Open Call - Big Sister

Thanks for your interest in our research project!

If you'd like to find out more about how algorithms profile you and generate recommendations, please fill in the form below. To participate, we ask that you use our app, Big Sister, for two weeks and allow us to interview you about your experience. After the interview, we'll offer you a gift card to say thanks!

To learn more about our project, please visit our webpage: https://algorithmicidentities.net/

Any questions? Please email Scott Wark: S.Wark@warwick.ac.uk

NB: Participating in this study requires an Android or Apple smartphone with a Play or App store account. Big Sister is not publicly available; you will be invited to download the app via this account. This app generates inferences about your personality using data you provide by linking a Twitter or Facebook account, or by processing a text you have written yourself. It provides music recommendations through a linked Spotify account. If you participate, any data you share through these services will be stored on your device. This data will be processed for non-commercial academic purposes and will not be shared with third parties.

Do you have a Facebook account? If yes, please indicate how often you use it in the second drop-down menu (or choose ‘N/A’ if you don’t have an account)

Do you have a Twitter account? If yes, please indicate how often you use it in the second drop-down menu (or choose ‘N/A’ if you don’t have an account)

Do you have a Spotify account? If yes, please indicate how often you use it in the second drop-down menu (or choose ‘N/A’ if you don’t have an account)

Yes, often

Yes, sometimes

Yes, though rarely

No, I have never discovered a new product using an algorithmic recommendation

The following questions will provide us with some more information about who you are so that we can ensure that we recruit a representative sample of participants for our study. This data will be retained on Warwick servers and will only be used for academic purposes.

How old are you?

Please select the level of education you are currently enrolled in or the highest level of education you have completed:

Please provide us with an email address so that we can contact you about participating in our research project

What is your email address?

Confirm email address

Privacy notice

This form will be used to manage participation in a research project that is being conducted by researchers from the University of Warwick, Coventry, the United Kingdom and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. All data we collect will be used for non-commercial, academic research purposes only. After your participation in the project ceases, we will retain this data for a period of ten years, in line with the requirements of our research funding partners (The Wellcome Trust). After this period of time, your data will be destroyed.

The University of Warwick is the Data Controller of any information you have entered on this form and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with Data Protection Legislation. The University's Data Protection webpages provide further information on your rights and how the University processes personal data. If you wish to submit a data subjects rights request, make a complaint or report a suspected personal data breach, please contact the University’s Data Protection Officer by email at infocompliance@warwick.ac.uk.

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