Participation: The World Well-Being Project invites you to participate in this study to help us better understand wellbeing and expression on social media. You can confidentially share your survey responses from Authentic Happiness as well as your Twitter and Facebook data (statuses, images, and profile) using our secure application on the next page.
Privacy: If you choose to participate, your information will only be used to help our research; it will be kept confidential and stored on our secure server. We will never reveal data about individuals. We will never share your information for commercial purposes or advertising.
Your participation is completely voluntary. You may withdraw your participation at any time without penalties by deleting the application through the Application Settings in your Facebook account. Data previously collected will not be able to be deleted later if/when you request to be deleted from the Application. There are no foreseeable risks to you for contributing your data to our research through this application.
If you have questions about the ethical approval and Institutional Review Board Procedures regarding this research at the University of Pennsylvania, you can contact irb@upenn.edu. You can find further information about the Institutional Review Board and points of contact at Regulatory Affairs website.
I agree to participate in this research. If I am below the age of 18, I have sought the consent of my parent/legal guardian to use this application. I understand and agree that data previously collected will not be able to be deleted later if/when I request to be deleted from the Application.