Dr Stephanie Alice Baker
@drsabaker
Reader in Sociology @CityUniLondon. Author of Lifestyle Gurus (2019), Wellness Culture (2022) & Cults (2024).
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https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/stephanie-alice-baker 12-09-2011 15:18:20
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Table of contents, special issue Disinformation-for-hire as Everyday Digital Labor I edited with Jonathan Corpus Ong for Social Media+Society journal journals.sagepub.com/page/sms/disin…
How memes transformed from pics of cute cats to health disinformation super-spreaders theconversation.com/how-memes-tran… Antivaxx memes used to: - "vilify government & social institutions" - depict vaccinated "as morally & physically inferior to the unvaccinated." - show unvaccinated
A study by sociology researchers Dr Stephanie Alice Baker from Anna and Michael J Walsh from @unicanberra found that influencers used stigmatization methods to spread vaccine #disinformation via memes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 👉bit.ly/4bGLkPx
Fantastic to hear Emerald author Dr Stephanie Alice Baker being interviewed by Christy Harrison for the Rethinking Wellness podcast - check it out here: bit.ly/48jNgdT #RethinkingWellness #Wellness
Online conspiracies have proliferated around Princess Kate. Social media amplifies chatter & allows the creation of “crowd sourced conspiracy theories” that can spread around the globe, says Dr Stephanie Alice Baker (City Uni Sociology & Criminology): apnews.com/article/prince… Jill Lawless The Associated Press
This short book on cults by Dr Stephanie Alice Baker, Eugene McLaughlin and Chris Rojek - upcoming from Routledge - looks really timely and intriguing, not least for the range of examples it draws together: taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.… #Musicfandom #IASPM #FSNNA24
Thrilled to be interviewed by Henry Mance Financial Times on #Children #MentalHealth #ScreenTime #DigitalParenting #OSA #DigitalFutures4Children LSE LSE Media & Communications 5Rights Foundation #MobileBan #ChildRights Is there a middle way on children and smartphones? Here's how... ft.com/content/c12277…
Final panel of the day: ‘Health, Pandemics and the Crisis’ chaired by Sophie Harman with panelists Orkun Saka Agne Suziedelyte Dr Stephanie Alice Baker @DrCGodziewski #FinsburyInstitute launch Anna
🫵Do as I say, but not as I do. 🗨️“Most lifestyle gurus are selling a lifestyle. Part of their appeal is that their life appears aspirational and also emulatable,” says Dr Stephanie Alice Baker (City Uni Sociology & Criminology) to Shayla Love (The Guardian) 🔗Read more: amp.theguardian.com/wellness/artic…
⏳29 days til the UK General Election. Is a predicted Labour win overstated? 📚Experts in the School of Policy & Global Affairs analyse all on new podcast CityElectionPodcast. 🔊Hear Prof Ian Pace, @liserbutler, Konstantin Vössing, @charleslees2 & Prof Michael Ben-Gad: soundcloud.com/city-politicos
At 12:45 ET: #Ottawa updates its travel advisory to the UK amid riots there. Libby Znaimer is joined by @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Dr Stephanie Alice Baker to discuss the latest. Tune in ZoomerRadio 📻 416-360-0740 or 1-866-740-4740 #cdnpoli #UK
Thank you to Channel 5 for the opportunity to discuss the recent UK riots. City St George's, University of London Press Anna City Uni Sociology & Criminology
#ThankYou 😃: Alex Blumenstein Karen Stintz Brad Bradford✌️ Phil Gurski Fahad Razak Ari Goldkind @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Dr Stephanie Alice Baker Hon. Lisa MacCormack Raitt P.C. George Smitherman Robin V Sears John Wright CD 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Bob Richardson Bill VanGorder. Chief Operations Officer, CARP + other guests this week! #AM740
This week's Sociology Clippings include Jeffrey Swanson Duke University on gun laws in The New York Times, Scott Thumma Hartford International University in PBS News on megachurch pastor resignations, Dr Stephanie Alice Baker on the UK's populist movement in Anna & more. Read it here: bit.ly/4ei8LPq
Apple Cider Vinegar: how social media gave rise to fraudulent wellness influencers like #BelleGibson theconversation.com/apple-cider-vi… via Dr Stephanie Alice Baker