Field
Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
1. We will recruit individuals through an online survey firm who identify as African American or Hispanic and who have high school education or less. We will obtain informed consent. Participation in the study involves watching our videos and completing a survey questionnaire online.
2. Respondents will answer a pre-treatment questionnaire. Individuals who identify at Hispanic will be able to respond to all questions in Spanish and to watch videos either recorded in Spanish or subtitled or dubbed.
3. Respondents (in all treatment groups) will watch different variants of the informational videos. Before watching the mask video, respondents will be asked first and second order beliefs about a photo of a mask wearer from their community.
4. Respondents answer the post-treatment questionnaire
5. Members of the control group are shown one complete set of videos.
6. Respondents are debriefed.
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After
1. We will recruit individuals through an online survey firm who identify as African American or Hispanic. We are targeting 95% who have high school education or less and the remaining 5% with college or more. We will obtain informed consent. Participation in the study involves watching our videos and completing a survey questionnaire online.
2. Respondents will answer a pre-treatment questionnaire. Individuals who identify at Hispanic will be able to respond to all questions in Spanish and to watch videos either recorded in Spanish or subtitled or dubbed.
3. Respondents (in all treatment groups) will watch different variants of the informational videos. Before watching the mask video, respondents will be asked first and second order beliefs about a photo of a mask wearer from their community.
4. Respondents answer the post-treatment questionnaire
5. Members of the control group are shown one complete set of videos.
6. Respondents are debriefed.
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