Yunkang Yang
@yunkangyang.bsky.social
Prof. at Texas A&M | Pre-order Weapons of Mass Deception (http://bit.ly/4kL30x1) | Right-Wing Media | Political Communication | Computational Social Science
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I am so happy to see this published! (And delighted that my excellent coauthors went along with my suggested title of 'Candidates be Posting')
🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections
And it's open access!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections
And it's open access!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections - Josephine Lukito, Maggie Macdonald, Bin Chen, Megan A. Brown, Stephen Prochaska, Yunkang ...
In this multi-platform, comparative study, we analyze social media messages from political candidates (N = 1,517) running for Congress during the 2022 U.S. Midt...
journals.sagepub.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I am so happy to see this published! (And delighted that my excellent coauthors went along with my suggested title of 'Candidates be Posting')
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✨NEW PAPER OUT✨
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: “indexing by proxy” in a German immigration debate
Abstract. This study examines the mechanisms by which illiberal politics make the news by disrupting democratic systems. During the late 20th century, a li
academic.oup.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
✨NEW PAPER OUT✨
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
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If you work in higher-ed, please read this interview with @dkreiss.bsky.social.
I believe the types of public signals to the sector he points to here have direct ramifications beyond the US.
I believe the types of public signals to the sector he points to here have direct ramifications beyond the US.
July 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you work in higher-ed, please read this interview with @dkreiss.bsky.social.
I believe the types of public signals to the sector he points to here have direct ramifications beyond the US.
I believe the types of public signals to the sector he points to here have direct ramifications beyond the US.
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On Friday at 17:00 (1A.10) I'll present "The Logic of Connective Faction: How Far-Right Media and Digitally-Networked Elites Radicalize Politics" (co-authored w/@curdknupfer.bsky.social & @yunkangyang.bsky.social) on panel "Politics, Media, and Radicalization" #EPSA2025
Paper: tinyurl.com/38czxhh6
Paper: tinyurl.com/38czxhh6
June 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
On Friday at 17:00 (1A.10) I'll present "The Logic of Connective Faction: How Far-Right Media and Digitally-Networked Elites Radicalize Politics" (co-authored w/@curdknupfer.bsky.social & @yunkangyang.bsky.social) on panel "Politics, Media, and Radicalization" #EPSA2025
Paper: tinyurl.com/38czxhh6
Paper: tinyurl.com/38czxhh6
Thrilled to announce that my new book Weapons of Mass Deception: How Right-Wing Media Wage Information Warfare and Undermine American Democracy is now available for preorder from Oxford University Press! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
June 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thrilled to announce that my new book Weapons of Mass Deception: How Right-Wing Media Wage Information Warfare and Undermine American Democracy is now available for preorder from Oxford University Press! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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First of two of my #ICA25 talks in Denver: a paper co-authored with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social, wherein we theorize how ideological digital networks might radicalize elites and political factions.
Pictured: me attempting to explain a visual metaphor... 😅🤷♂️
Pictured: me attempting to explain a visual metaphor... 😅🤷♂️
Amazing presentation and research by @curdknupfer.bsky.social!
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
First of two of my #ICA25 talks in Denver: a paper co-authored with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social, wherein we theorize how ideological digital networks might radicalize elites and political factions.
Pictured: me attempting to explain a visual metaphor... 😅🤷♂️
Pictured: me attempting to explain a visual metaphor... 😅🤷♂️
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@curdknupfer.bsky.social presenting our co-authored work (w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social) about connective factions
Read the paper here: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...
Read the paper here: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...
June 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@curdknupfer.bsky.social presenting our co-authored work (w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social) about connective factions
Read the paper here: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...
Read the paper here: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...
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Going to be in Berlin in 2 weeks, to speak about
"The Logic of Connective Faction"
...a project I've been working on with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social.
Looking forward to see all my old friends & colleagues at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🫶
"The Logic of Connective Faction"
...a project I've been working on with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social.
Looking forward to see all my old friends & colleagues at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🫶
Empowering People in Online Spaces ✊🏼 📱 We're very excited about this amazing Weizenbaum Conference program 🤩 Here's the first batch of sessions focussing on Participation and Political Communication. #WIConf25
Find out more and register (for free) 👉 www.weizenbaum-conference.de
Find out more and register (for free) 👉 www.weizenbaum-conference.de
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Going to be in Berlin in 2 weeks, to speak about
"The Logic of Connective Faction"
...a project I've been working on with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social.
Looking forward to see all my old friends & colleagues at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🫶
"The Logic of Connective Faction"
...a project I've been working on with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social.
Looking forward to see all my old friends & colleagues at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🫶
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Proud to work with an amazing team: @yunkangyang.bsky.social , Ramesh Paudel, Jordan McShan, @matthindman.bsky.social , and Howie Huang.
And grateful to the Knight Foundation for supporting work on transparent methods for information integrity.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
And grateful to the Knight Foundation for supporting work on transparent methods for information integrity.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
a group of power rangers standing next to each other with the words `` super team '' above them .
ALT: a group of power rangers standing next to each other with the words `` super team '' above them .
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May 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Proud to work with an amazing team: @yunkangyang.bsky.social , Ramesh Paudel, Jordan McShan, @matthindman.bsky.social , and Howie Huang.
And grateful to the Knight Foundation for supporting work on transparent methods for information integrity.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
And grateful to the Knight Foundation for supporting work on transparent methods for information integrity.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Look at the rainbow! Just the best city giving ✨
Standing tall like Billy Penn on top of the hall #APSA2024
September 8, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Look at the rainbow! Just the best city giving ✨