Yanna Krupnikov

Yanna Krupnikov is Professor of Communication and Media. Her most recent research considers differences in attention to the news and differences in political expression (both on and off social media platforms), with a focus on the relationship between political polarization and attention to political news. She is also interested in journalist decision-making, and, in particular, coverage of polarization and democracy.

She is the co-author of books Partisan Hostility and American Democracy: Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter (2024, University of Chicago Press), The Other Divide: Polarization and Disengagement in American Politics (2022, Cambridge University Press) and Independent Politics: How American Disdain for Partisanship Leads to Political Inaction (2016, Cambridge University Press). Her research has also been published in a variety of journals.