Farooq Adamu Kperogi (born 1973), is a Nigerian academic, media scholar, public speaker, newspaper columnist and professor of journalism.[1]
Farooq Kperogi | |
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![]() Kperogi in 2021 | |
Born | March 30, 1973 Baruten, Kwara State, Nigeria |
Occupation | Professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Georgia State University (Ph.D) University of Louisiana at Lafayette (M.Sc) Bayero University (B.A) |
Thesis | Webs of Resistance: The Citizen Online Journalism of the Nigerian Digital Diaspora (2011) |
Doctoral advisor | Michael L. Bruner |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English language, Communication, Social and Behavioral Sciences[2] |
Sub-discipline | English usage, Media English, Nigerian English, World Englishes[2] |
Institutions | Kennesaw State University |
Main interests | New Media, English usage, Journalese, Political criticism[2] |
Notable works | Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World |