Weapons of Mass Deception - How Right Wing Media Wage Information Warfare Undermine American

Weapons of Mass Deception reveals how many right-wing media outlets function as political organizations, advancing political agendas on behalf of their wealthy owners. Drawing on FEC filings, internal documents, and an analysis of millions of online articles, Yunkang Yang demonstrates the engagement of right-wing networks in overt campaign activities, particularly through the amplification of disinformation. In an era of widespread mistrust of the US democratic processes, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the tremendous influence of the right-wing media sphere on American politics.

List of contents

• Introduction


• All the Billionaires' Men


• Flood the Zone with Shit


• Divided We Fall


• In GOP We Trust


• The Fox ''News'' Effect


• Conclusion


• Appendix

About the author

Yunkang Yang (Ph.D., Communication, University of Washington) is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University. His research uses quantitative and computational methods with large-scale digital media datasets to examine the disruptive role of media in American politics. Professor Yang serves on the editorial board of Political Communication and was a fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute in the summer of 2023. In 2022, during his postdoctoral appointment at the Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics at George Washington University, he submitted his research on right-wing media to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack.

Product details

• Authors: Yunkang Yang, Yunkang (Assistant Professor Yang
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.11.2025
• EAN: 9780197820308
• ISBN: 978-0-19-782030-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Journalism and Political Communication Unbound
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda, Press & journalism, Communication Studies, Comparative Politics, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism