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Jiang, J., Luceri, L., Walther, J. B., & Ferrara, E. (2023). Social approval and network homophily as motivators of online toxicity. arXiv:2310.07779. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.07779
Walther, J. B. (2023). Online hate: A prosocial explanation of antisocial behavior and affordances of social media. In R. L. Nabi & J. G. Myrick (Eds.), Emotions in the digital world: Exploring affective experience and expression in online interactions (pp. 278-297). Oxford University Press.
Giles, H., Edwards, A. L., & Walther, J. B. (2023). Communication accommodation theory: Past accomplishments, current trends, and future prospects. Language Sciences, 99, 101571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2023.101571
Walther, J. B. (2023). Donohue et al.’s (1983) hidden gem: Research on the interchange of verbal and nonverbal cues to immediacy unlocked relational communication, offline and online. Asian Communication Research, 20(1), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2023.20.005
Lew, Z., & Walther, J. B. (2023). Social scripts and expectancy violations: Evaluating communication with human or AI chatbot interactions. Media Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2084111
Walther, J. B., Lew, Z., Edwards, A., & Quick, J. (2022). The effect of social approval on perceptions following social media message sharing applied to fake news. Journal of Communication, 72(6), 661-674. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqac033
Walther, J. B., & Lew, Z. (2022). Self-transformation online through alternative presentations of self: A review, critique, and call for research. Annals of the International Communication Association, 46(3), 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2022.2096662
Walther, J. B. (2022). Social media and online hate. Current Opinion in Psychology, 45: 101298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.12.010
Liao, M., Sundar, S. S., & Walther, J. B. (2022). User trust in recommendation systems: A comparison of content-based, collaborative and demographic filtering. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22), April 29–May 05, 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3501936
Walther, J. B. (2022). The theory of interpersonal knowledge. In D. O. Braithwaite & P. Schrodt (Eds.), Engaging theories of interpersonal communication: Multiple perspectives (3rd ed., pp. 391-402). Routledge.
Walther, J. B. (2021). Social media and intergroup encounters with “cops”: Biased samples, echo chambers, and research opportunities. In H. Giles, E. Maguire, & S. Hill (Eds.), The Rowman & Littlefield handbook of policing, communication, and society (pp. 229-244). Rowman & Littlefield.
Chen, J., Chen, C., Walther, J. B., & Sundar, S. S. (2021). Do you feel special when an AI doctor remembers you? Individuation effects of AI vs. human doctors on user experience. In CHI conference on human factors in computing systems extended abstracts, May 08-13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan (pp. 1-7). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451735
Walther, J. B., & Whitty, M. T. (2021). Language, psychology, and new new media: The hyperpersonal model of mediated communication at twenty-five years. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 40(1), 120-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X20967703
Antheunis, M. L., Schouten, A. P., & Walther, J. B. (2020). The hyperpersonal effect in online dating: Effects of text-based CMC vs. videoconferencing before meeting face-to-face. Media Psychology, 23(6), 820-839. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1648217
Kashian, N., & Walther, J. B. (2020). The effect of relational satisfaction and media synchronicity on attributions in computer-mediated conflict. Communication Research, 47(5), 647-668. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650218789581
Walther, J. B. (2019, August). Facebook and the ‘Third Person Effect.’ Editor & Publisher, p. 50.
Walther, J. B. (2019). Interpersonal versus personal uncertainty and communication in traditional and mediated encounters: A theoretical reformulation. In S. R. Wilson & S. W. Smith (Eds.), Reflections on interpersonal communication research (pp. 375-393). Cognella Academic Publishing.
Jang, J.-W., & Walther, J. B. (2019). Self-categorization of users’ comments and ingroup influence: The moderating role of context-dependent ingroup identification. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 13(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2019-4-3
Kashian, N., & Walther, J. B. (2018). Does uncertainty reduction facilitate the perceptual disconfirmation of negative expectancies in computer-mediated communication? Journal of Media Psychology, 30(3), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000188
Dai, Y., & Walther, J. B. (2018). Vicariously experiencing parasocial intimacy with public figures through observations of interactions on social media. Human Communication Research, 44(3), 322-342. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqy003
Lew, Z., Walther, J. B., Pang, A., & Shin, W. (2018). Interactivity in online chat: Conversational contingency and response latency in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 23, 201-221. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmy009
Walther, J. B., Neubaum, G., Rösner, L. Winter, S., & Krämer, N. C. (2018). The effect of bilingual congruence on the persuasive influence of videos and comments on YouTube. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 37, 310-329. doi:10.1177/0261927X17724552
Walther, J. B., Kashian, N., Jang, J.-W., Shin, S. Y., Dai, Y., & Koutamanis, M. (2018). The effects of message persistence and disclosure on liking in computer-mediated communication. Media Psychology, 21, 308-327. doi:10.1080/15213269.2016.1247718
Walther, J. B. (2018). The emergence, convergence, and resurgence of intergroup communication theory in computer-mediated communication. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 26, 86-97. doi:10.1080/15456870.2018.1432616
Walther, J. B., Jang, J.-W., & Edwards, A. A. H. (2018). Evaluating health advice in the Web 2.0 environment: The impact of multiple user-generated factors on HIV advice perceptions. Health Communication, 33, 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1242036
Pang, A., Shin, W., Lew, Z., & Walther, J. B. (2018). Building relationships through dialogic communication: Organizations, stakeholders, and computer-mediated communication. Journal of Marketing Communications, 24, 68-82. doi:10.1080/13527266.2016.1269019
Vossen, H. G. M., Koutamanis, M., & Walther, J. B. (2017). An experimental test of the effects of online and face-to-face feedback on self-esteem. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 11(4). doi:10.5817/CP2017-4-1 https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/8738/8145
Walther, J. B. (2017). The merger of mass and interpersonal communication via new media: Integrating meta-constructs. Human Communication Research, 43, 559-572. doi:10.1111/hcre.12122
Walther, J. B. (2017). The merger of mass and interpersonal communication via new media: Integrating meta-constructs. Human Communication Research, 43, 559-572. doi:10.1111/hcre.12122
Dai, Y., Shin, S. Y., Kashian, N., Jang, J.-W, & Walther, J. B. (2016). The influence of responses to self-disclosure on liking in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 35, 394-411. doi:10.1177/0261927x15602515
Smith, S. W., Hitt, R, Park, H. S., Walther, J., Liang, Y., & Hseih, G. (2016). An effort to increase organ donor registration through intergroup competition and electronic word of mouth. Journal of Health Communication, 21, 376-386. doi:10.1080/10810730.2015.1095815
Walther, J. B., Kashian, N., Jang, J.-W., & Shin, S. Y. (2016). Overattribution of liking in computer-mediated communication: Partners infer the results of their own influence as their partners' affection. Communication Research, 43, 372-390. doi:10.1177/0093650214565898
Valkenburg, P. M., Peter, J., & Walther, J. B. (2016). Media effects: Theory and research. Annual Review of Psychology, 67, 315-338. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033608
Walther, J. B., Hoter, E., Ganayem, A., & Shonfeld, M. (2015). Computer-mediated communication and the reduction of prejudice: A controlled longitudinal field experiment among Jews and Arabs in Israel. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 550-558. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.08.004
Tong, S. T., & Walther, J. B. (2015). The confirmation and disconfirmation of expectancies in computer-mediated communication. Communication Research, 42, 186-212. doi:10.1177/0093650212466257 doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033608
Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Ramirez, A. Jr., Burgoon, J. K., & Peña, J. (2015). Interpersonal and hyperpersonal aspects of computer-mediated communication. In S. S. Sundar (Ed.), The handbook of psychology and communication technology (pp. 3-22). West Sussex, England: Wiley-Blackwell.
Carr, C. T., & Walther, J. B. (2014). Increasing attributional certainty via social media: Learning about others one bit at a time. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19, 922-937.doi:10.1111/jcc4.12072
Walther, J. B., & Tong, S. T. (2014). Inventing partners in computer-mediated communication: How CMC sustains self-fulfilling prophecies and relational attributions. In G. Meiselwitz (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Social Computing and Social Media (Vol. 8531, pp. 517-527). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer International.
Spottswood, E. L., Walther, J. B., Holmstrom, A. R., & Ellison, N. E. (2013). Person-centered emotional support and gender attributions in computer-mediated communication. Human Communication Research, 39, 295-316.
Walther, J. B., & Jang, J.-W. (2012). Communication processes in participatory web sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18, 2-15. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2012.01592.x
Walther, J. B., Liang, Y., Ganster, T., Wohn, Y., & Emington, J. (2012).The effect of online reviews and helpfulness ratings on consumer attitudes: Application and test of congruity theory to multiple Web 2.0 sources. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18, 97-112.doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2012.01595.x
Walther, J. B. (2012). Interaction through technological lenses. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 31, 397-414.doi:10.1177/0261927X12446610
Walther, J. B. (2012). Affordances, effects, and technology errors. In C. T. Salmon (Ed.), Communication yearbook 36 (pp. 190-193). New York, NY: Routledge.
DeAndrea, D. C., Tong, S. T., Liang, Y., Levine, T. R., & Walther, J. B. (2012). When do people misrepresent themselves to others? The effects of social desirability, accountability, and ground truth on deceptive self-presentations. Journal of Communication, 62, 400-417. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01646.x
Bazarova, N. N., Walther, J. B., & McLeod, P. L. (2012). Minority influence in computer-mediated groups: A comparison of four theories of minority influence. Communication Research, 39, 295-316.doi: 10.1177/0093650211399752
DeAndrea, D. C., & Walther, J. B. (2011). Attributions for inconsistencies between online and offline self-presentations. Communication Research, 38, 805-825.
Tong, S. T., & Walther, J. B. (2011). Just say "No Thanks": Romantic rejection in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 28, 488-506. doi:10.1177/0265407510384895
Walther, J. B., Liang, Y., DeAndrea, D. C., Tong, S. T., Carr, C. T., Spottswood, E. L., & Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2011). The effect of feedback on identity shift in computer-mediated communication. Media Psychology, 14, 1-26. doi:10.1080/15213269.2010.547832
Anderson, J. F., Beard, F. K., & Walther, J. B. (2011). Turn-taking and the local management of conversation in a two-way computer-mediated communication system. Language@Internet. http://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2010/2804
Buller, D. B., Bettinghaus, E. P., Helme, D., Young, W. F., Borland, R., Maloy, J. A., Cutter, G. R., Andersen, P. A., & Walther, J. B. (2011). Supporting tobacco control: Stimulating local newspaper coverage with a technical assistance website for local coalitions. Health Promotion Practice, 12 (supplement 2), 186S-194S.
Walther, J. B., DeAndrea, D. C., & Tong, S. T. (2010). Computer-mediated communication versus vocal communication in the attenuation of preinteraction impressions. Media Psychology, 13, 364-386. doi:10.1080/15213269.2010.524913
Kudryavtsev, A., Krasny, M. E., & Walther, J. B. (2010). Dissemination of outreach education programs: In-person and computer-mediated strategies. Journal of Extension, 48(5). Available online: http://www.joe.org/joe/2010october/a4.php
Walther, J. B., DeAndrea, D., Kim, J., & Anthony, J. (2010). The influence of online comments on perceptions of anti-marijuana public service announcements on Youtube. Human Communication Research, 36, 469-492. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2010.01384.x
Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Tong, S. T., Carr, C. T., & Atkin, C. K. (2010). The effects of interpersonal goals on inadvertent intrapersonal influence in computer-mediated communication. Human Communication Research, 36, 323-347. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2010.01378.x
Walther, J. B. (2009) Computer-mediated communication and virtual groups: Applications to interethnic conflict. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 37, 225-238. doi:10.1080/00909880903025937
Walther, J. B. (2009). Theories, boundaries, and all of the above. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 748-752. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01466.x
Nowak, K., Watt, J. H., & Walther, J. B. (2009). Computer mediated teamwork and the efficiency framework: Exploring the influence of synchrony and cues on media satisfaction and outcome success. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 1108-1119. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.006
Bazarova, N. N., & Walther, J. B. (2009). Attributions in virtual groups: Distances and behavioral variations in computer-mediated discussions. Small Group Research, 40, 138-162. doi:10.1177/1046496408328490
Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Hamel, L., & Shulman, H. (2009). Self-generated versus other-generated statements and impressions in computer-mediated communication: A test of warranting theory using Facebook. Communication Research, 36, 229-253. doi:10.1177/0093650208330251
Wang, Z., Walther, J. B., & Hancock, J. T. (2009). Social identification and interpersonal communication in computer-mediated communication: What you do versus who you are in virtual groups. Human Communication Research, 35, 59-85. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2008.01338.x
Wang, Z., Walther, J. B., Pingree, S., & Hawkins, R. (2008). Health information, credibility, homophily, and influence via the Internet: Web sites versus discussion groups. Health Communication, 23, 358-368. doi:10.1080/10410230802229738
Walther, J. B., & Bazarova, N. (2008). Validation and application of electronic propinquity theory to computer-mediated communication in groups. Communication Research, 35, 622-645. doi:10.1177/0093650208321783
Tong, S. T., Van Der Heide, B., Langwell, L., & Walther, J. B. (2008). Too much of a good thing? The relationship between number of friends and interpersonal impressions on Facebook. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 531-549. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00409.x
Westerman, D. K., Van Der Heide, B., Klein, K. A., & Walther, J. B. (2008). How do people really seek information about others? Information seeking across Internet and traditional communication sources. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 751-767. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00418.x.
Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Kim, S., Westerman, D., & Tong, S. T. (2008). The role of friends' behavior on evaluations of individuals' Facebook profiles: Are we known by the company we keep? Human Communication Research, 34, 28-49. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00312.x
Peña, J., Walther, J. B., & Hancock, J. T. (2007). Effects of geographic distribution on dominance perceptions in computer-mediated groups. Communication Research, 34, 313-331. doi:10.1177/0093650207300431
Walther, J. B. (2007). Selective self-presentation in computer-mediated communication: Hyperpersonal dimensions of technology, language, and cognition. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 2538-2557. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2006.05.002
Walther, J. B., & Bazarova, N. (2007). Misattribution in virtual groups: The effects of member distribution on self-serving bias and partner blame. Human Communication Research, 33, 1-26. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00286.x
Walther, J. B., & Bunz, U. (2005). The rules of virtual groups: Trust, liking, and performance in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Communication, 55, 828-846. doi:10.1093/joc/55.4.828
Walther, J. B., Gay, G., & Hancock, J. T. (2005). How do communication and technology researchers study the Internet? Journal of Communication, 55, 632-657. doi:10.1093/joc/55.3.632
Walther, J. B., Pingree, S., Hawkins, R. P., & Buller, D. B. (2005). Attributes of interactive online health information systems. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(3). http://www.jmir.org/2005/3/e33/
Nowak, K., Watt, J. H., & Walther, J. (2005). The influence of synchrony and sensory modality on the person perception process in computer mediated groups. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 10(3). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2005.tb00251.x/full
Walther, J. B., Loh, T., & Granka, L. (2005). Let me count the ways: The interchange of verbal and nonverbal cues in computer-mediated and face-to-face affinity. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24, 36-65. doi:10.1177/0261927X04273036
Walther, J. B. (2004). Language and communication technology: An introduction to the special issue. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 23, 384-396. doi:10.1177/0261927X04269584
Walther, J. B., Wang, Z., & Loh, T. (2004). The effect of top-level domains and advertisements on health web-site credibility. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 6(3). http://www.jmir.org/2004/3/e24/index.htm
Nowak, K. L., Watt, J., & Walther, J. B. (2004). Contrasting time mode and sensory modality in the performance of computer-mediated groups using asynchronous videoconferencing. Proceedings of the 2004 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2004.1265092
Walther, J. B. (2002). Research ethics in Internet-enabled research: Human subjects issues and methodological myopia. Ethics and Information Technology, 4, 205-216. http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum/ethics_wal_full.html
Tidwell, L. C., & Walther, J. B. (2002). Computer-mediated communication effects on disclosure, impressions, and interpersonal evaluations: Getting to know one another a bit at a time. Human Communication Research, 28, 317-348.
Ramirez, Jr., A., Walther, J. B., Burgoon, J. K., & Sunnafrank, M. (2002). Information seeking strategies, uncertainty, and computer-mediated communication: Toward a conceptual model. Human Communication Research, 28, 213-228.
Walther, J. B., & Boyd, S. (2002). Attraction to computer-mediated social support. In C. A. Lin & D. Atkin (Eds.), Communication technology and society: Audience adoption and uses (pp 153-188). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Walther, J. B., Boos, M., & Jonas, K. (2002). Misattribution and attributional redirection in distributed virtual groups. Proceedings of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_35/HICSSpapers/PDFdocuments/OSVWE02.pdf
Watt, J. H., Walther, J. B., & Nowak, K. L. (2002). Asynchronous videoconferencing: A hybrid communication prototype. Proceedings of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_35/HICSSpapers/PDFdocuments/CLDGS01.pdf
Walther, J. B., & D'Addario, K. P. (2001). The impacts of emoticons on message interpretation in computer-mediated communication. Social Science Computer Review, 19, 323-345.
Burton, M. C., & Walther, J. B. (2001). The value of web log data in use-based web design and testing. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6 (3). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue3/burton.html
Walther, J. B., & Slovacek, C., & Tidwell, L. C. (2001). Is a picture worth a thousand words? Photographic images in long term and short term virtual teams. Communication Research, 28, 105-134.
Walther, J. B. (1997). Group and interpersonal effects in international computer-mediated collaboration. Human Communication Research, 23, 342-369. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1997.tb00400.x
Walther, J. B. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23, 3-43.
Walther, J. B., & Tidwell, L. C. (1995). Nonverbal cues in computer-mediated communication, and the effect of chronemics on relational communication. Journal of Organizational Computing, 5, 355-378. doi:10.1080/10919399509540258
Burgoon, J. K., Buller, D. B., Dillman, L., & Walther, J. B. (1995). Interpersonal deception: IV. Effects of suspicion on perceived communication and nonverbal behavior dynamics. Human Communication Research, 22, 163-196.
Walther, J. B. (1995). Relational aspects of computer-mediated communication: Experimental observations over time. Organization Science, 6, 186-203. doi:10.1287/orsc.6.2.186
Walther, J. B., Anderson, J. F., & Park, D. (1994). Interpersonal effects in computer-mediated interaction: A meta-analysis of social and anti-social communication. Communication Research, 21, 460-487.
Walther, J. B. (1994). Anticipated ongoing interaction versus channel effects on relational communication in computer mediated interaction. Human Communication Research, 20, 473-501.
Walther, J. B. (1993). Impression development in computer-mediated interaction. Western Journal of Communication, 57, 381-398.
Walther, J. B. (1993). Construction and validation of a quantitative measure of impression development. Southern Communication Journal, 59, 27-33.
Walther, J. B., & Burgoon, J. K. (1992). Relational communication in computer-mediated interaction. Human Communication Research, 19, 50-88.
Burgoon, J. K., Walther, J. B., & Baesler, E. J. (1992). Interpretations, evaluations, and consequences of interpersonal touch. Human Communication Research, 19, 237-263.
Walther, J. B. (1992). Interpersonal effects in computer-mediated interaction: A relational perspective. Communication Research, 19, 52-90.
Burgoon, J. K., & Walther, J. B. (1990). Nonverbal expectancies and the evaluative consequences of violations. Human Communication Research, 17, 232-265.
Burgoon, J. K., Newton, D. A., Walther, J. B., & Baesler, E. J. (1989). Nonverbal expectancy violations and conversational involvement. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 13, 97-120.
Burgoon, J. K., Parrott, R., Le Poire, B., Kelley, D., Walther, J., & Perry, D. (1989). Maintaining and restoring privacy through communication in different types of relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 6, 131-158.
Walther, J. B. (1988). Communication satisfaction in the bank: An audit evaluation. Journal of Business Communication, 25, 79-85.