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Most in the UK say news media have helped them respond to #COVID19, but 35% say news coverage has made crisis worse, acc. to our new factsheet, #10 from UK COVID-19 news and info project supported by @NuffieldFound
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2. Despite important investigative reporting on government response, a third (35%) say they think the coronavirus situation in the UK has been made worse by how the news media has covered it.
Only 7% say the crisis has been made better by their coverage. 46% stay on the fence
Only 7% say the crisis has been made better by their coverage. 46% stay on the fence
3. The percentage of people who say they have used news organisations as a source of information about #COVID19 in the last week has plummeted since April.
TV: -22 percentage points
Online news: -17
Social media: -25
Radio: -11
Print: -1
TV: -22 percentage points Online news: -17 Social media: -25 Radio: -11 Print: -1
4. Only 45% of our respondents rate news organisations as relatively trustworthy sources of information about #COVID19, down from 57% in April.
-Trust in the UK government has plummeted from 67% in April to 44% in August.
-Only 22% trust politicians, 16 points down from April
-Trust in the UK government has plummeted from 67% in April to 44% in August.
-Only 22% trust politicians, 16 points down from April
5. Here's how Brits think the news media have covered the pandemic:
56% say the news media have helped them understand the pandemic
61% that they have helped explain what they can do in response to it
27% say they feel the news media have exaggerated crisis
56% say the news media have helped them understand the pandemic61% that they have helped explain what they can do in response to it27% say they feel the news media have exaggerated crisis
6. People in the UK are more concerned about misinformation from the UK government (38%) & from individual politicians (37%) than from misinformation from news organisations (30%).
Concerns over politicians have grown since April. Concerns over news orgs have remained stable
Concerns over politicians have grown since April. Concerns over news orgs have remained stable
7. Finally, only 20% think that the coronavirus situation in the UK is heading in the right direction. 29% think the UK is on the wrong track. 45% think the picture is mixed.
% of people who think the UK is on the wrong track has gone up 19 points since April.
% of people who think the UK is on the wrong track has gone up 19 points since April.
Authored by @rasmus_kleis @antoniskalog & @dragz, this is the last factsheet from the UK #COVID19 news and info project.
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https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/most-uk-say-news-media-have-helped-them-respond-covid-19-third-say-news-coverage-has-made-crisis
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https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-08/UK%20COVID-19%20News%20and%20Information%20Project%20Factsheet%2010%20-%20FINAL.pdf
More info about the project here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/UK-COVID-19-news-and-information-project
Read it herehttps://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/most-uk-say-news-media-have-helped-them-respond-covid-19-third-say-news-coverage-has-made-crisis
Download a PDF version here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-08/UK%20COVID-19%20News%20and%20Information%20Project%20Factsheet%2010%20-%20FINAL.pdf
More info about the project herehttps://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/UK-COVID-19-news-and-information-project
