Research paper part III-V

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Facebook Rudeness & Apology Spring 2021

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Q1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The purpose of this study is to investigate social media rudeness and their effect on how people feel about it.

NUMBER OF STUDY PARTICIPANTS

If you decide to be in this study, you will be one of about 1000 people in this research study.

DURATION OF THE STUDY

Your participation will involve a maximum of 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

PROCEDURES

If you agree to be in the study, we will ask you to do the following:

1. Look over the Facebook Post presented. 2. Answer a few follow-up questions regarding how you feel about

the profile owner's behavior or the owner himself.

RISKS AND/OR DISCOMFORTS

The study has the following possible risks to you: Minor discomfort with personal questions regarding how you

would respond to specific scenarios in social media.

BENEFITS

The study has the following possible benefits to you: Your participation in the study will provide useful data for

the development of the study. Accordingly, the findings of our study will contribute to the advancement of

knowledge in the field of Psychology.

Do you consent to participate in this research project?

o Yes (1) o No (2)

Skip To: End of Survey If PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of this study is to investigate social media rudeness and thei... = No

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Q2 On the next page, you will see a social media page for a Facebook user named Corey McMillan. Carefully

read EVERYTHING on it, as we will ask you about your impressions later in this survey.

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PD&Apology

PD&Apology Did you fully read the Facebook posts above?

o Yes (5) o No--please read (6)

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RD&Apology

RD&Apology Did you fully read the Facebook posts above?

o Yes (5) o No--please read (6)

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PD&No

PD&No Did you fully read the Facebook posts above?

o Yes (5) o No--please read (6)

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RD&No

RD&No Did you fully read the Facebook posts above?

o Yes (5) o No--please read (6)

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Start of Block: Impression of Corey

Scale Without looking back, rate your impressions of

Corey McMillan, the Facebook page owner and

original poster.

Strongly disagree (1)

Disagree (2)

Somewhat disagree

(3)

Somewhat agree (4)

Agree (5)

Strongly Agree

(6)

Corey seems like a reasonable person. (16) o o o o o o Corey seems like a polite

person. (1) o o o o o o Corey seems like an open-

minded person. (9) o o o o o o Corey seems to lack civility.

(26) o o o o o o Corey seems like a rude

person. (10) o o o o o o Corey seems tolerant of opposing opinions. (11) o o o o o o

Corey seems willing to mock other’s opinions. (12) o o o o o o

Corey seems like a likeable person. (13) o o o o o o

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Q107 Without looking back, rate your impressions of the comments posted on Facebook by Corey McMillan (the

original Facebook poster) and the replies by Peyton Halliburton and Riley Anderson.

Strongly disagree

(1)

Disagree (2)

Somewhat disagree

(3)

Somewhat agree (4)

Agree (5) Strongly Agree (6)

Before reading the comments, I suspected the story of “CNN losing its news license” was

fake. (16) o o o o o o

After reading the comments, I believe the story of “CNN

losing its news license” is fake. (1)

o o o o o o

If I saw this Facebook conversation on my own social

media, I would add my own comment. (9)

o o o o o o

I think Peyton and Riley unfairly confronted Corey in

their replies to Corey’s original post. (10)

o o o o o o

Reading Corey’s last post made me feel angry. (11) o o o o o o Reading Corey’s last post made me feel hope. (12) o o o o o o

I would be willing to engage in a back-and-forth conversation

with Corey. (13) o o o o o o

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Q3 Please provide the following demographic information. Note: You can leave blank any questions you feel

uncomfortable answering.

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Gender What is your gender?

o Male (1) o Female (2) o Other (3)

Age What is your age?

________________________________________________________________

Race What is your race/ethnicity?

o Caucasian (1) o Hispanic (2) o Native American (3) o African American (4) o Asian American (5) o Others--Please specify (6) ________________________________________________

Language Is English your first language?

o Yes (1) o No (2) o If no, specify your first language (3) ________________________________________________

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FIU Are you a student at Florida International University?

o Yes (1) o No (2)

Political What is your political affiliation?

o Republican (1) o Democrat (2) o Other (4)

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Q37 How did Corey respond to Peyton and Riley?

o Corey rudely disagreed that the shared CNN story was fake. (1) o Corey politely disagreed that the shared CNN story was fake. (3)

Q38 Did Corey apologize for his respond to Peyton and Riley?

o Yes (2) o No (3)

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Start of Block: Referral

Start of Block: Debriefing

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Debriefing Thank you for participating in our experiment! We appreciate the time you took to complete this survey

and for helping us test our hypothesis.

Our experiment was designed to look at two different things: whether Corey's reaction to the fake news

influenced your perception of him and if his apology (or no apology would also influence your perception. We

expect that people will view the rude disagree less favorably than the polite disagree and that the presence of an

apology could strengthen or weaken the above-mentioned rudeness effect.

Our hypotheses are as followed: In general, participants in the rude disagree condition will view the

rudeness less favorably than participants in the polite disagree condition. We predict that participants in the

apology present condition will view the rudeness more favorably than those in the apology absent condition. We

also predict an interaction between two variables, with participants in the rude disagree and apology

absent condition viewing rudeness the least favorably than the other conditions.

If you have any questions about the purpose, procedures, or any other issues relating to this research study

you may contact Dr. Reid at [email protected]. If you would like to talk with someone about your rights of being a

subject in this research study or about ethical issues with this research study, you may contact the FIU Office of

Research Integrity by phone at 305-348-2494 or by email at [email protected]. Thank you again for your participation in

our experiment!

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