Human Communication, Hugh Downs School of

Research output

Research output per year 1984 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 525 Article
• 144 Chapter
• 30 Review article
• 24 Editorial
• 55 More
  • 23 Conference contribution
  • 21 Book
  • 11 Comment/debate

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Irrational rationality in organizational decision-making: sustainability discourses and material constraints of U.S. urban desert farmers

  Zanin, A. C., Tietsort, C. J., Muenich, R. L. & Bonham, E. E., 2024, In: Journal of Applied Communication Research. 52, 1, p. 129-149 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • desert 100%
  • Sustainability 89%
  • rationality 81%
  • Discourse 79%
  • Farmers 79%

• The Enduring Effect of Internet Dating: Meeting Online and the Road to Marriage

  Sharabi, L. L., Apr 2024, In: Communication Research. 51, 3, p. 259-284 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • World Wide Web 100%
  • Marriage 90%
  • marriage 89%
  • Internet 78%
  • Relationship Development 40%
  2 Scopus citations

• The online dating effect: Where a couple meets predicts the quality of their marriage

  Sharabi, L. L. & Dorrance-Hall, E., Jan 2024, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 150, 107973.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ecology 100%
  • Marriage 92%
  • marriage 62%
  • Marginalization 28%
  • Social Theory 26%
  1 Scopus citations

• Understanding Chatbot Adoption in Local Governments: A Review and Framework

  Senadheera, S., Yigitcanlar, T., Desouza, K. C., Mossberger, K., Corchado, J., Mehmood, R., Li, R. Y. M. & Cheong, P. H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Urban Technology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • local government 100%
  • citizen 47%
  • service quality 35%
  • public institution 35%
  • services 31%
  1 Scopus citations

• “If You Don’t Have the Heart to Help, You Cannot Do This Job”: The Multidimensional Wellbeing of Community Health Workers Serving Refugees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Schuster, R. C., Wachter, K., McRae, K., McDaniel, A., Davis, O. I., Nizigiyimana, J. & Johnson-Agbakwu, C. E., Feb 2024, In: Qualitative Health Research. 34, 3, p. 183-194 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Community Health Workers 100%
  • Refugees 94%
  • health workers 83%
  • Pandemics 81%
  • refugee 65%
• 2023

  A communicative approach to addressing interactional injustice in the workplace

  Kiura, M. & Kim, H., 2023, In: Communication Teacher. 37, 1, p. 2-6 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • workplace 98%
  • justice 96%
  • communication 36%
  • Communication 33%

• Ally as an Emerging Critical Orientation: Performing Praxis-Oriented Ally Subjectivity

  LeMaster, L. & Toyosaki, S., 2023, In: Journal of Homosexuality. 70, 1, p. 88-110 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sexual and Gender Minorities 100%
  • allies 95%
  • subjectivity 85%
  • Heuristics 61%
  • Posture 48%
  3 Scopus citations

• Anti-TERF: Trans Feminisms against White Nationalist Projects—Introductory Remarks

  LeMaster, L., 2023, In: Women's Studies in Communication. 46, 2, p. 218-222 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• A Randomized Controlled Trial of A Theory-Based Concussion Education Video for NCAA Division I Athletes

  Adame, B. J., Liu, Y., Adame, E. A., Ruston, S. & Corman, S. R., 2023, In: Health Communication. 38, 6, p. 1090-1098 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sports 100%
  • Athletes 91%
  • athlete 89%
  • Education 84%
  • video 73%
  1 Scopus citations

• A Sense of Healing: A Relational Meditation in Queer (and Trans) of Color Communism

  LeMaster, L. & Tristano, M., Jan 1 2023, The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication: Second Edition. Wiley, p. 337-349 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• A Space of Our Own: Exploring the Relationship Initiation Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Dating App Users

  Sharabi, L. L., Ryder, C. V. & Niess, L. C., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 40, 7, p. 2277-2297 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Transgender Persons 100%
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities 77%
  • Application programs 67%
  • Butterflies 36%
  • logistics 29%
  2 Scopus citations

• Blue-Collar and Healthy Worker Identities: How Parallel Ideal Worker Identities Sustain Unobtrusive Control on the Shop-Floor

  James, E. P., Zanin, A. C. & Damon, Z., Aug 2023, In: Management Communication Quarterly. 37, 3, p. 542-571 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shopfloor 100%
  • Compliance 77%
  • Wellness 69%
  • Personnel 67%
  • Fabrication 65%

• Collaborative performances of and toward survival in the communication classroom and beyond: an inter-institutional performance forum

  Mapes, M., LeMaster, L., Huber, A. A. & McRae, C., 2023, In: Text and Performance Quarterly. 43, 4, p. 227-232 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Classroom Communication 100%
  • Students 35%
  • communication 25%
  • classroom 25%
  • Lenses 24%

• Collective Compassion: Responding to Structural Barriers to Compassion With Agentic Action in Healthcare Organizations

  Leach, R. B., Zanin, A. C., Tracy, S. J. & Adame, E. A., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Management Communication Quarterly.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lenses 100%
  • Compassion 98%
  • Health Care Organization 95%
  • Health Care Workers 81%
  • Healthcare 76%
  2 Scopus citations

• College students’ influenza vaccine hesitation: a reasoned action investigation with quantitative and qualitative data

  Mongeau, P. A., Liu, Y., Hashi, E. C. & Roberto, A. J., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 46, 1-2, p. 65-75 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Influenza Vaccines 100%
  • contagious disease 86%
  • Students 61%
  • Intention 40%
  • behavior model 33%
  3 Scopus citations

• Detecting and Measuring the Polarization Effects of Adversarial Botnets on Twitter

  Lee, Y., Ozer, M., Corman, S. R. & Davulcu, H., Mar 27 2023, Proceedings of the 38th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2023. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1641-1649 9 p. (Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Botnet 100%
  • Polarization 67%
  • Pipelines 8%
  • Classifiers 7%
  • Experiments 3%

• Discursive, Communal, and Individual Coping Strategies: How U.S. Adults Co-constructed Coping During Preliminary COVID-19 Stressors

  Zanin, A. C., Avalos, B. L., Town, S., Tracy, S. J. & Stanley, B. L., 2023, In: Health Communication. 38, 7, p. 1373-1387 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • coping 100%
  • Joints 92%
  • Public health 76%
  • Pandemics 69%
  • Focus Groups 62%
  4 Scopus citations

• Does Narrative Quality Matter During Implementation of a School-Based Prevention Intervention? A Test of Narrative Engagement Theory

  Shin, Y., Miller-Day, M., Pettigrew, J. & Hecht, M. L., 2023, In: Journal of Health Communication. 28, 8, p. 526-538 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • Health 99%
  • narrative 83%
  • Personal Narratives 56%
  • Health Behavior 34%
  2 Scopus citations

• Effects of Nonverbal Immediacy and Similarity on Perceptions of Likability and Friendship Potential: First Impressions of U.S. and Middle Eastern Students on Zoom

  Hommadova Lu, A. & Guerrero, L. K., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 47, 3, p. 321-344 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • friendship 100%
  • Students 76%
  • dyad 51%
  • Middle East 44%
  • Names 34%

• Helicopter Parenting and First-Semester Students’ Adjustment to College: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

  Shin, M. & Adame, E. A., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Personal Autonomy 100%
  • Aircraft 94%
  • Parenting 85%
  • Helicopters 75%
  • Frustration 74%

• Inner monologues of a newbie CCPer

  Cortés, R., Terminel Iberri, A. I., Stephenson, M., Reutlinger, C., Rife, T., Razzante, R., Hanna, K. & LeMaster, L., 2023, In: Text and Performance Quarterly. 43, 4, p. 240-247 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Monologue 100%
  • Students 61%
  • Labor 60%
  • Archetypes 50%
  • Personnel 42%

• Interactive Management Research in Organizational Communication

  Razzante, R. J., Hogan, M., Broome, B., Tracy, S. J., Chawla, D. & Skurzak, D. M., Nov 2023, In: Management Communication Quarterly. 37, 4, p. 971-989 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Interactive Management 100%
  • Organizational Communication 95%
  • Management Research 93%
  • Participatory Action Research 44%
  • communication research 33%
  1 Scopus citations

• Make the invisible visible: communicative response to anti-Asian racism

  Kang, J. A., Shin, Y. J., David Kim, D. K. & Schulz, P., 2023, In: Asian Journal of Communication. 33, 2, p. 63-67 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Management, organizational communication, and emotion

  Riforgiate, S. E. & Tracy, S. J., May 8 2023, Language and Emotion. de Gruyter, Vol. 3. p. 1853-1871 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Emotion 64%
  • emotion 60%
  • communication 44%
  • management 40%
  • Bullying 16%
  1 Scopus citations

• Needing Space During Lockdown: A Test of Relational Turbulence Theory in the Context of Conversations About Physical and Emotional Space During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Dorrance-Hall, E., Sharabi, L., Roaché, D. J., James-Hawkins, L., Croft, A., Alexopoulos, C., Lamarche, V. M., Uhlich, M. & Timmermans, E., Dec 2023, In: Communication Research. 50, 8, p. 943-964 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Relational Theory 100%
  • Turbulence 63%
  • cognition 57%
  • Emotion 54%
  • conversation 53%
  1 Scopus citations

• Perceived discrimination and collective fear in Mexican-heritage adolescents

  Ju Shin, Y., de la Garza, S. A. & Stephenson, M., 2023, In: Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. 16, 2, p. 125-137 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Perceived Discrimination 100%
  • Factor analysis 59%
  • Heritage 39%
  • discrimination 39%
  • Health 38%
  2 Scopus citations

• Pot Song as a Novel Cancer Communication Intervention: Lessons Learned from Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Culturally Grounded Intervention for Breast Cancer Education in Rural Bangladesh

  Raisa, A., Roberto, A. J., Love, R. R., Steiness, H. L. S., Salim, R. & Krieger, J. L., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Cancer Education. 38, 1, p. 260-273 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bangladesh 100%
  • Music 93%
  • song 91%
  • cancer 76%
  • Communication 63%
  1 Scopus citations

• Predicting college students’ COVID-19 vaccination behavior: an application of the extended parallel process model

  Roberto, A. J. & Zhou, X., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 46, 1-2, p. 76-87 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • vaccination 100%
  • Vaccination 71%
  • Vaccines 67%
  • Students 62%
  • Fear 62%
  9 Scopus citations

• Sport Officiating as Aggression Work: A Positioning Analysis of Gendered Emotion Management

  Zanin, A. C., Marr, C. & Avalos, B. L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Management Communication Quarterly.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Emotion Management 100%
  • Sports 65%
  • Aggression 64%
  • Positioning 62%
  • aggression 54%

• Storying the Gender Binary in Sport: Narrative Motifs Among Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming Athletes

  Zanin, A. C., LeMaster, L., Niess, L. C. & Lucero, H., Oct 2023, In: Communication and Sport. 11, 5, p. 879-904 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Structural analysis 100%
  • Sports 99%
  • athlete 88%
  • narrative 60%
  • gender 48%
  3 Scopus citations

• Streamlined pediatric anxiety program for school mental health services

  Pina, A. A., Stoll, R. D., Holly, L. E., Wynne, H., Chiapa, A., Parker, J., Caterino, L., Tracy, S. J., Gonzales, N. A. & Valdivieso, A., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 93, 102655.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • School Mental Health Services 100%
  • mental health service 53%
  • Anxiety 39%
  • Pediatrics 35%
  • anxiety 34%
  1 Scopus citations

• Structurational Divergence, Implicit Orientations to Active Followership, and Employees’ Selection of Upward Dissent Strategies and Silence

  Zanin, A. C. & Bisel, R. S., Nov 2023, In: Management Communication Quarterly. 37, 4, p. 711-738 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Followership 100%
  • Employee Selection 98%
  • Dissent 73%
  • divergence 67%
  • Divergence 65%
  2 Scopus citations

• The Influences of Social Status and Organizational Justice on Employee Voice: A Case of Customer Care Workers

  Kim, H. & Kiura, M., Jul 2023, In: International Journal of Business Communication. 60, 3, p. 802-822 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Employee Voice 100%
  • Interpersonal Justice 91%
  • Organizational Justice 90%
  • Social Status 78%
  • Workers 56%
  12 Scopus citations

• The public good and public attitudes toward data sharing through IoT

  Mossberger, K., Cho, S., Cheong, P. H. & Kuznetsova, D., Sep 2023, In: Policy and Internet. 15, 3, p. 370-396 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Internet of Things 100%
  • Information Dissemination 66%
  • Data Sharing 63%
  • public attitudes 62%
  • Internet of things 46%
  1 Scopus citations

• The Use of Enterprise Social Media and Its Disparate Effects on the Social Connectivity of Globally Dispersed Workers

  Kim, H. & Pilny, A., Apr 2023, In: International Journal of Business Communication. 60, 2, p. 420-438 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Connectivity 100%
  • Media Use 78%
  • Social Media 73%
  • Workers 64%
  • Betweenness 33%
  2 Scopus citations

• Understanding Local Government Digital Technology Adoption Strategies: A PRISMA Review

  David, A., Yigitcanlar, T., Li, R. Y. M., Corchado, J. M., Cheong, P. H., Mossberger, K. & Mehmood, R., Jun 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 15, 12, 9645.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • technology adoption 100%
  • Lenses 66%
  • local government 65%
  • Personnel 49%
  • accountability 16%
  7 Scopus citations

• Understanding Online Health Risk Information Seeking and Avoiding during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Zhou, X., Roberto, A. J. & Lu, A. H., 2023, In: Health Communication. 38, 3, p. 532-542 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health risks 100%
  • Pandemics 81%
  • health risk 79%
  • Electronic Data Processing 38%
  • Health 37%
  16 Scopus citations

• Using Cultural Variance Framework to Promote Vaccine Confidence among African Americans: A Qualitative Content Analysis of “We Can Do This” COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign

  Upshaw, S. J., Davis, O. I., Love, B. & Almalki, S., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Howard Journal of Communications.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Qualitative Content Analysis 100%
  • Vaccines 88%
  • Vaccine 78%
  • African Americans 55%
  • Confidence 51%

• Virtual Reality as a Tool for Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Within the Higher Education Landscape

  Richter, J., Sharabi, L., Luchmun, R., Geiger, T., Hale, A. & Hall, A. R., 2023, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2, CSEDU 2023. Jovanovic, J., Chounta, I-A., Uhomoibhi, J. & McLaren, B. (eds.). Science and Technology Publications, Lda, p. 574-580 7 p. (International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings; vol. 2).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Virtual reality 100%
  • Education 96%
  • Students 33%
  • Curricula 23%

• When Modes Collide: A Daily Diary Study of Mixed-Media Use and Conflict Behavior in Romantic Relationships

  Kashian, N. & Sharabi, L. L., 2023, In: Southern Communication Journal. 88, 5, p. 466-478 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • conflict behavior 100%
  • conflict resolution 29%
  • interdependence 13%
  • Communication 9%
  • communication 7%
  1 Scopus citations

• Why do employees choose defensive silence? How concerns with formal powerholders undermine self-efficacy to dissent

  Millender, L. G., Bisel, R. S. & Zanin, A. C., 2023, In: Communication Research Reports. 40, 4, p. 216-225 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • self-efficacy 100%
  • Personnel 94%
  • employee 87%
  • divergence 59%
  • workplace 45%

• “The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: Predicting College Students’ Voting Behavior Using the Extended Parallel Process Model

  Roberto, A. J., Mattson, L. D., Von Feldt, P. A. & Zhou, X., Nov 2023, In: Social Sciences. 12, 11, 628.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • voting behavior 100%
  • anxiety 56%
  • voting 50%
  • suppression 32%
  • self-efficacy 23%

• “You Just Don’t Talk about Certain Topics”: How Concerns to Disclose Suffering to Leaders Constrain Compassion at Work

  Tietsort, C. J., Tracy, S. J. & Adame, E. A., Mar 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 15, 5, 4628.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Personnel 100%
  • organization 95%
  • employee 93%
  • leader 83%
  • sustainability 65%
  2 Scopus citations
• 2022

  A cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with stress, burnout and turnover intention among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

  Mercado, M., Wachter, K., Schuster, R. C., Mathis, C. M., Johnson, E., Davis, O. I. & Johnson-Agbakwu, C. E., Sep 2022, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 30, 5, p. e2690-e2701

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychological Burnout 100%
  • Pandemics 90%
  • burnout 86%
  • turnover 85%
  • Intention 79%
  32 Scopus citations

• Against the grain

  LeMaster, L., Mapes, M., Liahnna Stanley, B., Labador, A., Terminel Iberri, A. I., Stephenson, M. & Rife, T. S., 2022, In: Communication Education. 71, 3, p. 165-187 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Communication Education 100%
  • Agenda Setting 91%
  • agricultural product 64%
  • Instructional Communication 62%
  • Precariousness 39%
  6 Scopus citations

• An Application of the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model in Understanding College Students’ COVID-19 Vaccination Information Seeking and Behavior

  Zhou, X. & Roberto, A. J., Aug 2022, In: Science Communication. 44, 4, p. 446-474 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • vaccination 100%
  • student 21%
  • time 10%
  7 Scopus citations

• An Exploratory Study of Online Early Sexual Initiation through Pressured and Unwanted Sexting

  Van Ouytsel, J., Lu, Y. & Temple, J. R., 2022, In: Journal of Sex Research. 59, 6, p. 742-748 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sexual Behavior 32%
  • Middle School 32%
  • Sex Education 32%
  • History 30%
  • adolescent 26%
  4 Scopus citations

• Anti-Normativity Under Duress An Intersectional Intervention in Queer Rhetoric

  Dehnert, M., Brouwer, D. C. & Lemaster, L. T., Jan 1 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Queer Rhetoric. Taylor and Francis, p. 319-327 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  1 Scopus citations

• Centering survival as cultural strategy: Black newspapers’ cultural descriptions of the Coronavirus pandemic

  Upshaw, S. J. & Davis, O. I., 2022, In: Journal of Applied Communication Research. 50, 5, p. 478-496 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Black Newspaper 100%
  • newspaper 49%
  • Health 44%
  • Testing 31%
  • Health Disparities 19%
  3 Scopus citations

• Communication Interdependence and Cohabitation: The Role of Interpersonal Technologies in Satisfaction and Disillusionment among Couples in Transition

  Sharabi, L. L. & Dorrance-Hall, E., Apr 1 2022, In: Human Communication Research. 48, 2, p. 292-319 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cohabitation 100%
  • Disillusionment 80%
  • cohabitation 77%
  • Interdependence 69%
  • interdependence 64%
  2 Scopus citations