American-Trends-Panel-Wave-57-Nov-19.zip

🧠 Constructed Variables - CR_SOURCESUM_[Source] / CR_AGGSUM: 39 variables summarizing trust, distrust, neutrality, or unfamiliarity with each news source. - CR_MAINSOPOL_GROUPS: Categorizes respondents’ main political news source into 9 groups (e.g., CNN, Fox News, NPR, Social Media). - CR_PARTYNEWSUSE: Cross-classifies news outlet usage with party affiliation into 7 nuanced categories. - CR_NEWS_INFLU: Classifies respondents by their engagement with election news: influencers, bystanders, or disengaged. - CR_DIG_SAV: Categorizes digital literacy into digitally savvy, dabblers, or disengaged. - CR_PARTYSUMIDEO: Combines ideology and party leaning into 4 categories (e.g., Conservative Republican/Lean, Liberal Democrat/Lean). 📋 Open-End Coding - MAINSOPOL_OE_W57: Coded responses to open-ended question about primary political news source. Only the first source listed was used for coding. Non-substantive answers were coded as refusals. ⚖️ Weighting - WEIGHT_W57: Use this weight for all analyses. It adjusts for sample design and nonresponse to ensure representativeness.