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Dr Catherine Page Jeffery is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Discipline of Media and Communication. Catherine’s current research explores digital media and families, with a particular focus on parenting and family dynamics in the digital age, and sexually explicit material online.
She is currently a Chief Investigator on an ARC-funded project ‘Improving Digital Sexual Literacy in Australia’ (2024-2026). Previously, she was lead chief investigator on an innovative project funded by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner which worked with families with teenage and pre-teen children to promote intergenerational understanding about digital media use, with the aim of reducing media-related conflict at home.
Catherine’s work on digital media and families has been published in leading international journals, and she is regularly sought out for expert commentary by Australian and international media outlets.
Her most recent book, published by Routledge in 2025, is titled Parenting in a Digital World; Beyond Media Panics Towards a New Theory of Parental Mediation.
Prior to entering academia Catherine worked in online content regulation and cyber safety education for the federal government, as well as at Australia’s ICT research centre of excellence. Her prior academic appointments include as a lecturer in media and communications at the University of Canberra.
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