Pathways-April-2020-ATP-W66.zip

Project scope: Data include only variables relevant to the Pathways to Election News Project.

Carried-over variables from Wave 57 (Nov. 2019):

GROUP_TRUST_a_W57 – Trust in news sources/groups

NEWS_MOST_W57 – Most-used news source

TALKPOL_W57 – Political discussion frequency

FOLELECT_W57 – Following election news

Created variables:

CR_PARTYNEWSUSE_W57 – Partisan media consumption categories

CR_NEWS_INFLU_W57 – Election news influencers vs. bystanders

CR_DIG_SAV_W57 – Digital savviness categories

CR_MAINSOPOL_GROUPS_W57 – Main sources of political news

CR_KNOWLEDGE_INDEX_W57 – Political knowledge index

Weights: All analyses should apply WEIGHT_W66 to ensure representativeness.