Protocol #H16-004, “The Impact of Implicit Racial Associations on the Interpersonal Discourse on Controversial Topics”
Invitation to Participate in a Political Survey with Reaction Time Tests
VOICE YOUR VIEWS, DISCUSS POLITICS, AND TEST YOUR REACTION TIME SPEED
You are invited to participate in a study of what people think about current controversial issues and how they discuss politics with one another. We are interested in your political views on a range of controversial issues including abortion rights and race-related issues like slavery reparations. Participation in this study will require completion of a 35 minute online-survey with four reaction time tasks and two 5-minute video-recorded Skype conversations. The video recorded conversations will be examined for verbal cues, verbal behaviors and for discussion outcomes, including such things as how polite the conversation was. You will receive an Amazon gift card code worth $10 upon completion of the study.
To participate in the study you must be 18 years of age or older and have access to a Windows computer with Internet access to which you have (or a friend has) administrative rights, and you will need a free Skype account. You must provide consent to be video-taped during two 5-minute Skype conversations and you must further provide several identifying pieces of information that will be handled confidentially: You must provide your name and Skype user name so you can be contacted by the research team. Second, you must provide an e-mail address so you can receive the invitation to an online survey and the $10 Amazon gift card code.
Participation is voluntary and confidential. This study involves the risk of unanticipated emotional reactions to the controversial topics discussed (should this occur, contact the Principal Investigator Thomas Craemer at thomas.craemer@uconn.edu or the appropriate resource depending on your location. For UConn participants on the Storrs campus click this link <http://www.thomascraemer.net/#!attachment-20/wnmos>, for UConn participants on the Hartford campus click this link <http://www.thomascraemer.net/#!attachment-21/yh3ny>, for UConn participants on the Waterbury campus click this link <http://www.thomascraemer.net/#!attachment-22/wnlil>, for UConn participants on the Stamford Campus click this link <http://www.thomascraemer.net/#!attachment-23/bnt99>, for UConn participants at Avery Point click this link <http://www.thomascraemer.net/#!attachment-24/rqmv8>, for UConn participants on the Torrington Campus click this link <http://www.thomascraemer.net/#!attachment-25/wohpi>, and for non-UConn participants click this link <http://www.thomascraemer.net/#!attachment-26/xm6ln>).
There is also a risk of breach of confidentiality, if recorded Skype calls should be intercepted by third parties and posted online. We mitigate this risk by supervising the study participants who will record the Skype conversations in a UConn computer lab and training them to maintain strict confidentiality. The benefits of your participation may impact society by enhancing our understanding of how people form their opinions on controversial topics and communicate them.
The University of Connecticut Institutional Review Board has approved this study (#H16-004).
Principal Investigator: Thomas Craemer, PhD (thomas.craemer@uconn.edu).
If you wish to participate please send an e-mail to Thomas Craemer (thomas.craemer@uconn.edu). You will then receive an information sheet by e-mail that you can complete it and return, before we’ll contact you.
Thank you very much.
Prof. Thomas Craemer
(Principal Investigator)
Department of Public Policy
University of Connecticut
Phone: (646) 549-2082
E-Mail: thomas.craemer@uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Thomas Craemer, Department of Public Policy at thomas.craemer@uconn.edu