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List of works by Patric R. Spence

A social network as information: The effect of system generated reports of connectedness on credibility on Twitter

scholarly article by David Westerman et al published January 2012 in Computers in Human Behavior

ADJUSTING TO UNCERTAINTY: COPING STRATEGIES AMONG THE DISPLACED AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA

Agency Cues in Online Comments: Exploring Their Relationship with Anonymity and Frequency of Helpful Posts

Attitudes, Prior Interaction, and Petitioner Credibility Predict Support for Considering the Rights of Robots

Being First Means Being Credible? Examining the Impact of Message Source on Organizational Reputation

Communicating risks: examining hazard and outrage in multiple contexts

scientific article published on October 12, 2010

Crisis Communication and the Underserved: The Case for Partnering with Institutions of Faith

Crisis communication, learning and responding: Best practices in social media

scholarly article by Xialing Lin et al published December 2016 in Computers in Human Behavior

Differences in Crisis Knowledge Across Age, Race, and Socioeconomic Status During Hurricane Ike: A Field Test and Extension of the Knowledge Gap Hypothesis

Differences in perceptions of communication quality between a Twitterbot and human agent for information seeking and learning

Don’t Sleep on It: An Examination of Storm Naming and Potential Heuristic Effects on Twitter

scholarly article by Xialing Lin et al published October 2018 in Weather, Climate and Society

Exemplification effects: responses to perceptions of risk

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Expanding the Scope of Instructional Communication Research: Looking Beyond Classroom Contexts

Exploring extreme events on social media: A comparison of user reposting/retweeting behaviors on Twitter and Weibo

scholarly article by Xialing Lin et al published December 2016 in Computers in Human Behavior

Exploring sex differences in information needs, media dependencies, and attention allocation during Hurricane Dorian

scientific article published in 2021

Exploring the impact of ethnic identity through other-generated cues on perceptions of spokesperson credibility

Expressions of risk awareness and concern through Twitter: On the utility of using the medium as an indication of audience needs

scholarly article by Kenneth A. Lachlan et al published June 2014 in Computers in Human Behavior

Gender Differences in Negative Psychological Responses to Crisis News: The Case of the I-35W Collapse

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Gender and Age Effects on Information-Seeking after 9/11

Hazard and Outrage: Developing a Psychometric Instrument in the Aftermath of Katrina

How much Klout do you have…A test of system generated cues on source credibility

I, teacher: using artificial intelligence (AI) and social robots in communication and instruction

scientific article published on 28 August 2018

Identity on Social Networks as a Cue: Identity, Retweets, and Credibility

If you are quick enough, I will think about it: Information speed and trust in public health organizations

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Initial Interaction Expectations with Robots: Testing the Human-To-Human Interaction Script

Intercultural differences in responses to health messages on social media from spokespeople with varying levels of ethnic identity

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Learning From the Media in the Aftermath of a Crisis: Findings from the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

Life is a Lab: Developing a Communication Research Lab for Undergraduate and Graduate Education

Presence, Sex, and Bad News: Exploring the Responses of Men and Women to Tragic News Stories in Varying Media

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Proxemic Effects on Information Seeking after the September 11 Attacks

Psychological responses and coping strategies after an urban bridge collapse

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Risk Perceptions, Race, and Hurricane Katrina

Robots in the classroom: Differences in students’ perceptions of credibility and learning between “teacher as robot” and “robot as teacher”

Screaming into the Wind: Examining the Volume and Content of Tweets Associated with Hurricane Sandy

Serving the Public Interest in a Crisis: Radio and Its Unique Role

Social Media as Information Source: Recency of Updates and Credibility of Information

scholarly article by David Westerman et al published 8 November 2013 in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Social media and corporate reputation during crises: the viability of video-sharing websites for providing counter-messages to traditional broadcast news

scholarly article by Patric R. Spence et al published 21 June 2016 in Journal of Applied Communication Research

Social media and credibility indicators: The effect of influence cues

scholarly article by Xialing Lin et al published October 2016 in Computers in Human Behavior

Social media and crisis management: CERC, search strategies, and Twitter content

scholarly article by Kenneth A. Lachlan et al published January 2016 in Computers in Human Behavior

Social media and crisis research: Data collection and directions

scholarly article by Patric R. Spence et al published January 2016 in Computers in Human Behavior

Telepresence and Exemplification in Health Messages: The Relationships among Spatial and Social Presence and Exemplars and Exemplification Effects

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Telepresence and Exemplification: Does Spatial Presence Impact Sleeper Effects?

Telepresence and the Exemplification Effects of Disaster News

Terrorist attacks and uncertainty reduction: media use after September 11

The 2018 California wildfires: examining sex differences in response to crisis communication and underlying processes

scientific article published in 2023

The Problem with Remaining Silent: Exemplification Effects and Public Image

Tweeting Fast Matters, But Only if I Think About It: Information Updates on Social Media

scholarly article by Patric R. Spence et al published 15 December 2015 in Communication Quarterly

Twitter Use During a Weather Event: Comparing Content Associated with Localized and Nonlocalized Hashtags

scholarly article by Kenneth A. Lachlan et al published 23 October 2014 in Communication Studies

Twitter weather warnings: Communicating risk in 140 characters-the impact of imperative and declarative message style on weather risk perception and behavioral intentions.

scientific article published in September 2017

Variability in Twitter Content Across the Stages of a Natural Disaster: Implications for Crisis Communication

scholarly article by Patric R. Spence et al published 15 March 2015 in Communication Quarterly

Welcoming Our Robot Overlords: Initial Expectations About Interaction With a Robot

Where the Gates Matter Less: Ethnicity and Perceived Source Credibility in Social Media Health Messages

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You’re my only hope: An initial exploration of the effectiveness of robotic platforms in engendering learning about crises and risks

‘The bot predicted rain, grab an umbrella’: few perceived differences in communication quality of a weather Twitterbot versus professional and amateur meteorologists