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In Western Europe, Public Attitudes Toward News Media More Divided by Populist Views Than Left-Right Ideology

Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at: www.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism and pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/global.

Primary researchers

Amy Mitchell, Director, Journalism Research Katie Simmons, Associate Director, Research Katerina Eva Matsa, Associate Director, Research Laura Silver, Senior Researcher Elisa Shearer, Research Analyst Courtney Johnson, Research Associate Kyle Taylor, Research Assistant Mason Walker, Research Assistant

Research team

Michael Barthel, Research Associate James Bell, Vice President, Global Strategy Caldwell Bishop, Research Associate Hanyu Chwe, Research Assistant Danielle Cuddington, Research Analyst Claudia Deane, Vice President, Research Moira Fagan, Research Assistant Janell Fetterolf, Research Associate Sophia Fedeli, Research Assistant Martha McRoy, Research Methodologist Patrick Moynihan, Associate Director, International Research Methods Jacob Poushter, Senior Researcher Audrey Powers, Administrative Manager Galen Stocking, Computational Social Scientist Bruce Stokes, Director, Global Economic Attitudes Nami Sumida, Research Analyst Richard Wike, Director, Global Attitudes Research

Editorial and graphic design

Peter Bell, Design Director Margaret Porteus, Information Graphics Designer Michael Keegan, Information Graphics Designer Shannon Greenwood, Copy Editor David Kent, Copy Editor

Communications and web publishing

Rachel Weisel, Communications Manager Hannah Klein, Communications Associate Stefan S. Cornibert, Communications Manager Rhonda Stewart, Senior Communications Manager Shannon Greenwood, Associate Digital Producer Ariana Rodriguez-Gitler, Digital Producer Stacy Rosenberg, Associate Director, Digital Danielle Alberti, Web Developer

Pew Research Center also received helpful advice and feedback for this report from a panel of expert advisers: Charlie Beckett, professor at the London School of Economics; Gianpietro Mazzoleni, professor at the University of Milan; Adam Thomas, director of the European Journalism Centre; Barbara Thomaß, professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum; and Claes de Vreese, professor and program group director of political communication and journalism at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research.

While the analysis was guided by our consultations with these advisers, Pew Research Center is solely responsible for the interpretation and reporting of the data.

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