Assessing Political Second Screening Behavior and Personality Traits: The Roles of Economic Development, Freedom of Expression and Monochromatic vs. Polychromatic Cultures Abstract   This study focuses on an emerging media multitasking phenomenon called second screening or dual screening. Employing twowave paneldata from 19 countries, we test whether the Big Five personality traits help explain the use of an additional screen or device while watching political content on TV to discuss the program with others or to look up for additional information. Results show that extraversion positively predicts political second screening. In contrast, agreeableness and openness to new experience are negatively related to political second screening. Moreover, multilevel analysis is performed to test whether the betweencountry variation is related to economic, political and cultural indicators.

On the null relationship between personality types and passwords We performed a preliminary investigation of the relationship between the Bigfive personality traits and the strength of selected and created online security passwords. Fivehundred and ten participants were recruited through MTurk and asked a) to complete a Bigfive personality inventory, b) to select from a list of available passwords the one they felt was most secure, and c) to create unique, secure passwords for their own online protection. The security strength of participantsu0027 selectedcreated passwords was rated via Zxcvbn, and evaluated on a variety of additional securitybased criteria (e.g., password length, inclusion of special characters). In all cases results failed to identify significant relationship between the strength of the selectedchosen password and any Bigfive personality traits (when employing appropriately stringent control for multiple corrections). These null results suggest that other factors beyond an individualu0027s personality may hold greater influence over the strength of selectedcreated online passwords. We present detailed observations and findings from our experiment, discuss potential considerations for contradictions, and suggest possibilities for future research into the passwordpersonality relationship, including the potential use of enhanced password strength meters and tailored security nudges.