<strong>Purpose of the research study:</strong> The purpose in conducting this research is to investigate the impact of some common design patterns adopted by YouTube on users' digital wellbeing. <br><br>
<strong>What you will do in the study:</strong> You will install a browser extension for the Google Chrome browser. You may have small changes made to change your web browsing experience on YouTube. Information about your browsing usage will be recorded so that we can understand the impact of specific design patterns on your digital wellbeing, e.g., in terms of time spent on YouTube. <br<br>
<strong>What you will do in the study:</strong> You will install a browser extension for your browser. You may have small changes made to change your web browsing experience on YouTube. Information about your browsing usage will be recorded so that we can understand the impact of specific design patterns on your digital wellbeing, e.g., in terms of time spent on YouTube. <br<br>
<stong>Time required: </stong> The study will last 3 weeks. During these 3 weeks you will continue to use YouTube as usual. At the end of each week, you will be asked to complete a survey to elicit your toughts about your browising experiences on YouTube and to assess your self-perceived digital wellbeing.<br><br>
<labelfor="gender">On a laptop/desktop, have you ever used browser extensions to change how YouTube looks or works (e.g. Unhook) or restrict you from going to the site (e.g. BlockSite)?</label>