Free media help combat the spread of covid-19

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Dray, Sacha (2020) Free media help combat the spread of covid-19. LSE COVID-19 Blog (22 Jul 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

What is the best response to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic? Although some success stories and key lessons are emerging (early response, large-scale testing, effective containment), countries have adopted a strikingly wide array of strategies. Free media can explain part of the difference in country responses to COVID-19, write Tim Besley and Sacha Dray (LSE). Countries with free media are more truthful in counting COVID-19 deaths and implement more efficient and responsive lockdowns. Free and independent media allow citizens to be better informed about the pandemic, reduce misinformation, and make governments more accountable, they argue.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE Economics
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2020 09:21
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 12:50
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105936

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