“Their cross-cutting political views presented many challenges for these couples,” said the professor, who earned her Ph.D. in communication studies at the University of Texas and completed a ...

Emily Van Duyn (2023) Negotiating News: How Cross-Cutting Romantic Partners Select, Consume, and Discuss News Together, Political Communication, DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2270445, https://www ...

Anna Moneymaker / Staff / Pool / Pool Liubomyr Vorona "I have found a lot of points of tension for cross-cutting couples—many more than my first article on news negotiation was able to showcase.

Couples with differing political views find news to be a significant source of stress on their relationship and negotiate their exposure to news media, University of Illinois communication ...

Van Duyn found that cross-cutting couples deal with two main difficulties when navigating news: negotiated exposure, as couples try to influence news selection and consumption in the relationship, and ...