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Project 1: Research Methods and Ethics Recently, Facebook has come under fire for conducting an experiment and publishing the results without informing their subjects (close to 700,000 Facebook users!) that they were participating in a study. For this project, I want you to reflect on and apply information you have learned in class about how social psychologists and other scientists generate knowledge, test hypotheses, and the ethical considerations researchers should take into account. You will read the brief published study by Kramer and colleagues (2014), and watch the two video clips listed below. Your assignment is to write a 1 page summary (double-spaced, 12 point font) that answers the following questions (make sure that you answer each part of the question!): Briefly describe the Facebook study. What was the goal of the study? What was the research design? What were the independent and dependent variable(s)? What were their key findings andconclusions? (1point) Describe at least two ethical issues regarding the Facebook mood experiment. In your opinion, was the scientific knowledge gained worth the ethical violations the participants faced? Why or why not? (2 points) If you wanted to run a study that looked at similar issues, what would you do? Be creative! Please be specific in your answer and use the terminology presented in class and in the book (e.g., What type of research design, what are your hypotheses? How would you safeguard ethical concerns? What would your dependent variable be? What would you conclude?). What are the advantages/disadvantages of your study compared to the Facebook study? (2 points) Article:
Kramer, A.D.I., Guillory, J.E., & Hancock, J.T. (2014). Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 8788- 8790. Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mP63U0UWII
Video 2 (watch 7:00-11:00): http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/exclusive-we-communicated- poorly-on-emotions-study-says-facebook-s-coo/328266