Dr Anne O'Brien

    Media Studies, Motherhood Project,

    Head of the Department of Media Studies, Associate Professor

    Iontas
    Ground Floor
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    (01) 708 6470

    Biography

    I am an Associate Professor in Gender and Production Studies with the Department of Media Studies. The main focus of my research is on gender inequality in media work.  I am also interested in diversity and inclusion in media industries  and my work involves partnership collaborations with NGOs to examine the production of problematic media representations of social issues, such as gender inequality, intimate partner homicide, suicide and mental ill health. I have also undertaken research on community media in funded projects for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

    Books

      Year Publication
    2021 Media Graduates at Work: Irish Narratives on Policy, Education and Industry.
    O' Brien A, Arnold S & Kerrigan P. (2021) Media Graduates at Work: Irish Narratives on Policy, Education and Industry. London: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]
    2019 Women, Inequality and Media Work.
    O' Brien, A. (2019) Women, Inequality and Media Work. London & New York: Routledge. [Details]
    2011 The Politics of Tourism Development.
    O'Brien, A. (2011) The Politics of Tourism Development. London: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2021 'Doing Women’s Film and Television History: Locating Women in Film and Television, Past and Present'
    O’ Brien, Anne & Arnold, Sarah (2021) 'Doing Women’s Film and Television History: Locating Women in Film and Television, Past and Present'. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, [DOI] [Details]
    2020 'Reporting familicide-suicide in broadcast media: An Irish case study to inform better practice'
    O'Brien, A;Culloty, E (2020) 'Reporting familicide-suicide in broadcast media: An Irish case study to inform better practice'. Journalism, [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2020 'Camping it Up and Toning it Down: Gay and Lesbian Sexual Identity in Media Work'
    O’ Brien, Anne & Kerrigan, Paraic (2020) 'Camping it Up and Toning it Down: Gay and Lesbian Sexual Identity in Media Work'. MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 42 (7-8):1061-1077 [Details]
    2020 '‘Reporting on Mental health difficulties, mental illness and Suicide: Journalists’ accounts of the challenges’'
    O' Brien, A. (2020) '‘Reporting on Mental health difficulties, mental illness and Suicide: Journalists’ accounts of the challenges’'. Journalism, [full-text] [Details]
    2020 'The price of motherhood in the Irish film and television industries'
    O’ Brien, Anne & Liddy, Susan (2020) 'The price of motherhood in the Irish film and television industries'. GENDER, WORK AND ORGANISATION, [DOI] [Details]
    2020 '‘Gay the Right Way? Roles and Routines of Irish Media Production amongst Gay and Lesbian Workers’'
    O’ Brien, A. & Kerrigan, P. (2020) '‘Gay the Right Way? Roles and Routines of Irish Media Production amongst Gay and Lesbian Workers’'. European Journal of Communication, [full-text] [Details]
    2019 'Reporting on domestic violence in the Irish media: an exploratory study of journalists’ perceptions and practices'
    Cullen P.;O’Brien A.;Corcoran M. (2019) 'Reporting on domestic violence in the Irish media: an exploratory study of journalists’ perceptions and practices'. Media, Culture and Society, 41 (6):774-790 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2019 'Women in community radio: a framework of gendered participation'
    O’Brien A. (2019) 'Women in community radio: a framework of gendered participation'. Feminist Media Studies, 19 (6):787-802 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'Openness through Sound”: Dualcasting on Irish LGBT Radio'
    O’Brien, Anne & Páraic Kerrigan (2018) 'Openness through Sound”: Dualcasting on Irish LGBT Radio'. Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 25 (2):224-239 [full-text] [Details]
    2017 'Community radio, democratic participation and the public sphere'
    Gaynor N.;O’Brien A. (2017) 'Community radio, democratic participation and the public sphere'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 25 (1):29-47 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2017 '‘Feminine or Feminist? Women’s Media Leadership’'
    O'Brien, A. (2017) '‘Feminine or Feminist? Women’s Media Leadership’'. Feminist Media Studies, 17 (5) [full-text] [Details]
    2017 '‘Community Radio and Governance: Leadership, Relationship and Identity’'
    O'Brien, A. (2017) '‘Community Radio and Governance: Leadership, Relationship and Identity’'. Radio Journal, [full-text] [Details]
    2017 '‘Best and worst practice: a case study of qualitative gender balance in Irish broadcasting’'
    O’ Brien, A. & Suiter, J. (2017) '‘Best and worst practice: a case study of qualitative gender balance in Irish broadcasting’'. MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, [full-text] [Details]
    2017 '(Not) Getting the credit: Women, liminal subjectivity and resisting neoliberalism in documentary production'
    O' Brien, A. (2017) '(Not) Getting the credit: Women, liminal subjectivity and resisting neoliberalism in documentary production'. MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, [full-text] [Details]
    2016 '“A fine old time”: Feminist subjectivities and Irish journalism in the 1970s'
    O'Brien, A. (2016) '“A fine old time”: Feminist subjectivities and Irish journalism in the 1970s'. Irish Studies Review, 25 (1) [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'Producing Television and Reproducing Gender'
    O'Brien, A (2015) 'Producing Television and Reproducing Gender'. Television and New Media, 16 :259-274 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'Not in the Hot Seat: The Impact of Broadcasting on Women'
    O' Brien, A. (2015) 'Not in the Hot Seat: The Impact of Broadcasting on Women'. Eire-Ireland, 50 (1&2):169-188 [full-text] [Details]
    2014 'It's a Man's World: A Qualitative Study of the (Non) Mediation of Women and Politics on Prime Time During the 2011 General Election'
    O'Brien, A (2014) 'It's a Man's World: A Qualitative Study of the (Non) Mediation of Women and Politics on Prime Time During the 2011 General Election'. Irish Political Studies, 29 :505-521 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2014 ''Men own television':why women leave media work'
    O' Brien, A. (2014) ''Men own television':why women leave media work'. Media, Culture and Society, 36 (8):1207-1218 [full-text] [Details]
    2012 'Because it all begins with talk: community radio as a vital element in community development'
    Gaynor, N;O'Brien, A (2012) 'Because it all begins with talk: community radio as a vital element in community development'. Community Development Journal, 47 :436-447 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2012 'WASTING A GOOD CRISIS Developmental Failure and Irish Tourism Since 2008'
    O'Brien, A (2012) 'WASTING A GOOD CRISIS Developmental Failure and Irish Tourism Since 2008'. Annals of Tourism Research, 39 :1138-1155 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2012 'Voice of the people? Objectives versus outcomes for community radio in Ireland'
    O' Brien, A. & Gaynor, N. (2012) 'Voice of the people? Objectives versus outcomes for community radio in Ireland'. Radio Journal, 10 (2):145-160 [full-text] [Details]
    2011 'Community Radio in Ireland:'Defeudalising' the Public Sphere'
    O' Brien, A. & Gaynor, N. (2011) 'Community Radio in Ireland:'Defeudalising' the Public Sphere'. JAVNOST-THE PUBLIC, 18 (3):23-38 [full-text] [Details]
    2010 'Beyond policy-making: institutional regimes, the state and policy implementation in the Irish case'
    O'Brien, A (2010) 'Beyond policy-making: institutional regimes, the state and policy implementation in the Irish case'. Current Issues in Tourism, 13 :563-577 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]

    Edited Books

      Year Publication
    2021 Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood
    O' Brien, Anne & Liddy, Susan (Ed.). (2021) Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood London & New York: Routledge. [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2020 'Workstory: New Entrants' Narrations of their Aspirations and Experiences of Media Production Work'
    O’ Brien, A & Kerrigan, P. (2020) 'Workstory: New Entrants' Narrations of their Aspirations and Experiences of Media Production Work' In: Hope Uncertainty and creative Aspiration: Pathways into and through contemporary creative work. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
    2020 'Documenting Documentary: Liberated Enclave or Ping Ghetto?'
    O’ Brien, A. & Kerrigan, P. (2020) 'Documenting Documentary: Liberated Enclave or Ping Ghetto?' In: Women in Irish Film: Stories and Storytellers. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details]
    2020 'Film, Television and gendered work in Ireland'
    O' Brien, A. (2020) 'Film, Television and gendered work in Ireland' In: Producing knowledge, reproducing Gender. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details]
    2014 'The Librarian and the Media Producer: Creating an Audio Archive based on a unique collection'
    O' Brien, A. & Fallon, H. (2014) 'The Librarian and the Media Producer: Creating an Audio Archive based on a unique collection' In: B.L. Eden (eds). The New Librarianship. Landham MD: Scarecrow Press. [Details]
    2012 'Guarding the Watch-dog: Media work and war'
    O’ Brien, A. (2012) 'Guarding the Watch-dog: Media work and war' In: Building a Better Future. Maynooth: MACE. [Details]
    2010 'Tourism in Crisis'
    O' Brien, A. (2010) 'Tourism in Crisis' In: Perry Share & Mary Corcoran (eds). Irish Sociological Chronicles. Dublin: IPA Publications. [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2021 Equality and Diversity in the Media Industries: attitudes among new entrants to media work in Ireland .
    Anne O Brien & Sarah Arnold (2021) Equality and Diversity in the Media Industries: attitudes among new entrants to media work in Ireland . [Oral Presentation], Gender Work and Organisation, Online [Details]
    2021 Motherhood and media work: A summary and analysis of recent international case studies.
    Anne O Brien (2021) Motherhood and media work: A summary and analysis of recent international case studies. [Oral Presentation], Gender Work and Organisation, Online [Details]
    2019 Gendered cultures of production in the Irish Film Industry.
    O' Brien, A. (2019) Gendered cultures of production in the Irish Film Industry. [Oral Presentation], Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Seattle, USA [Details]
    2019 Media Representations of Intimate Partner Homicide.
    O' Brien, A. (2019) Media Representations of Intimate Partner Homicide. [Invited Oral Presentation], Women’s Aid Femicide Watch Conference, Dublin [Details]
    2019 Activism for Gender Change in the Irish Film Industry.
    O' Brien, A. (2019) Activism for Gender Change in the Irish Film Industry. [Oral Presentation], CAMEo Conference, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK [Details]
    2019 Understanding Reporting on suicide and mental illness.
    O' Brien, A. (2019) Understanding Reporting on suicide and mental illness. [Oral Presentation], International Association of Suicide Prevention, Derry/Londonderry [Details]
    2018 Women and Community Radio an Irish Case Study.
    O' Brien, A. (2018) Women and Community Radio an Irish Case Study. [Oral Presentation], IAMCR, Cartagena, Colombia [Details]
    2018 Women's subjectivity in Documentary Production.
    O' Brien, A. (2018) Women's subjectivity in Documentary Production. [Oral Presentation], IAMCR, Cartagena, Colombia [Details]
    2017 Women's Liminal subjectivity in documentary production.
    O' Brien, A. (2017) Women's Liminal subjectivity in documentary production. [International Refereed Conference], International Association for Media and Communications Researchers, Cartagena, Colombia [Details]
    2017 Women in Community Radio:An Irish Case Study.
    O' Brien, A. (2017) Women in Community Radio:An Irish Case Study. [International Refereed Conference], International Association for Media and Communications Researchers, Cartagena, Colombia [Details]
    2017 Not Getting the Credit: Women, Liminal Subjectivity, and Resisting Neoliberalism in Documentary Production.
    O' Brien, A. (2017) Not Getting the Credit: Women, Liminal Subjectivity, and Resisting Neoliberalism in Documentary Production. [International Refereed Conference], Mediating Cultural Work, University of Leicester, United Kingdom [Details]
    2016 Pledge for Parity: Leading in media industries & accelerating gender parity.
    O' Brien, A. (2016) Pledge for Parity: Leading in media industries & accelerating gender parity. [Oral Presentation], Gender & Diversity: Leadership, Development and Activism in Ireland Symposium, Maynooth University [Details]
    2016 Community Radio and Governance: Leadership, Relationship and Identity.
    O' Brien, A. (2016) Community Radio and Governance: Leadership, Relationship and Identity. [International Refereed Conference], International Association for Media and Communications Researchers, University of Leicester UK [Details]
    2016 Looking back, Looking forward: Learning lessons for women in decision making roles.
    O' Brien, A. (2016) Looking back, Looking forward: Learning lessons for women in decision making roles. [International Refereed Conference], International Association for Media and Communications Researchers, University of Leicester, United Kingdom [Details]
    2016 Women in Creative Industries: Media Leadership Roles.
    O’ Brien, A. (2016) Women in Creative Industries: Media Leadership Roles. [International Refereed Conference], Gender Work Organisation 9th Biennial International Interdisciplinary conference, Keele University, United Kingdom [Details]
    2015 Invisible Inequality: A case study of the Irish television sector.
    O'Brien, A. (2015) Invisible Inequality: A case study of the Irish television sector. [International Refereed Conference], Console-ing Passions International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism, Dublin [Details]
    2015 Hear Hoofbeats – Think Zebra: Women’s participation in a prefeminst media labour force in late 1970s Ireland.
    O'Brien, A. (2015) Hear Hoofbeats – Think Zebra: Women’s participation in a prefeminst media labour force in late 1970s Ireland. [International Refereed Conference], FemGenSex Research Network Symposium Gendered Politics of Production: Girls and Women as Media Producers, Middlesex University London [Details]
    2015 Why women leave media work.
    O'Brien, A. (2015) Why women leave media work. [Oral Presentation], Symposium on Women and Work in the Creative Industries, Dundalk Institute of Technology [Details]
    2014 Making or Breaking the glass ceiling? The gendering of production work in the Irish television industry’.
    O'Brien, A. (2014) Making or Breaking the glass ceiling? The gendering of production work in the Irish television industry’. [International Refereed Conference], Gender Work Organisation 8th Biennial International Interdisciplinary conference, Keele University, United Kingdom [Details]
    2014 Creating the Ken Saro Wiwa Audio Archive.
    O'Brien, A. (2014) Creating the Ken Saro Wiwa Audio Archive. [Invited Oral Presentation], Librarian as Researcher Seminar Academic and National Library Training Co-operative, Trinity College Dublin [Details]
    2014 The Ken Saro-Wiwa Audio Archive: Creating an Open Access Archive in Soundcloud.
    O'Brien, A. (2014) The Ken Saro-Wiwa Audio Archive: Creating an Open Access Archive in Soundcloud. [Invited Oral Presentation], Higher Education Authority Libraries Conference, Trinity College Dublin [Details]
    2013 Production Studies and Gendered Media Work’.
    O' Brien, A. (2013) Production Studies and Gendered Media Work’. [International Refereed Conference], International Communications Association Pre Conference Challenging Communications Research, Leeds University, United Kingdom [Details]
    2013 Community Media and Community Activism.
    O' Brien, A. (2013) Community Media and Community Activism. [International Refereed Conference], International Association for Media and Communications Researchers, Dublin [Details]
    2013 Women, Politics and Representation.
    O' Brien, A. (2013) Women, Politics and Representation. [International Refereed Conference], International Association for Media and Communications Researchers, Dublin [Details]

    Published Reports

      Year Publication
    2021 Auditing Gender and Diversity Change in Irish Media Sectors.
    O’ Brien, Anne, Kerrigan, Paraic & Liddy, Susan (2021) Auditing Gender and Diversity Change in Irish Media Sectors. Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Dublin. [Details]
    2020 Global Alliance on Media and Gender Country Report on Ireland.
    O’ Brien, A., Arnold, S. Culloty, E. Naji, J. (2020) Global Alliance on Media and Gender Country Report on Ireland. GAMAG, New York. [Details]
    2019 ‘Guidelines or Guidance: Changing Media Reporting of domestic violence homicides in Ireland’.
    O’ Brien, A. & Culloty, E. (2019) ‘Guidelines or Guidance: Changing Media Reporting of domestic violence homicides in Ireland’. Community Foundation for Ireland, Dublin. [Details]
    2018 Reporting Mental Health and Suicide: Challenges Facing Journalists.
    O' Brien, A. (2018) Reporting Mental Health and Suicide: Challenges Facing Journalists. Headline, Dublin. [Details]
    2010 Drivers of Change? Community Radio in Ireland.
    O' Brien, A. & Gaynor, N. (2010) Drivers of Change? Community Radio in Ireland. Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI Dublin. [Details]