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This is a consent form. Please read through the following and if you agree to participate, click the next arrow at the bottom. 

Concise summary: This is a study that examines how individuals navigate the issues of our time. Participation is voluntary. The survey takes about four minutes to complete. The main requirement of participation is to answer a series of survey questions on your computer or mobile phone.  

This study involves research.

• Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how individuals and their local community navigate the issues of our time.
• Duration: The survey takes about four minutes to complete.
• Procedures: This study will present you with a series of survey questions and you will watch a short video on current political affairs.
• Risks: The information you provide will be stored anonymously, using unique, randomly generated identifiers. You are not required to provide any individually identifying information as part of the study.
• Confidentiality: Personally identifying information will be deleted from the dataset after the data collection period is over. De-identified survey responses will be posted for scholarly replication.
• Contact information: For questions or concerns regarding this research, please contact L. Hooghe via email at hooghe@unc.edu. Additionally, if you have questions about this study or your rights as a research participant, you may contact the UNC Institutional Review Board at (919) 966-3113, or IRB_subjects@unc.edu
• IRB Study number: 22-0061. Your IP address will be removed from the data before analysis. 

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