Yu, Jingyuan

Dr. Jingyuan Yu received his Ph.D. from the Department of Social Psychology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (February 2021). He holds a master’s degree in Social Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2017). In July 2021, he joined the Technical University of Ilmenau as part of the now-completed “DECIPHER” project. His research focuses on computer-assisted methods, political communication, and comparative communication studies. He teaches courses on computer-assisted methods and data journalism.

Jingyuan Yu’s research focuses on computational methods and comparative communication studies. His research areas include, but are not limited to, digital online data, comparisons of media and political systems, and the study of misinformation and disinformation. His focus is on the implementation and validation of computer-assisted methods to ensure comparability between different units of comparison and to derive empirical implications from them. In addition, Jingyuan Yu is also interested in research topics related to European politics, social psychology, and the study of science (meta-science).

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9400-4859

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x7DjlyEAAAAJ&hl=en
 

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., Gamannossi degl’Innocenti, D., & Zollo, F. (2026). Crisis, country, and party lines: Politicians’ misinformation behavior and public engagement. Journal of Computational Social Science, 9, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-025-00447-y

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., Johansson, B., & Steinmetz, N. (2025). Multilevel government crisis communication on social media: A comparative and longitudinal approach. International Communication Gazette, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485251404809

Stoll, A., Yu, J., Andrich, A., & Domahidi, E. (2025). Classification bias of LLMs in detecting incivility toward female and male politicians in German social media discourse. Communication Methods and Measures, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2025.2551693

Yu, J., Andrich, A., & Schindler, M. (2025). Two Decades of Gender Differences in Pornography Research Topics. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03175-6. 

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., Benmaarouf, K., & Steinmetz, N. (2025). Quantity or Quality? Comparing Social Media Data Sampling Strategies for Government Crisis Communication Research. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 105531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105531

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., degl’Innocenti, D. G., & Zollo, F. (2025). Crisis, Country, and Party Lines: Politicians' Misinformation Behavior and Public Engagement. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.15321. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.15321

Liu, T., Yu, J., & Hildebrandt, A. (February 7, 2025). Your, mine, OUR face: A meta-analysis of the enfacement illusion. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cmn3k_v1

Barreto de Souza Martins, F., Yu, J., & Domahidi, E. (2023). A global health crisis with divided research traditions? A comparative review of Brazilian and international research in communication on the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of the International Communication Association, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2023.2242817

Xu, Y., Yu, J., & Löffelholz, M. (2022). Portraying the Pandemic: Analysis of Textual-Visual Frames in German News Coverage of COVID-19 on Twitter. Journalism Practice, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2058063

Banda, J. M., Tekumalla, R., Wang, G., Yu, J., Liu, T., Ding, Y., ... & Chowell, G. (2020). A large-scale COVID-19 Twitter chatter dataset for open scientific research—An international collaboration. Epidemiologia, 2(3), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia2030024

Yu, J., & Muñoz-Justicia, J. (2020). Free and low-cost Twitter research software tools for social science. Social Science Computer Review, 40(1), 124-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439320904318

Yu, J., Lu, Y., & Muñoz-Justicia, J. (2020). Analyzing Spanish news frames on Twitter during COVID-19—A network study of El País and El Mundo. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(15), 5414. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155414

Yu, J., & Muñoz-Justicia, J. (2020). A bibliometric overview of Twitter-related studies indexed in Web of Science. Future Internet, 12(5), 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12050091

Zhou, Y., Paul, B., Malic, V., & Yu, J. (2019). Sexual behavior patterns in online sexually explicit materials: A network analysis. Quality & Quantity, 53(4), 2253-2271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-019-00869-7

Yu., J., King'ang'i, C. W., & Domahidi, E. (2026, September 7–11). Virtue and villainy: A comparative study of populist narratives in alternative and legacy media during the federal election period in Germany [Paper presentation]. 11th European Communication Conference (ECC11), European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Brno, Czech Republic. 

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., & Johansson, B. ( 2026, June 4–8). Old but Gold? Exploring the Interplay of Media and Political Models on Two Social Media Platforms [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 76th Annual Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.

Stoll, A., Yu, J., Andrich, A., & Domahidi, E. (June 12–16, 2025). Classification Bias of Large Language Models in Detecting Incivility Toward Female Politicians in German Social Media Discourse [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 75th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., Gamannossi degl'Innocenti, D., & Zollo, F. (June 12–16, 2025). Decomposing Politicians’ Misinformation Sharing: A Comparative Analysis Across Four Countries on X [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 75th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., Johansson, B., & Steinmetz, N. (June 12–16, 2025). A Comparative Analysis of Multilevel Government Crisis Communication in Seven Countries [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 75th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Stoll, A., Yu, J., Andrich, A., & Domahidi, E. (September 24–27, 2024). Incivility against female politicians on YouTube and X [Paper presentation]. 10th ECREA European Communication Conference, Ljubljana,

Stoll, A., Andrich, A., Yu, J., & Domahidi, E. (September 18–20, 2024). Bias in LLM-Based Classification - Limits in Detecting Various Forms of Incivility Toward Female Politicians on Social Media. Presentation at the DGPuK Methods Section Conference, Hamburg, Germany.

Yu, J., Domahidi, E., Gamannossi degl’Innocenti, D., & Zollo, F. (September 2–4, 2024). Decomposing Politicians’ Misinformation Sharing: A comparative analysis across four countries on X [Paper presentation]. 6th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media, Münster, Germany.

Barreto de Souza Martins, F., Yu, J., & Domahidi, E. (May 25–29, 2023). A Global Crisis With Divided Research Agendas? A Comparative Review of Brazilian and International Research in Communication on the Covid-19 Pandemic [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 73rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Xu, Y., Yu, J., & Löffelholz, M. (May 26–30, 2022). Portraying the Pandemic: Analysis of Textual-Visual Frames in German News Coverage of COVID-19 on Twitter [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 72nd Annual Meeting, Paris, France.

Part of the 2023 Best Student Paper Award from the Global Communication and Social Change Division of the ICA:

Barreto de Souza Martins, F., Yu, J., & Domahidi, E. (2023). A Global Crisis with Divided Research Agendas? A Comparative Review of Brazilian and International Research in Communication on the Covid-19 Pandemic [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference. Toronto, Canada.

Part of the 2022 Top Student Paper Award from the Visual Communication Studies Division of the ICA:

Xu, Y., Yu, J., & Löffelholz, M. (May 26–30, 2022). Portraying the Pandemic: Analysis of Textual-Visual Frames in German News Coverage of COVID-19 on Twitter [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 72nd Annual Meeting, Paris, France.