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Misperceptions of Public Opinion During Crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2025
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de León, E., Geber, S., Vogler, D., Siegen, D., Eisenegger, M., & Friemel, T. N. (2025). Misperceptions of Public Opinion During Crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Political Communication, 42(6), 1015–1036. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2025.2502401

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How we perceive the public opinion climate can have important consequences on our own opinions and behaviors. Such perceptions are especially relevant during moments of widespread crisis, as they may influence support and compliance with crisis response measures. In this paper, we address what factors inform misperceptions of public opinion during these important moments. We focus on two complementary processes, internal and external crisis information processing, to explain variation in public opinion misperceptions of three measures

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42

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6

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1015

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1036

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Misperceptions, public opinion, social norms, media effects, longitudinal analysis, COVID-19, public health

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English

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2025-05-15

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2025-05-19

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1058-4609

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28 since deposited on 2025-05-19
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de León, E., Geber, S., Vogler, D., Siegen, D., Eisenegger, M., & Friemel, T. N. (2025). Misperceptions of Public Opinion During Crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Political Communication, 42(6), 1015–1036. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2025.2502401

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