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Ainars Dimants (@AinarsDimants) is 
Professor of Communication Theory at Turiba University, Media Institute. Before starting his academic career, he worked as a journalist in several Latvian media companies, including Latvian Television, Diena and Latvijas Avize. He has also been Chairman of the Board of 
the Media Institute in Riga (Latvia) 2004 – 2012, which he co-founded 
and was previously a Visiting Professor at Vidzeme University College 
in Valmiera (Latvia), Head of the Department of Communication Studies at Riga Stradins University and lecturer at the University of Latvia. He is the author of five books on media 
and journalism. Dr Dimants is a former Chairman of 
the National Electronic Media Council of Latvia. He is the Director of EJO Latvia (http://lv.ejo-online.eu)