Research and Publications
2013:
Quintero Johnson, J., Harrison, K., & Quick, B. (In Press). Understanding the effectiveness of the entertainment-education stratgegy: An investigation of how audience involvement, message processing, and message design influence health information recall. Journal of Health Communication
Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Westerman, D.K., & Spates (In Press). Where the gates matter less: Ethnicity and perceived source credibility in social media health messages. Howard Journal of Communication.
Westerman, D.K., Spence, P.R., & Lachlan, K.A. (In Press). Telepresence and exemplification: Does spatial presence impact sleeper effects? Communication Research Reports.
Yilmaz, G., & Pena, J. (In Press). The effects of group membership and interpersonal behaviors on intentions to form subgroups in virtual teams. Communication Research.
2012:
Lachlan, K.A., & Shelton, A.K. (2012). Video game violence. In A.K. Goodboy & K. Schultz (Eds.) Introduction to communication studies:Translating communication scholarship into meaningful practice. Kendall/Hunt. In Press.
McIntyre, J.J., Lachlan, K.A ., & Spence, P.R. (2012). Attending to the future: The role of learning in crisis response. Journal of Emergency Management. In press.
Tamborini, R., Eden, A, Bowman, N., Grizzard, M., & Lachlan, K.A. (2012). The influence of morality subcultures on the acceptance and appeal of violence. Journal of Communication, 12 (1), 136-157.
2011:
Lachlan, K.A., & Krcmar, M. (2011). Experiencing telepresence in video games: The role of telepresence tendencies, game experience, sex, and time spent in play. Communication Research Reports, 28 (1), 27-31.
Lachlan, K.A., & Spence, P.R. (2011). Crisis communication and the underserved: The case for partnering with institutions of faith. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 39 (4), 448-451.
McIntyre, J.J., Spence, P.R. & Lachlan, K.A . (2011). Media use and gender differences in negative psychological responses to a university shooting. Journal of School Violence, 10, 299-313.
Quintero Johnson, J., Harrison, K., & Quick, B. (2011). Understanding the effectiveness of the entertainment-education strategy: An investigation of how audience involvement, message processing, and message design influence health information recall. Journal of Health Communication. In press.
Quintero Johnson, J., Sionean, C. S., Scott, A. M. (2011). Exploring the presentation of news about the HPV vaccine: A content analysis of a representative sample of U.S. newspaper articles. Health Communication. In press.
Shelton, A.K. (2011). Two tickets for paradise: Gaming and tourism. In P. Ordoñez de Pablos, R. Tennyson & J. Zhao (Eds.) Global hospitality and tourism management technologies (pp. 91-101). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Spence, P.R. & Lachlan, K.A., & Burke, J. (2011). Differences in crisis knowledge across age, race, and socioeconomic status during Hurricane Ike: A field test and extension of the knowledge gap hypothesis. Communication Theory, 21, 261-278.
Zhu, L. (2011). Beyond concept: Conversational English (Vol. 2). Beijing: University Press of People's University.
2010:
Burke, J. , Lachlan, K.A., & Spence, P.R. (2010). Crisis preparation, media use, and information seeking: Patterns across Hurricane Ike evacuees and lessons learned for emergency communication. Journal of Emergency Management 8 (5), 27-38.
Burke, J., Lachlan, K.A., & Spence, P.R.. (2010). Revisiting the Gulf Coast: Hurricane Ike and issues of crisis communication. International Journal of the Humanities, 8, 3-16.
Kagan, D., Madhavi, D., Banks, G., & Lachlan, K.A. (2010). “Universal” and “reliable” bioavailability claims: Criteria that may increase physician/consumer confidence in nutritional supplements. Natural Medicine Journal, 2 (1), 1-5.
Lachlan, K.A., & Spence, P.R. (2010). Communicating risks: Examining Hazard and Outrage in multiple contexts. Risk Analysis, 30 (12), 1872-1886.
Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., & Nelson, L. (2010). Sex differences in negative psychological responses to crisis news: The case of the I-35W collapse. Communication Research Reports. 27 (1), 38-48.
Lachlan, K.A., Westerman, D.K., & Spence, P.R. (2010). Disaster news and subsequent information seeking: Exploring the role of spatial presence and perceptual realism. Electronic News, 4 (4), 203-217.
Shelton, A.K. (2010). Defining the lines between virtual and real world purchases: Second Life sells, but who’s buying? Computers in Human Behavior, 26 (6), 1223-1227.
Skalski, P., Denny, J, & Shelton, A.K. (2010). Presence and media effects. In C.C. Bracken & P. Skalski (Eds.) Immersed in media: Telepresence in everyday life (pp. 158-180). New York, NY: Routledge.
Skalski, P., Tamborini, R., Shelton, A.K., Buncher, M., & Lindmark, P. (2010). Mapping the road to fun: Natural video game controllers, presence, and enjoyment. New Media & Society, 13, 224-242.
Southwell, B.G., Gilkerson, N., Depue, J, Shelton, A.K., Friedenberg, L. & Koutstaal W (2010). Aging and the faltering validity of recognition-based exposure measurement. Communication Research, 37 (5), 603-619
Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Nelson, L., & Shelton, A.K. (2010). Age, gender, and information seeking patterns following an urban bridge collapse. Journal of Emergency Management, 8 (5), 47-54.
Spence, P.R., & Lachlan, K.A. (2010). Disasters, crises, and unique populations: Suggestions for survey research. New Directions for Evaluation, 126, 95-106.
Spence, P.R., & Lachlan, K.A. (2010). Personal coping behaviors after an urban bridge collapse. Traumatology, 16 (1), 7-15.
2009:
Krcmar, M., & Lachlan, K.A. (2009). Video game play and aggressive outcomes: The role of length of play and the mechanisms at work. Media Psychology, 12 (3), 249-267.
Lachlan, K.A., & Spence, P.R. (2009). Emergency communication: A framework for planning and targeting messages. Journal of Emergency Management, 7 (4), 69-72.
Lachlan, K.A., Tamborini, R., Weber, R., Westerman, D., Davis, J., & Skalski, P. (2009). The spiral of violence: Violent reprisal in professional wrestling and its dispositional and motivational features. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 53 (1), 56-75.
Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., & Griffin, D. (2009). Risk perceptions, race, and Hurricane Katrina. Howard Journal of Communication, 20 (3). 295-309.
Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., & Seeger, M. (2009). Terrorist attacks and uncertainty reduction: Media use after September 11th. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 1 (2), 101-110.
Nelson, L., Spence, P.R., & Lachlan, K.A. (2009). Learning from the media in the aftermath of a crisis: Findings from the Minneapolis bridge collapse. Electronic News, 3 (4), 176-192.
Quintero Johnson, J. (2009). Media effects on health. CMN 102 course manual (pp. 147-152). Champaign, IL: Stipes.
Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., & Westerman, D.K. (2009). Presence and crisis news: Exploring the responses of men and women to tragic stories in different media. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 37 (3), 239-256.
Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., & McIntyre, J.J. (2009). Serving the public interest in a crisis: Radio and its unique role. Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 16 (2), 144-159.
Westerman, D.K., Spence, P.R., & Lachlan, K.A. (2009). Presence and the exemplification effects of bad news. Communication Studies , 60 (5), 542-557.
Zhu, L. (2009). The journey of an organizational communication scholar: An interview with Dr. Patrice Buzzanell. China Media Research, 5 (3) 64-68.
