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The partisan impact on local government dissemination of COVID-19 information: assessing U.S. county government websites
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Kristianstad University, Faculty of Health Science, Department of Social Sciences. Lunds universitet.
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2021 (English)In: Canadian journal of political science, ISSN 0008-4239, E-ISSN 1744-9324, Vol. 54, no 1, p. 150-162Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study explores the relationship between local government dissemination of COVID-19 information and partisanship. The unit of analysis is all official county government websites in the United States. In particular, we investigate if there is a correlation between the overall partisanship of a county and whether a county government’s website 1) mentions COVID-19, and 2) provides safety instructions concerning COVID-19. We hypothesize that mass partisanship will impact the probability that a county government’s website provides information related to the coronavirus. We find that a larger share of Democratic voters in a county is associated with an increase in the probability that a county government’s website mentions COVID-19 and provides safety instructions for their residents. The results hold even after controlling for population density, internet subscriptions, and COVID-19 cases and deaths. The finding indicates that citizens’ access to information, even on matters of public health, are partially a consequence of partisanship.   

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Cambridge University Press , 2021. Vol. 54, no 1, p. 150-162
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partisanship, COVID-19, county websites, local governments
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-21303DOI: 10.1017/S0008423920000918ISI: 000637381400010OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-21303DiVA, id: diva2:1477336
Available from: 2020-10-19 Created: 2020-10-19 Last updated: 2021-06-24Bibliographically approved

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