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Admire Mare
Admire Mare is an associate professor and acting head in the Department of Communication at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. He is also a senior research associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Humanities. His research interests include analysing the intersection between technology and society, digital journalism, social media and politics, media and democracy, media and conflict and the role of artificial intelligence in newsrooms. He currently leads the international research project ‘Social Media, Misinformation and Elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe’ (SoMeKeZi) funded by the Social Science Research Council (2019–21). He is also the co-author of Participatory Journalism in Africa Digital News Engagement and User Agency in the South (Routledge, 2021, with Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara). He is also the co-editor of Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Africa: Empirical and Conceptual Considerations (Routledge, 2021).
Contact: Department of Communication, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Office 1.41, Science and Technology Building, Lower Campus, Private Bag 13388, 13 Jackson Kaujeua Street, Windhoek West, Windhoek, Namibia.