Xialing Lin, Ph.D.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., & Spence, P. R. (2022). “I thought about it and I may follow what you said”: Three studies examining the effects of elaboration and source credibility on risk behavior intentions. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 5(1), 9-28. https://doi.org/10.30658/jicrcr.5.1.2
• Lin, X., Kaufmann, R., Spates, S. A., Lachlan, K. A., & Spence, P. R. (2022). Exploring students’ perceptions of identity and helper heuristics in the online classroom discussion board. Communication Education, 71(2), 108-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2021.1957138
• Spates, S. A., Kaufmann, R., Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., & Spence, P. R. (2020). I don’t care about who you are, but what you are doing for me? Examining perceptions of helpful comments and identity in user-generated content. Southern Communication Journal, 85(3), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2020.1770319
• Spence, P. R., Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., & Hutter, E. (2020). Listen up, I've done this before: The impact of self-disclosure on source credibility and risk message responses. Progress in Disaster Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100108 
• Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Stoll, B., Lin, X., & Massey, N. (2019). Evaluations of an artificial intelligence instructor's voice: Social Identity Theory in human-robot interactions. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 357-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.027
• Lachlan, K. A., Spence, P. R., Seeger, M., Gilbert, C., & Lin, X. (2019). Crisis communication in context: History and publication trends. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 38 (2), 39 - 56.
• Lin, X., Kaufmann, R., Spence, P. R., & Lachlan, K. A. (2019). Agency cues in online comments: Exploring their relationship with anonymity and frequency of helpful posts. Southern Communication Journal, 84(3), 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2019.1584828
• Lin, X., & Spence, P. R. (2019). Others share this message, so we can trust it? An examination of bandwagon cues on organizational trust in risk messages. Information Processing and Management, 56(4), 1559-1564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2018.10.006
• Spence, P. R., Lachlan, K. A., Lin, X., Westerman, D., Sellnow, T. L., Rice, R. G., & Seeger, H. (2019). Let me squeeze a word in: Exemplification effects, user comments and response to a news story. Western Journal of Communication, 83(4), 501-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2019.1591495
• Edwards, C., Edwards, A., Spence, P. R., & Lin, X. (2018). I, teacher: Using artificial intelligence (AI) and social robots in communication and instruction. Communication Education, 67(4), 473-480. doi:10.1080/03634523.2018.1502459 
• Lin, X., Rainer, A., Lachlan, K. A., & Spence, P. R. (2018). Don't sleep on it: An examination of storm naming and potential heuristic effects on Twitter. Weather, Climate, and Society, 10(4), 769–779. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0008.1
• Lin, X., & Spence, P. R. (2018). Identity on social networks as a cue: Identity, retweets, and credibility. Communication Studies, 69(5), 461-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2018.1489295
• Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Westerman, D., Lin, X., Gentile, C. J., Sellnow, T.L., & Sellnow-Richmond, D.D. (2017). Exemplification effects: Responses to perceptions of risk. Journal of Risk Research, 20(5), 590-610. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2015.1100658
• Lachlan, K. A., Spence, P. R., Lin, X., Najarian, K., & Del Greco, M. (2016). Social media and crisis management: CERC, search strategies, and twitter content. Computers in Human Behavior, 54, 647-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.027
• Lin, X., Lachlan, K. A., & Spence, P. R. (2016). Exploring extreme events on social media: A comparison of user reposting/retweeting behaviors on Twitter and Weibo. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 576-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.032
• Lin, X., Spence, P. R., & Lachlan, K. A. (2016). Social media and credibility indicators: The effect of influence cues. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.002
• Lin, X., Spence, P. R., Sellnow, T. L., & Lachlan, K. A. (2016). Crisis communication, learning and responding: Best practices in social media. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 601-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.080
• Spence, P. R., Lachlan, K. A., Lin, X., & Del Greco, M. (2015). Variability in Twitter content across the stages of a natural disaster: Implications for crisis communication. Communication Quarterly, 63(2), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2015.1012219
• Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Lin, X., Sellnow-Richmond, D.D., & Sellnow, T.L. (2015). The problem with remaining silent: Exemplification effects and public image. Communication Studies, 66(3), 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2015.1018445
• Lachlan, K. A., Spence, P. R., & Lin, X. (2014). Expressions of risk awareness and concern through Twitter: On the utility of using the medium as an indication of audience needs. Computers in Human Behavior, 35, 554-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.0295
• Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., Lin, X., & Del Greco, M. (2014). Screaming into the wind: Examining the volume and content of tweets associated with hurricane sandy. Communication Studies, 65(5), 500-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2014.956941
• Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., Lin, X., Najarian, K.M., & Greco, M.D. (2014). Twitter use during a weather event: Comparing content associated with localized and nonlocalized hashtags. Communication Studies, 65(5), 519-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2014.956940
• Westerman, D., Spence, P.R., & Lin, X. (2014). Telepresence and exemplification in health messages: The relationships among spatial and social presence and exemplars and exemplification effects. Communication Reports, 28(2), 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2014.971838
• Spence, P. R., Lachlan, K. A., Spates, S. A., & Lin, X. (2013). Intercultural differences in responses to health messages on social media from spokespeople with varying levels of ethnic identity. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 1255-1259.  
• Spence, P. R., Lachlan, K. A., Spates, S. A., Lin, X., Shelton, A. K., & Gentile, C. J. (2013). Exploring the impact of ethnic identity through other-generated cues on perceptions of spokesperson credibility. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, A3-11.

Book Chapters

• Spence, P. R., & Lin, X. (2023). Social media methods and research in crisis communication. In M. M. Skoric & N. Pang (Eds.), Research handbook on social media and society. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Spence, P. R., Westerman, D., & Lin, X. (2018). A robot will take your job. How does that make you feel? Examining perceptions of robots in the workplace. In A. Guzman (Ed.), Human machine communication (pp. 185-200). Peter Lang. 
• Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., & Lin, X. (2017). Natural disasters, Twitter, and stakeholder communication: What we know and directions for future research. In L. Austin & J. Yan (Eds.), Social media and crisis communication (pp. 296-305). Routledge.
• Lin, X., Xu, Z., Rainer, A., Rice, R., Spence, P. R., & Lachlan, K. A. (2016). Research in crises: Data collection suggestions and practices. In Eiras, J. R. (Ed.), Data collection: Methods, ethical issues and future directions (pp. 49-64). Nova Science.
• Spence, P. R., Lachlan, K. A., & Lin, X. (2014). Using the right cues: Directions and implications for communication of health-related information through social media. In M. Eaves (Ed.), Applications in health communication: Emerging trends (pp. 205-215). Kendal Hunt.
• Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., & Lin, X. (2012). Self-efficacy and learning processes associated with the elderly during disasters and crises. In B. Raskovic & S. Mrdja (Eds.), Natural disasters: Prevention, risk factors and management (pp. 327-338). Nova Science.