ABSTRACT

This study focuses on how American audiences perceived news coverage during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. Through a survey-experiment of news consumers (N = 767) over a three-day period in mid-March 2020, this study shows that citizens had positive attitudes toward their own Covid-19 news sources, but were critical about the news sources others were using to get information about the virus. Data reveal evidence of presumed media influence, where audiences believed others’ health behaviors were being influenced by pandemic news.

中文翻译：

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我的大流行新闻比你的好：观众对 Covid-19 早期新闻报道的看法

摘要

这项研究的重点是美国观众在美国 Covid-19 大流行初期如何看待新闻报道。通过在 2020 年 3 月中旬对新闻消费者 ( N = 767) 进行的为期三天的调查实验，本研究表明，公民对自己的 Covid-19 新闻来源持积极态度，但对其他新闻来源持批评态度用于获取有关病毒的信息。数据揭示了假定媒体影响的证据，观众认为其他人的健康行为受到大流行新闻的影响。