MIT Study: How do you engage with stories about disability? 30-45 minute survey; gift card raffle

Submitted by danieltkessler t3_yu3gjh in CambridgeMA

We are researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying social media users' affective responses to stories about chronic illness and disability**.** Your participation in this study should take no more than 30-45 minutes and you can take the survey now!

Participants can be enrolled in a raffle to win one of 5 (5) $50 Amazon gift cards. To enroll, please provide an email address at the end of study (so that we can contact you with a gift card link).

Survey here: https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_br50tmpyNW8hLam

During this 30-45-minute survey, we will ask you to: Complete a screener (<1 minute), fill out a baseline survey (approx. 3 mins), fill out several brief questionnaires (approx. 10-15 minutes), engage with several brief stories and reflection prompts (approx. 10-15 minutes), and complete additional and follow-up surveys (approx. 10-15 minutes)

Why are we conducting this study? Much of what we know about the world is learned through stories. Our online and offline worlds are inundated with narrative content. And while we know much about the ways in which stories make us think and feel, we know little about the effects of stories focusing on personal health journeys, which are an important part of both individual identity and professional lives. This study explores adults’ affective (emotional) responses to such stories.

INSTITUTION APPROVAL INFORMATION: Our survey has been deemed safe and appropriate by MIT's IRB (Institutional Review Board) and COUHES (Committee on the Use of Humans as Experiment Subjects), and all study personnel have received certifications in performing safe and ethical human subjects research through the CITI Program (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative). If you wish to learn more about our university approval of this study and survey, you may contact MIT COUHES office (couhes@mit.edu) and reference our protocol approval number (#2210000771), or please feel free to ask me any questions here!
This survey lasts approximately 30-45 minutes. You may find a link to the survey here: https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_br50tmpyNW8hLam
Thank you very kindly,

-Daniel

Daniel Kessler
Kessler1@media.mit.edu
Graduate Research Assistant
MIT Media Lab | MIT Center for Constructive Communication

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WinnieCerise t1_iw7f451 wrote

45 minute survey!?? How many respondents do you have? (And are they all your parents?)

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danieltkessler OP t1_iw7fukk wrote

We're doing okay! Although this comment made me chuckle pretty hard, so thanks for that.

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WinnieCerise t1_iw7gjst wrote

Good luck! 30-45 minutes is too long to ask of strangers. Are you getting lots of drop-offs?

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danieltkessler OP t1_iw7gwyi wrote

I appreciate your input. Honestly, our goal was 15 minutes, but we weren't able to remove certain measures. We're actually not getting much drop-off at all!

Edit: I'll also note that a lot of studies run this long. It just depends on whether it's recurrent and what the incentives are. For us, it's a one-time survey, but we weren't able to get as many incentives as we wanted from our department, which would have made it easier.

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desicant t1_iwahaqt wrote

I did it and ... It's a hell of ride.

Would recommend. Five Stars ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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blackdynomitesnewbag t1_iw7q0dp wrote

This survey has been preapproved by the mod team.

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[deleted] t1_iwbvaal wrote

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blackdynomitesnewbag t1_iwbxaen wrote

They asked and it looked reasonable. And they’re from the community. As long as too many surveys don’t come in too often, it’s fine. If that changes, we will stop approving them

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Tomas-TDE t1_iwoljsu wrote

This was honestly surprisingly challenging

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danieltkessler OP t1_iwpmwjb wrote

Thanks so much for participating! Really appreciate it (I know it can be quite dense)

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