Quantifying the “infodemic”: people turned to trustworthy news outlets during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

How did the 2020 coronavirus pandemic affect people's online news consumption? To understand this, we present a comparative analysis of data on an estimated 905B desktop and mobile visits to news outlets, and 54B Facebook engagements, generated by news outlets in the US, UK, France, and Germany...

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Main Authors: Altay, S, Kleis Nielsen, R, Fletcher, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media 2022