UC Berkeley Haas research study

News Reading Research

This participant portal supports a study about online news reading and recommendation systems. Start with the pre-survey, then follow the guided account and extension setup steps.

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Research Portal

Pre-survey and setup

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Pre-Survey

Share your participant ID and pre-study political preference details before the study task begins.

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Assigned Account

Enter your Prolific ID to receive the Google account assigned for the study.

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Extension Setup

Install the research extension in Chrome and open the Google News task environment.

Pre-Survey

Share your participant ID and pre-study political preference details before the study task begins.

Assigned Account

Enter your Prolific ID to receive the Google account assigned for the study.

Extension Setup

Install the research extension in Chrome and open the Google News task environment.

News Reading

Browse Google News naturally and select the articles you would normally choose to read.

Participant information

Privacy and support

The privacy policy is available as a subpage of this site. For questions about study participation or technical issues, contact the research team.

Privacy Snapshot

  • The extension records study activity on Google News during the task window.
  • Study records are connected to the participant ID used for this research workflow.
  • Research outputs use aggregated or de-identified data.