Negotiating reality: How mis/disinformation shapes romantic relationships - Emily Van Duyn, 2025 The rise of mis/disinformation online has turned empirical attention toward the existence and effects of false information for democracy. Yet this work has tend...

New study in New Media & Society on the role of mis/disinformation in ending romantic relationships. I still can't believe some of the conversations I had as part of this project. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

How can local news thrive?
A study by @EmilyVanDuyn and @TaliaStroud finds that engaged journalism — where journalists connect more directly with communities — may be part of the answer.

Cross-cutting families: how parent politics shape political communication and socialization practices Abstract. Many families in the United States hold divergent political beliefs, which may cause relational issues between parents and affect the political s

New piece with the wonderful Kirsten Pool in @journal-of-comm.bsky.social exploring how parent political disagreement shapes the political socialization of their children. TLDR: it's not good. doi.org/10.1093/joc/...

I also want to emphasize how great it is to be at an institution like @uofilsystem.bsky.social who reward hard work & don’t punish women (& parents) for taking a rollback because of children/caretaking. I was allowed to go up early because I was ready & this shouldn’t be an exception.

Last week I was officially promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! 🍾 Many many thanks to my mentors, especially my advisor @taliastroud.bsky.social who got me hooked on research when I was just 19 (!), and my wonderful colleagues at the @uofilsystem.bsky.social.

I'm in Newsweek today talking about my recent @polcomm.bsky.social article on how couples navigate news selection & discussion when they hold different political beliefs www.newsweek.com/democrat-rep...

What an honor! Thanks to #NCA23 Political Communication Division and to the incomparable Rod Hart

🚨New piece in Political Communication @polcomm.bsky.social! Based on 67 in-depth interviews with partners in cross-cutting romantic relationships (e.g., Republicans w/ Democrats), I explore how partners negotiate news selection, consumption, and discussion amidst contentious political differences.

Figure 1. Average daily new subscriptions by control and intervention news sites.

Figure 2. Audience attitudes before and after six months after each intervention.

Local news is on the decline 📰 📉 But what could save it?

New field experiment with news sites by @taliastroud.bsky.social & @emilyvanduyn.bsky.social finds that engaged journalism initiatives can increase subscriptions and audience engagement.

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