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Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Walsh, M. J. (2024). ‘Memes Save Lives’: stigma and the production of anti-vaccination memes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Media + Society, 10(1), article number 20563051231224729. doi: 10.1177/20563051231224729

Wade, M., Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Walsh, M. J. (2023). Crowdfunding platforms as conduits for ideological struggle and extremism: On the need for greater regulation and digital constitutionalism. Policy and Internet, 16(1), pp. 149-172. doi: 10.1002/poi3.369

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456, McLaughlin, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-4003-3272 & Rojek, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0196-8892 (2023). Simple Solutions to Wicked Problems: cultivating true believers of anti-vaccine conspiracies during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 27(4), pp. 577-596. doi: 10.1177/13675494231173536

Walsh, M. J., Baker, S. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Wade, M. (2022). Evaluating the elevation of authoritative health content online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online Information Review, 47(4), pp. 782-800. doi: 10.1108/oir-12-2021-0655

Walsh, M. J. & Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 (2022). Avoiding conflict and minimising exposure: Face-work on Twitter. Convergence, 28(3), pp. 664-680. doi: 10.1177/13548565211036797

Smith, N., Maddox, A., Southerton, C. & Baker, S. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456view all authors (2022). Conspiracy. M/C Journal, 25(1), doi: 10.5204/mcj.2892

Baker, S. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Maddox, A. (2022). From COVID-19 Treatment to Miracle Cure: The Role of Influencers and Public Figures in Amplifying the Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin Conspiracy Theories during the Pandemic. M/C Journal, 25(1), doi: 10.5204/mcj.2872

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 (2022). Alt. Health Influencers: how wellness culture and web culture have been weaponised to promote conspiracy theories and far-right extremism during the pandemic. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 25(1), pp. 3-24. doi: 10.1177/13675494211062623

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Walsh, M. J. (2022). ‘A mother’s intuition: it’s real and we have to believe in it’: how the maternal is used to promote vaccine refusal on Instagram. Information, Communication & Society, 26(8), pp. 1675-1692. doi: 10.1080/1369118x.2021.2021269

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 (2022). Supplementary Written Evidence - Policy Recommendations: Select Inquiry into Influencer Culture (INF0040). UK Parliament (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee)..

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 (2021). Written Evidence: Influencer Culture (INF0004) UK Parliament (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee), London, UK.

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 (2020). Influencing the ‘infodemic’: how wellness became weaponised during the pandemic.. Lockdown: Mental Illness, Wellness, and COVID-19,

Walsh, M. & Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 (2020). Clean Eating and Instagram: Purity, Defilement and the Idealisation of Food. Food, Culture, and Society, 23(5), pp. 570-588. doi: 10.1080/15528014.2020.1806636

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456, Wade, M. & Walsh, M.J. (2020). Misinformation: tech companies are removing ‘harmful’ coronavirus content – but who decides what that means?. The Conversation,

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456, Wade, M. & Walsh, M.J. (2020). The Challenges of Responding to Misinformation during a Pandemic: content moderation and the limitations of the concept of harm. Media International Australia, 177(1), pp. 103-107. doi: 10.1177/1329878x20951301

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 (2020). Tackling Misinformation and Disinformation in the Context of COVID-19. Cabinet Office C19 Seminar Series.,

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Walsh, M.J. (2020). You are what you Instagram: clean eating and the symbolic representation of food. In: Digital Food Cultures. (pp. 53-68). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Rojek, C. (2020). The online wellness industry: why it’s so difficult to regulate. The Conversation,

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Rojek, C. (2019). The scandal that should force us to reconsider wellness advice from influencers. The Conversation,

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Rojek, C. (2019). The Belle Gibson scandal: The rise of lifestyle gurus as micro-celebrities in low-trust societies. Journal of Sociology, 56(3), pp. 388-404. doi: 10.1177/1440783319846188

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Walsh, M.J. (2018). How men are embracing ‘clean eating’ posts on Instagram. The Conversation,

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 & Walsh, M.J. (2018). 'Good Morning Fitfam': Top posts, hashtags and gender display on Instagram. New Media and Society, 20(12), pp. 4553-4570. doi: 10.1177/1461444818777514

Walsh, M.J. & Baker, S.A. (2016). The selfie and the transformation of the public–private distinction. Information, Communication & Society, 20(8), pp. 1185-1203. doi: 10.1080/1369118x.2016.1220969

Ruppert, E., Harvey, P., Lury, C. , Mackenzie, A., McNally, R., Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456, Kallianos, Y. & Lewis, C.view all authors (2015). Socialising Big Data: From concept to practice. Manchester: CRESC, The University of Manchester and the Open University.

Baker, S.A. (2014). Introduction: Plato's Challenge. In: Baker, S.A. (Ed.), Social Tragedy: The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology. (pp. 1-27). Palgrave Macmillan.

Baker, S.A. (2014). From Causality to Emergence: re-evaluating social media’s role in the 2011 English riots. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 15(1), pp. 6-14.

Baker, S.A. & Rowe, D. (2013). The power of popular publicity: new social media and the affective dynamics of the sport racism scandal. Journal of Political Power, 6(3), pp. 441-460. doi: 10.1080/2158379X.2013.846553

Baker, S.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 Coaches, Gurus and Influencers as Self-help and Lifestyle Experts: from Insta therapy to becoming “that girl” on TikTok. In: Hanusch, F. (Ed.), The Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism. . Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Baker, S. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-4921-2456 ‘Link in bio’: fake cancer cures, radicalization pathways and online harms on TikTok. In: Zimdars, M. (Ed.), The Impact of Misinformation and Disinformation on a Democratic Society. . Routledge.