Gregory Gondwe is a scholar of journalism, technology, and society. He is Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Technologies at California State University, San Bernardino, and a Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, where he was previously a Visiting Scholar with the Institute for Rebooting Social Media (2022–2023).
His research focuses on the adoption of emerging technologies in African journalism and the power dynamics between local media and foreign actors, especially from China and the West. He combines qualitative and computational methods (including text mining, content analysis, and data visualization) to study algorithmic bias, misinformation, and media equity in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has published in leading journals such as Digital Journalism, Journalism Studies, Mass Communication and Society, AI & Society, and the International Journal of Communication. His current work explores the role of AI in shaping knowledge construction and public discourse in African contexts.
