Main results—right-wing and left-wing media bias exposure
| Variable | (1) | (2) |
| Left-wing media bias exposure | −0.0002* (0.0001) | −0.0002† (0.0001) |
| Right-wing media bias exposure | −0.0000 (0.0001) | 0.0001 (0.0001) |
| Awareness of COVID-19 symptoms | – | 0.0905† (0.0050) |
| Daily Facebook user | – | 0.0091* (0.0039) |
| Daily Twitter user | – | 0.0038 (0.0064) |
| Daily Reddit user | – | 0.0023 (0.0084) |
| Regular media user | – | −0.0019 (0.0043) |
| Trust the media | – | −0.0066 (0.0057) |
| Vote Biden | – | −0.0058 (0.0044) |
| Male | – | 0.0024 (0.0039) |
| Hispanic | – | 0.031† (0.0051) |
| Non-Hispanic black | – | 0.0349† (0.0058) |
| Non-Hispanic others | – | 0.01345‡ (0.0070) |
| Income below $25 000 | – | 0.0046 (0.0054) |
| Income $25 000–44 000 | – | −0.0083 (0.0064) |
| Income $45 000–69 000 | – | −0.0012 (0.0058) |
| Income $70 000–99 000 | – | −0.0092 (0.0060) |
| Dropout | – | 0.0164* (0.0081) |
| Age 18–24 | – | 0.0171* (0.0086) |
| Age 25–34 | – | −0.0025 (0.0069) |
| Age 35–44 | – | −0.0041 (0.0070) |
| Age 45–54 | – | 0.0013 (0.0064) |
| Age 55–64 | – | 0.0008 (0.0063) |
| Married | – | 0.0028 (0.0043) |
| Children 1 or 2 | – | 0.0030 (0.0046) |
| Children 3 or more | – | 0.0012 (0.0070) |
| N | 8182 | 8182 |
| Pseudo R2 | 0.0026 | 0.2985 |
| Wald Χ2 | 5.00‡ | 663.22† |
The coefficients reported are average marginal effects. Robust SEs are shown in parentheses.
*Denotes statistical significance at the 5% level.
†Denotes statistical significance at the 1% level.
‡Denotes statistical significance at the 10% level.