Yunkang Yang

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

28.07.2025 18:58 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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-...

14.07.2025 08:23 — 👍 109    🔁 39    💬 4    📌 12

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.

24.07.2025 08:29 — 👍 34    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 1

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

23.06.2025 12:34 — 👍 41    🔁 11    💬 4    📌 1

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...

11.06.2025 22:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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... 😅🤷‍♂️

11.06.2025 21:21 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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

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

04.06.2025 14:11 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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 🫶

15.05.2025 06:51 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

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...

08.05.2025 01:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Great movie to watch on the plane!

22.12.2024 20:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Look at the rainbow! Just the best city giving ✨

08.09.2024 00:33 — 👍 31    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0