About

Marianne Paimre

Researcher, lecturer and public writer working at the intersection of information, media, technology and society.

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Profile

I am a researcher and lecturer at Tallinn University. My current research focuses on online health-information behaviour, digital inequality and the ways people evaluate and use information in increasingly complex digital environments.

I also work on questions of media, public discourse and drug policy. This strand of my work examines how social problems acquire meaning through language, representation, journalism and changing technological environments.

Alongside academic research, I write regularly for the Estonian media. My public writing ranges from AI and algorithms to health information, drug markets and policy, and the cultural narratives through which these issues become understandable to wider audiences.

Academic background

Two doctoral degrees across information and media studies

PhD in Information Society Technologies
Tallinn University, 2026

PhD in Journalism / Media Studies
University of Jyväskylä, 2013

MA in Information Studies
Tallinn University

Marianne Paimre in a professional setting

Research & Public Interests

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Digital inequality & health information

How people find, assess and use information online — and why the benefits of digital society remain unevenly distributed.

02

AI, learning & information evaluation

How generative AI changes learning, judgement, trust and the boundary between human and machine-produced thinking.

03

Media, drugs & public discourse

How media narratives, technological change and policy shape the meanings attached to drug use, risk, addiction and social response.

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