Yunkang Yang

And I just got @yunkangyang.bsky.social’s wonderful new book, Weapons of Mass Deception!

based upon shared assumptions about the press's unwillingness or inability to adequately convey lived reality."

My favorite quote is "making the liberal media illuminates a vital mechanism in the reproduction of conservatism as a political identity whose breadth otherwise defies neat social categorization or ideological definition. It suggests that conservatives come to identify with one another in part ...

I got @ajbauer.bsky.social 's new book! The book explains the origin of a key theme that has animated US rightwing media for decades, namely their critical disposition towards the press.

Thank you Joey for the kind words! Glad that you enjoyed reading our article.

Use promo code AUFLY30 to get 30% off my book — valid on both paperback and hardcover!

So sorry about the rejection of the grant. Take at least a week off and don't think about it for the rest of 2025!

I am so happy to see this published! (And delighted that my excellent coauthors went along with my suggested title of 'Candidates be Posting')

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

✨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-...

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.

Title and abstract of paper

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

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...

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... 😅🤷‍♂️

@curdknupfer.bsky.social presenting our co-authored work (w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social) about connective factions

Read the paper here: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...

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 🫶

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 .

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...

Great movie to watch on the plane!

Look at the rainbow! Just the best city giving ✨