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Expert authority and support for Covid-19 measures in Germany and the UK

A Survey Experiment

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ID6407499
AutoresMirko Heinzel (0000-0001-8801-8237, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, autor correspondente), Andrea Liese (0000-0001-6640-7354, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany)
Ano2021
Volume44
Fascículo5-6
Páginas1258-1282
Data de publicação2021-09-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2021.1873630
OpenAlexW3132463282
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30
Referências citadas60

During COVID-19, various public institutions tried to shape citizens’ behaviour to slow the spread of the pandemic. How did their authority affect citizens’ support of public measures taken to combat the spread of COVID-19? The article makes two contributions. First, it presents a novel conceptualisation of authority as a source heuristic. Second, it analyses the authority of four types of public institutions (health ministries, universities, public health agencies, the WHO) in two countries (Germany and the UK), drawing on novel data from a survey experiment conducted in May 2020. On average, institutional endorsements seem to have mattered little. However, there is an observable polarisation effect where citizens who ascribe much expertise to public institutions support COVID-19 measures more than the control group. Furthermore, those who ascribe little expertise support them less than the control group. Finally, neither perception of biases nor exposure to institutions in public debates seems consistently to affect their authority

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Affect (linguistics) · Control (management) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economics · Pandemic · Perception · Political science · Public authority · Public health · Public relations · Public support · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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