review]. Networks, 4. pp. 27-29. ISSN 1756-9648