Dr Catherine Baker is a post-doctoral researcher with the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre. Fellow with the Institute of Research on Male Supremacism. Research interests include gender, education, misogyny, radicalisation, digital media, and conspiracy theories. Recent publications include a chapter on post-truth identities in the Routledge Companion to Media Misinformation and Populism.
Projects include:
- Observatory on Cyberbullying, Cyberhate & Online Harassment: tackling negative online extremism of boys via so-called influencer culture
- Gender Equality Matters (GEM): an education prevention programme for primary school students aimed at addressing attitudes and norms that underlie gender-based bullying and gender-based violence
- Gentopia: A game-based educational resource aimed at students in second-level education, addressing gender stereotypes, consent, digital safety, street harassment, coercive control, non-consensual image sharing, and homophobic bullying.
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Catherine R. Baker; Andrew Chadwick (2022) 'Corrupted Infrastructures of Meaning: Post-truth Identities Online' In: The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. United Kingdom : Routledge. [Link] https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003004431 |
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Research Interests
Research interests: gender, inclusive education, digital media, online misogyny, counter-epistemic communities, extremism
Teaching Interests
Social media, digital platforms, gender, sexuality.