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School of Communication and Journalism

Shola Aromona

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Title

Assistant Professor

Office Building

Yeager Hall

Office

224

Mailing Address

Yeager Hall 224
School of Communication & Journalism-Box 2218
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Shola Aromona (Ph.D., University of Kansas) is an Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies. Her research is at the intersection of political communication, social media, media and information literacy, and gender. She earned a Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Kansas. She is currently studying social media discourse in electoral contexts in emerging democracies as well as factors influencing how individuals consume, engage and evaluate information on social media.

Academic Responsibilities

PUBR 243: Public Relations Principles
PUBR 472: Research and Planning
MCOM 270: Data Analysis in Communication
MCOM 746: Cross-Platform Campaigns (Graduate level)
MCOM 761: Social Media Management (Graduate level)

Professional Memberships

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
National Communication Association
International Communication Association

Area(s) of Research

Digital, Media, and information literacy
Political public relations
Social media and misinformation
Digital social advocacy
Political information evaluation
Feminist media
Political participation in emerging democracies

Department(s)