Table titled “Overview of Journalistic Roles and Role Wordings.” It lists nine journalistic roles with their corresponding item wordings:
– Informer: Announce the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 and related deaths.
– Analyst: Contextualize projections about the virus’s spread and its economic impact in Austria.
– Mobilizer: Motivate people to assist those particularly affected.
– Missionary: Contribute to strengthening social cohesion.
– Watchdog: Critically evaluate the government’s crisis management.
– Collaborator: Support government measures to contain the virus.
– Entertainer: Provide entertainment and relaxation to help cope with isolation.
– Science Communicator: Provide a platform for science and research.
– Fact Checker: Debunk so-called “fake news” about the coronavirus.
Table can be found in: https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375203
Screenshot of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (SUF edition), Version 7.0 dataset entry on the AUSSDA data repository. The dataset is authored by Bernhard Kittel, Sylvia Kritzinger, Hajo Boomgaarden, Barbara Prainsack, Jakob-Moritz Eberl, and others. Description notes that the project monitors health, economic, and social aspects of the COVID-19 crisis in Austria through repeated surveys. Keywords include economic activity, public health, trust in government, mass media use, COVID-19, vaccination, and European integration. Related publication: Kittel et al. (2021), European Political Science. Notes detail dataset versions, with Version 7 (published June 18, 2025) including waves 1 to 35 (German and English). The right side shows options to access or share the dataset and states 6,954 downloads.
Data paper here: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-020-00294-7
Dataset here: https://doi.org/10.11587/28KQNS
Design in brief 📝: We draw on the #ACPP (n≈1,500/wave; Apr 20, Jun 20, Jan 21).
Respondents rated how important they found 9 journalistic roles during the pandemic: 📊 Informer, 🧐Analyst, 📢 Mobilizer, 🤝 Missionary, 👀 Watchdog, 🏛️Collaborator, 🎭 Entertainer, 🔬 Science Communicator, & ✅ Fact Checker 2/n