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School of Communication and Journalism

Shola Aromona

Olushola Aromona

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, digital, 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 underserved populations consume, engage and evaluate information on social media.

Committees and Professional Memberships

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

Areas 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)