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Information inequality in the UK coronavirus communications crisis

Abstract:: The coronavirus pandemic is a communications crisis in addition to being a public health emergency. In this report, which describes the results of six online panel surveys of UK respondents fielded from mid-April to late June 2020, we find that: (i) COVID-19 news use has declined significantly from mid-April to late June, (ii) and as news use has fallen, inequalities in COVID-19 news use have grown (in the sense that news use has become unevenly distributed). Furthermore, (iii) offline COVID-19 news use is more widespread than online use, and (iv) online news inequalities are larger than offline news inequalities.

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Fletcher, R., Kalogeropoulos, A., Simon, F., & Nielsen, R. (2020). Information inequality in the UK coronavirus communications crisis. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

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Fletcher, R., et al. Information Inequality in the UK Coronavirus Communications Crisis. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 2020.

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Fletcher, R, A Kalogeropoulos, F Simon, and R Nielsen. 2020. “Information Inequality in the UK Coronavirus Communications Crisis.” Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
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Publisher copy:: 10.60625/risj-wcva-6961

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Politics & Int Relations
Oxford college:: Lincoln College
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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

Publisher:: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Place of publication:: Oxford
Publication date:: 2020-07-23
DOI:: 10.60625/risj-wcva-6961
ISBN:: 978-1-907384-77-6

Language:: English
Keywords:: news

COVID-19

FFR

coronavirus

UK

online

inequalities
Pubs id:: 1125305
Local pid:: pubs:1125305
Deposit date:: 2020-08-12

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Copyright date:: 2020
Rights statement:: This is an open access article published under CC BY 4.0.

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