Dr. Yunkang Yang
Assistant Professor
Dr. Yunkang Yang is Assistant Professor of Communication at the Department of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University. He received his doctorate in communication from the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. Before joining TAMU in 2022, he was a post-doctoral research scientist at the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics at the George Washington University.
Dr. Yang’s current research interests include propaganda, US right-wing media, and social media. His projects include detecting coordinated sharing on Facebook, identifying image-based misinformation on social media, and examining how online commenters interact with media and political elites to co-produce propaganda. His book project shows how US right-wing media outlets such as Breitbart can function as political organizations that pursue anti-democratic goals such as overturning the 2020 election results.
In 2022, Dr. Yang provided his research on US right-wing media to the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack as statements of record. A frequent media commentator, he has been interviewed by various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, The Hill, NPR, and AFP.
