About
Eileen Culloty is an Associate Professor in the School of Communications where she is Deputy Director of the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy, and Society and chair of the BA in Communication Studies. Her work focuses on disinformation, media literacy education, and the future of public media.
Eileen leads the Ireland Hub of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and serves as Co-Chair of Media Literacy Ireland, the national network for media literacy coordinated by Coimisiún na Meán. In 2024, she was appointed to Ofcom’s Making Sense of Media Research, Evidence and Evaluation Working Group.
Eileen is currently involved in the following projects:
- EDMO Ireland Hub (EU)
- Media Information Literacy Community Connections (EMIF)
- Teacher Academy on Media Literacy (EU Erasmus+)
- ADAPT AI Literacy in the Classroom (Google)
Recent research on countering disinformation and promoting media literacy has been published in Political Psychology, Political Communication, and Journal for Cultural Research. Her book Disinformation and Manipulation in Digital Media (Routledge 2021) was co-authored with Jane Suiter.
Eileen has contributed to several expert groups, including the national working group that developed Ireland’s National Counter Disinformation Strategy, the EDMO working group on media literacy standards and best practices, Meta’s working group on EU Digital Citizenship, and the steering group of iHealthFacts, a fact-checking initiative for health information.
Eileen has provided evidence to Oireachtas Committees on media and foreign affairs and is a regular contributor to media coverage of issues relating to disinformation, journalism, and digital policy. In 2025, she received the DCU President’s Staff Award for Engagement in recognition of her impact beyond academia.
Publications
Type: Journal articles
Published in: World Migration Report
Authors: Eileen Culloty, Jane Suiter, Itayi Viriri, Sara Creta
Year: 2022
URL: Resource
Type: Journal articles
Published in: European Psychologist
Authors: Jon Roozenbeek, Jane Suiter, Eileen Culloty
Year: 2022
URL: Resource
Type: Reports
Published in: Reuters Institute Digital News
Authors: Niamh Kirk, Paul McNamara, Eileen Culloty and Jane Suiter
Year: 2016
URL: Resource
Type: Reports
Published in: Reuters Institute Digital News Report
Authors: Paul McNamara, Kevin Cunningham, Eileen Culloty and Jane Suiter
Year: 2017
URL: Resource
Type: Reports
Published in: Reuters Institute Digital News Report
Authors: Eileen Culloty, Kevin Cunningham, Jane Suiter, and Paul McNamara
Year: 2018
URL: Resource
Type: Reports
Published in: Reuters Institute Digital News Report
Authors: Niamh Kirk, Eileen Culloty, Colm Kearns and Jane Suiter
Year: 2019
URL: Resource
Type: Reports
Published in: Reuters Institute Digital News Report
Authors: Niamh Kirk, Kirsty Park, Dave Robbins, Eileen Culloty, Edward Casey, Jane Suiter
Year: 2020
URL: Resource
Type: Reports
Published in: DCU FuJo and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
Authors: Eileen Culloty, Kirsty Park, Charis Paevangelou, Trudy Feenane, Alex Conroy, and Jane Suiter
Year: 2021
URL: Resource
Type: Journal articles
Published in: Journal for Cultural Research
Authors: Culloty, E.
Year: 2021
URL: Resource
Type: Conference papers
Published in: 5th International Journal of Press Politics Conference
Authors: Culloty, E., and Suiter, J.
Year: 2019
URL: Resource
Type: Conference papers
Published in: ECPR General Conference
Authors: Culloty, E., and Suiter, J.
Year: 2019
URL: Resource
Type: Reports
Published in:
Authors: Dr Ricardo Castellini da Silva and Dr Eileen Culloty
Year: 2023
URL: Resource
Related Projects
EDMO Ireland is one of fourteen hubs established as part of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). Coordinated by Dr Eileen Culloty from Dublin City University (DCU), the EDMO Ireland consortium includes the DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo), TheJournal FactCheck, NewsWhip, and the University of Sheffield. It is part-financed by the European Union to monitor and analyse disinformation; conduct factchecks and investigations; develop media literacy resources; as...
The Reuters Institute Digital News Report is the world’s largest international comparative survey of the major trends in digital news consumption. It is widely used by industry, analysts, and researchers across the world. Since 2015, Coimisiún na Meán (formerly Broadcasting Authority of Ireland) has funded FuJo to undertake the analysis for the Irish report. Annual reports are available for: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 20128, 2017, 2016, and 2015....
The spread of disinformation online is a growing problem in Europe and beyond. The EU-funded PROVENANCE project addressed the problem by creating a service – in the form of a plug-in/personalised virtual companion – that evaluates online content. The aim of PROVENANCE was to help citizens navigate content and develop digital literacy competencies as they browse the web and social media by prompting users to stop and think about the credibility of content It provides contextual information t...
JOLT was a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network, which aimed to harness digital and data technologies for journalism by providing a framework for the training and career development of 15 Early Stage Researchers. JOLT researchers provided empirical answers to important questions regarding the future of journalism by forging multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral research into the digital and data-driven tools, practices, and values shaping journalism....