Consent for and Ethics Reflection

Consent Form

Study Title: The Next President

Prospective Research Participants: The research participants for this study should be at least 18 years of age, literate, and have voted in at least one election.

The purpose of this study is to determine which fictitious candidate people would vote for based on various media articles and video presentations about the candidates. Each candidate will view the video presentations and read the short articles and then be asked to vote for their candidate and state why they voted for that particular candidate. The study will take roughly one to two hours from start to finish.

Prior to this study, a quantitative literature review has been conducted reviewing the trends in media reporting coverage for various candidates. These trends and the media messages were then utilized to draft the fictitious candidate reports. The goal is to determine the effect...
[ View Full Essay]