Associate Professor at @IllinoisComm / Faculty Affiliate at @iSchoolUI / Former Linowes Faculty Fellow @ClineCenter / political communication #css #rstats
Urbana, IL
Joined March 2011
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JungHwan Yang retweeted
Delighted and thankful that our study "Election Polls on Social Media: Prevalence, Biases, and Voter Fraud Beliefs" (attached thread) received Best Paper Honorable Mention at @ICWSM'25! Congratulations @StephenAI @vijayalaks26304 @hide_yourself @yang3kc @junghwanyang! 🙏🎊
First paper🔬 on social polls!!!🗳️
Over 100k polls gauged support for 2020 US presidential candidates on @X, and gathered >20m votes. They favored Trump by >10% (on average). Many were used to reinforce voter fraud beliefs and were likely manipulated by bots and fake votes.
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1/ 🧵 What does humor reveal about society? In our new article published in @Comm_Monographs, we explored r/RoastMe to uncover how racial stereotypes in online humor reflect deeper societal biases. Spoiler: Humor isn’t always harmless—it can normalize discrimination. Read more:👇
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11/ Humor on r/RoastMe reflects and amplifies societal biases. It’s more than just jokes—it’s a microcosm of how we navigate race, identity, and humor. Addressing these patterns can help tackle systemic biases in digital spaces and beyond.
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12/ We’re excited to share this study, now published in @Comm_Monographs! If you’re curious about our study, check it out here: tinyurl.com/452aunsk (free) / tinyurl.com/3n3sr2e3 or reach out to me and my co-authors: Ethan Morrow, @bunsold_k, and @shankttt. [END]
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JungHwan Yang retweeted
We welcome submissions to our @IJoC_USC special issue on "Presidential Debates Across the Americas." CfP is open until April 30, 2025. Email me (dshah@wisc.edu) or my co-editors w/ questions and share with others in your network. Link to full call below.
mcrc.journalism.wisc.edu/202…
JungHwan Yang retweeted
In the season of thanks, I'm thankful to have amazing former students like @eunjikim_media. Everyone should pre-order her new book. Come for the fantastic cover, stay for the incredible results and insights:
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JungHwan Yang retweeted
😲 Trump is leading, according to bias-corrected estimates of public support from @X polls (screenshot from socialpolls.org)! 😲...
His support dipped after the debate but rebounded in mid-October. Here’s why this trend suggests he could win the election...
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JungHwan Yang retweeted
Our study revealing and explaining biases in politically-relevant social media polls is at the top of r/Science subreddit! 🎊
reddit.com/r/science/comment… – at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland
JungHwan Yang retweeted
El País, a top high-quality newspaper in Spain, wrote about our research that reveals political biases and inauthentic/purchased votes in US presidential election polls on @X. (I'll present this work, w @yang3kc and @junghwanyang, today at @IC2S2 at 2:30pm in Williams Hall 723!)
🗞️A new study on social media polls about US elections shows that these surveys are biased: they deliberately distort political reality, mostly to the benefit of conservative options. And they are often adulterated with votes purchased from troll farms english.elpais.com/society/2…
JungHwan Yang retweeted
Thrilled to share this press release of @UMassAmherst about our research revealing questionable votes and biases in tens of thousands of US presidential #election polls on @X (conducted w @StephenAI, @vijayalaks26304, @hide_yourself, @yang3kc, @junghwanyang).
Don't believe everything you see on social media.
Informal political polls conducted on X during both the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections were significantly skewed by questionable votes.
🔗 Details here: bit.ly/3VYVGTy
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