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UK public opinion polarised on news coverage of government coronavirus response, and concern over misinformation

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In this RISJ Factsheet we examine people's attitudes towards how news organisations, government and other institutions are responding to the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. This is the second in a series of ten factsheets based on an ongoing online panel survey of a representative sample of the UK population, fielded from 24 April to 28 April 2020. We find that: (i) judgement of news coverage is polarised along political lines, with 63% on the left feeling the news media have not been critica...

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Published
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Not peer reviewed

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University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Sub department:
Politics & Int Relations
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-3376-4918
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Sub department:
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5496-2112
Publisher:
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Publisher's website
Place of publication:
Oxford
Publication date:
2020-05-05
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Pubs id:
1103920
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pubs:1103920
Deposit date:
2020-05-11

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