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      Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage

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          This study examines the level of politicization and polarization in COVID-19 news in U.S. newspapers and televised network news from March to May 2020. Using multiple computer-assisted content analytic approaches, we find that newspaper coverage is highly politicized, network news coverage somewhat less so, and both newspaper and network news coverage are highly polarized. We find that politicians appear in newspaper coverage more frequently than scientists, whereas politicians and scientists are more equally featured in network news. We suggest that the high degree of politicization and polarization in initial COVID-19 coverage may have contributed to polarization in U.S. COVID-19 attitudes.

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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sci Commun
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sci Commun
                Journal ID (publisher-id): SCX
                Journal ID (hwp): spscx
                Title: Science Communication
                Publisher: SAGE Publications (Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA )
                ISSN (Print): 1075-5470
                ISSN (Electronic): 1552-8545
                Publication date (Electronic): 25 August 2020
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1075547020950735
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                [1 ]University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
                [2 ]University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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                [*]P. Sol Hart, Department of Communication and Media, Program in the Environment, University of Michigan, 5417 North Quad, 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285, USA. Email: solhart@ 123456umich.edu
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3318-9818
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6135-6743
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                Publisher ID: 10.1177_1075547020950735
                DOI: 10.1177/1075547020950735
                PMC ID: 7447862
                PubMed ID: 38602988
                SO-VID: 2a05c5d5-38c4-4cb4-88cd-4ea486507966
                Copyright © © The Author(s) 2020
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                Keywords: covid-19,politicization,polarization,media coverage,risk communication
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