{"source":{"name":"The Evidence Hub - on the regulation of digital services","url":"https:\/\/evidencehub.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[5.93,4.06,3.76,3.65,3.45,3.41,3.18,2.88,2.85,2.82,2.68,2.62,2.49,2.37,2.34,2.34,2.27,2.13,2.1,1.64,1.61,0.99],"name":"Polarisation score"}],"_data":[["Country","Polarisation score"],["United States","5.93"],["Italy","4.06"],["Spain","3.76"],["Poland","3.65"],["Romania","3.45"],["Croatia","3.41"],["United Kingdom","3.18"],["Hungary","2.88"],["France","2.85"],["Denmark","2.82"],["Greece","2.68"],["Austria","2.62"],["Slovakia","2.49"],["Australia","2.37"],["Sweden","2.34"],["Czech Republic","2.34"],["Norway","2.27"],["Finland","2.13"],["Netherlands","2.1"],["Germany","1.64"],["Ireland","1.61"],["Portugal","0.99"]],"labels":{"name":"Country","values":["United States","Italy","Spain","Poland","Romania","Croatia","United Kingdom","Hungary","France","Denmark","Greece","Austria","Slovakia","Australia","Sweden","Czech Republic","Norway","Finland","Netherlands","Germany","Ireland","Portugal"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/Digital%20News%20Report%202017%20web_0.pdf","type":"Problem","unit":"Score","year":"2017","title":"Online Media Polarisation Score (2017)","topic":"Disinformation","method":"Survey (N = 42603)","source":"Newman, Nic, Richard Fletcher, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, David A. L. Levy and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. \"Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2017,\" Reuters Institute, 2017","sub_topic":"Media polarisation","chart_number":"226","geographical":"Global"},"description":"The chart presents the polarisation scores for the countries where the left\u2013right distinction is meaningful, as shown by the Reuters Institute report. The data shows that polarisation amongst the most popular online news brands is highest in the United States, followed by Italy, Spain and Poland. Nordic and Western European countries exhibit lower degrees of polarisation. The results are based on answers to the the survey questions \"Q1F. Some people talk about \u2018left\u2019, \u2018right\u2019, and \u2018centre\u2019 to describe parties and politicians. With this in mind, where would you place yourself on the following scale?\"and \"Q5b. Which of the following brands have you used to access news ONLINE in the last week?\""}