Margaret Gallagher Explained

Margaret Gallagher
Birth Place:	Ireland
Workplaces:	Various (freelance researcher and writer)
Alma Mater:	Western Michigan University
Thesis Title:	The development and pilot operation of an assessment center with implications for the selection of school principals
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4584178
Thesis Year:	1978
Main Interests:	Gender and media
Website:	Mapping Global Media Policy

Margaret Gallagher is an Irish^[1] freelance researcher and writer specialising in gender and media. She has carried out research, development and evaluation projects for the United Nations Statistics Division, UNIFEM, UNESCO, the International Labour Office, the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the European Audiovisual Observatory.^[2]

Gallagher sits on the editorial boards of International Communication Gazette,^[3] Feminist Media Studies and,^[4] Communication for Development and Social Change.^[5]

Education

Gallagher gained a M.Sc. in education from the University of Dayton in 1972,^[6] and her Ed.D. in 1978 from Western Michigan University.^[7]

Career

Gallagher began her career, in the 1970s, researching the use of technology in education,^[8] eventually becoming deputy head of the Audiovisual Media Research Group at the Open University.^[9] She moved into gender and media research, including participation rates and portrayal of women in the media, in the early 1980s.^[10]

In 1986 Gallagher established the European Commission's Steering Committee for Equal Opportunities in Broadcasting, which she coordinated until 1990. From 1989 to 1999 she worked on the "Prix Niki", the European Commission's biennial television prize for innovative portrayal of women and men. She has also acted as a consultant to a consortium of five European broadcasters for the development of an audiovisual training kit Screening Gender (1997-2000), and to the World Association for Christian Communication (WAAC) for the second Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) (2000).

In 2001, Gallagher became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).^[11]

Gallagher is currently Key Expert on Media Monitoring for the European Neighbourhood Barometer project "Opinion Polling and Media Monitoring" (EuropeAid, European Commission).^[12]

Bibliography

Books

• Gallagher. Margaret. The value of play and its implications for education in the development of the whole person. 1972. M.Sc.. University of Dayton. 8200672.
• Book: Media organizations. OU Mass Communication and Society Course Team. Open University. 1977. Milton Keynes. 154157252. Gallagher. Margaret. Social sciences: Mass communication and society course DE353, units 10–12.
• Book: Patterns of ownership: questions of control. Murdock. Graham. Open University. 1977. Milton Keynes. 218514234. Gallagher. Margaret. Social sciences: Mass communication and society course DE353, units 10–12.
• Gallagher. Margaret. The development and pilot operation of an assessment center with implications for the selection of school principals. 1978. Ed.D.. Western Michigan University. 4584178. ProQuest.
• Book: Formative evaluation of educational television programmes: the outcome of a seminar held by the Council for Educational Technology in March 1978. Bates. Tony. Council for Educational Technology. 1978. 9780902204898. London. Gallagher. Margaret.
• Gallagher. Margaret. The development and pilot operation of an assessment center with implications for the selection of school principals. 1978. Ed.D.. Western Michigan University. 4584178. ProQuest.
• Book: Women empowering communication: a resource book on women and the globalization of media. Santiago. Lilia Quindoza. WACC London / Isis International / International Women's Tribune Center. 1994. 9789719140009. London / Manila / New York. Gallagher. Margaret.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Gender setting: new media agendas for monitoring and advocacy. Zed Books in association with WACC London. 2001. 9781856498456. London New York. Preview.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Who makes the news? Global media monitoring project (GMMP) 2005. World Association for Christian Communication. 2005. South Africa. 488261820. Pdf.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Who makes the news? Global media monitoring project (GMMP) 2010. World Association for Christian Communication. 2010. South Africa. 833313633. 22 June 2017. 18 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618194221/http://whomakesthenews.org/gmmp/gmmp-reports/gmmp-2010-reports. dead. Pdf.

Chapters in books

• Pdf.

Also available at: Book: Gallagher, Margaret. A Companion to Media Studies. Feminist Media Perspectives . December 2007. Wiley. 19–39. 10.1002/9780470999066.ch2. 9780470999066. 51784716.

Journal articles

• Marshall. John. October 1975. Broadcasting and the need for replay facilities at the Open University. British Journal of Educational Technology. 6. 3. 35–45. 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1975.tb00177.x. Gallagher. Margaret.
• Bates. Tony. January 1976. The development of research in broadcasting at the Open University. British Journal of Educational Technology. 7. 1. 31–43. 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1976.tb00186.x. Gallagher. Margaret.
• Gallagher. Margaret. March 1977. Programme evaluation methods at the Open University. Journal of Educational Television. 3. 1. 23–26. 10.1080/1358165770030108.
• Gallagher. Margaret. December 1978. Good television and good teaching: some tensions in educational practice. Educational Broadcasting International. ERIC. 11. 4. 203–206. 425834600.
• Gallagher. Margaret. December 1979. Women and the mass media: industrialization and development. Educational Broadcasting International. ERIC. 12. 4. 148–152. 425675111.
• Gallagher. Margaret. September 1982. The best use of educational TV. Media in Education and Development. British Council. 15. 3. 132–137. 424887354.
• Street. Christine. December 1983. Unequal opportunities (interview with Margaret Gallagher). Media in Education and Development. British Council. 16. 4. 172–175. 425568538. Gallagher. Margaret.
• Gallagher. Margaret. August 1986. Myth and reality in women's employment in broadcasting ten years of equal opportunity. MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research. Society of Media researchers In Denmark (SMID). 2. 4. 196–219. 10.7146/mediekultur.v2i4.746. free. Pdf. Report from the Copenhagen Conference on Women and Electronic Mass Media.
• Gallagher. Margaret. March 1990. Shifting focus: women and broadcasting in the European Community. Studies of Broadcasting. 26. 61–82. 10.1080/1358165770030108. 832772783.
• Gallagher. Margaret. January 2001. The push and pull of action and research in feminist media studies. Feminist Media Studies. 1. 1. 11–15. 10.1080/14680770120042774. 144620346.
• Gallagher. Margaret. Winter 2001. Reporting on gender in journalism: 'Why do so few women reach the top?'. Nieman Reports. Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University. 55. 4. 63.
• Gallagher. Margaret. 2005. Beijing's legacy for gender and media. Media Development. World Association for Christian Communication. 3. 99127408.
• Gallagher. Margaret. 2010. Women's human and communication rights. Media Development. World Association for Christian Communication. 3. 528874773.
• Gallagher. Margaret. 2010. Feminist scholarship in communication. Media Development. World Association for Christian Communication. 57. 4. 6. 689757826.

Papers

UNESCO / UN

• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. The portrayal and participation of women in the media. December 1979. UNESCO. Paris. 27436047. Pdf.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. The image reflected by mass media: stereotypes: images of women in the mass media. UNESCO. 1980. New York. 23071662. Pdf. Discussion document for the International Commission for the Study of Communication (established by UNESCO) in application of Resolution 100 adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 19th session.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Women in the communications media: some aspects of their portrayal and participation. April 1980. United Nations. New York. 81493618.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Unequal opportunities: the case of women and the media. UNESCO. 1981. 9789231018978. Paris. Pdf.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Cultural industries: a challenge for the future of culture. UNESCO. 1982. 9789231020032. Paris. Pdf.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Becoming aware: human rights and the family: a study based on four communication campaigns. UNESCO. 1985. 9789231021787. Paris. Pdf.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Women and media decision-making: the invisible barriers. UNESCO. 1987. 9789231025051. Paris. 18006909. Pdf.
• Book: An unfinished story: gender patterns in media employment. UNESCO. My von Euler (contributor). 1995. 9789231032080. Paris. Gallagher. Margaret. Pdf. (Reports and papers on mass communication, no 110.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Women and the media. 1995. Department of Public Information, United Nations. Springer series, focus on women. New York. 81652501.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. From Mexico to Beijing and beyond: covering women in the world's news. 2000. UNIFEM. Mass media and women series. New York. 225206975.

Open University

• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Evaluation of CT4 1973 pilot scheme. Open University. 1974. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no. 23.)
• Book: Video cassette recorder project. Marshall. John. Open University. 1974. Walton, Milton Keynes. Gallagher. Margaret. (IET paper on broadcasting no. 35.)
• Book: Cassette-replay system for students. Marshall. John. Open University. 1975. Walton, Milton Keynes. Gallagher. Margaret. (IET paper on broadcasting no 40.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Broadcast evaluation report number two: Cumbria case study, E221: TV3 R6. January 1975. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. 424965548. Pdf. (Audio-Visual Media Research Group.)
• Book: Broadcasting and the need for replay facilities at the Open University. Marshall. John. February 1975. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. 911447049. Gallagher. Margaret. Pdf. (IET paper on broadcasting no 41.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Broadcast evaluation report number four: industrial chemistry component 524: TV7 R3. April 1975. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. 911447317. Pdf. (Audio-Visual Media Research Group.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Broadcast evaluation report number eight: decision-making in British education systems "caught in the net", E221: R15. July 1975. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. 911447318. Pdf. (Audio-Visual Media Research Group.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Broadcast evaluation report number one: analysis M231. August 1975. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. 424965558. Pdf. (Audio-Visual Media Research Group with Faculty of Mathematics.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Report on the VCR steering group on audio visual replay provision to students. 1976. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 55.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Programme evaluation methods at the Open University. 1976. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 59.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Preliminary report on 50-minute TV programmes. 1976. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 62.)
• Book: Audio replay provision to students. Marshall. John. 1976. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. Gallagher. Margaret. (IET paper on broadcasting no 63.)
• Book: Improving the effectiveness of Open University television case-studies and documentaries. Bates. Tony. Open University. 1977. Walton, Milton Keynes. 427022374. Gallagher. Margaret. (IET paper on broadcasting no 77.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Broadcasting and the Open University student. Open University. 1977. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 80.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Using broadcasts in the social sciences. Open University. 1977. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 86.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Workshop on communication planning, Peanang, Malaysia, November 1977: issues arising from the evaluation. Open University. 1977. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 96.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Audio visual media for teaching and training: the contribution of research. April 1978. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. 911488693. (IET paper on broadcasting no 88.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Good television and teaching and training: some tensions in educational practice. Open University. 1978. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 91.)
• Book: Try it first?: Formative evaluation of educational television programmes: three British case studies. Bates. Tony. December 1978. Open University. 9780902204898. Walton, Milton Keynes. Gallagher. Margaret. Seminar and conference reports (Council for Educational Technology for the United Kingdom), 3. (IET paper on broadcasting no 100.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Preliminary report on student reaction to economics television programmes. Open University. 1979. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 102.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Organisation and evaluation of the VCR pilot project of the Educational Media Service Malaysia: report on consultative visit, 20th September 1979 - 13th October 1979 under the auspices of the British Council. Open University. 1979. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no 127.)
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Broadcast evaluation: what it can tell us that we don't know already?. 1982. Open University. Walton, Milton Keynes. (IET paper on broadcasting no. 42.)

Europe

• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Employment and positive action for women in the television organizations of the EEC member states. 1984. Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 320837470.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Women and television in Europe. September 1988. Women's Information Service, Commission of the European Communities. Supplement ... to Women of Europe (series), no. 28. Brussels. 21918568.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Workshop: women and the mass media. 1994. EU. Toledo. 320872167.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Images of women in the media: report on existing research in the European Union. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities Bernan Associates distributor. 1999. 9789282856758. Luxembourg Lanham, Maryland. France, Ireland and the United Kingdom. (Paper ref CE-10-97-122-EN-C) Free pdf of entire paper.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Employment patterns in European broadcasting: prospects for equality. 1998. European Commission, Directorate-General V: Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs, Equal Opportunities Unit. Brussels. 847113137.

Other

• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Television content and gender: what it portrays and how it is perceived. 1982. City University London. London. 320813704. Paper presented at the Conference of the International Association of Mass Communication Researchers, Paris, 6–10 September 1982.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Communication, control and the problem of gender. 1984. City University London. London. 320845034. Paper presented to the 1st plenary session of the 1984 conference.
• Book: Gallagher, Margaret. Feminism, communication and the politics of knowledge. May 1985. ERIC. Honolulu. 425506084. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Honolulu.
• Gallagher. Margaret. Reporting the political world through a gender lens. 4th Asia Media Summit (AMS). 29–31 May 2007. Kuala Lumpur. 849299027.

External links

• Margaret Gallagher Mapping Global Media Policy
• Advisors: Margaret Gallagher European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margaret Gallagher. globalmediapolicy.net . Mapping Global Media Policy . 19 October 2015 .
2. Web site: "SMTYEWTK (Still... More Than You Ever Wanted to Know) About Women in Journalism and Mass Communications" Research Group: Bios: Margaret Gallagher . uky.edu . . 19 October 2015 .
3. Web site: International Communication Gazette: Editorial board . . 19 October 2015 .
4. Web site: Feminist Media Studies: Editorial board . . 19 October 2015 .
5. Book: New global journal: Communication for Development and Social Change (promotional flyer) . Hampton Press . Creskill, New Jersey . 2007 . 19 October 2015 .
6. M.Sc. . Gallagher . Margaret . 1972 . The value of play and its implications for education in the development of the whole person . . 8200672 .
7. Ed.D. . Gallagher . Margaret . 1978 . The development and pilot operation of an assessment center with implications for the selection of school principals . . 4584178 . ProQuest.
8. Book: Gallagher, Margaret . Broadcast evaluation report number one: analysis M231 . . Walton, Milton Keynes . August 1975 . 424965558. Pdf. (Audio-Visual Media Research Group with Faculty of Mathematics.)
9. Web site: Advisors: Margaret Gallagher . . 19 October 2015 .
10. Book: Gallagher, Margaret . The image reflected by mass media: stereotypes: images of women in the mass media . . New York . 1980 . 23071662. Pdf.
11. Web site: Associates The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press. www.wifp.org. en-US. 2017-06-21.
12. Project details.