Abstract
ABSTRACT This study applied a web survey to explore what factors explain Chinese residents’ evaluation of COVID-19 governance in China. The authors found that the use of official news sources and collectivist cultural orientation can explain more positive evaluations of government, but neither the actual nor perceived pandemic severity was directly associated with evaluations of government performance. Applying a multilevel analysis, two divergent effects were found associated with the severity of the pandemic: the positive rally effect and the negative attribution effect. In areas where the pandemic was particularly severe such as Hubei, the two divergent effects were especially evident.
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