Jacinta Mwende Maweu (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Media studies and an Associate faculty at the Institute for climate change and Adaptation at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Her background is in Philosophy and Media studies with M.A degrees in both disciplines from the University of Nairobi and a PhD in Media Ethics and the Political economy of the Media from Rhodes University in South Africa. Jacinta teaches, does research and consultancy in the areas of media, conflict and peacebuilding, media and democracy, Mi/disinformation, media and human rights, media ethics, political economy of the media, climate change and communication, social and political philosophy and environmental ethics. Jacinta has published widely in her areas of interest. Her most recent publications include: Jacinta Maweu. 2023. Undermining Democracy through Social Media. The Impact of Disinformation in the 2017 Elections in Kenya in Duncan Omanga, Admire Mare and Pamela Mainye eds). Digital technologies, elections and Campaigns in Africa. Pp.109-121. London: Routledge.Jacinta Maweu. 2022. Media, Ethnicity and Electoral Conflicts in Kenya. Rowman &Littlefield. Jacinta Maweu and Admire Mare (eds). 2021. Media, Conflict and Peace-building in Africa: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations. London. Routledge.