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Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Ramirez, A. Jr., Burgoon, J. K., & Pena, J. (in press). Interpersonal and hyperpersonal aspects of computer-mediated communication. In S. S. Sundar (Ed.), The handbook of psychology and communication technology. West Sussex, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

Tong, S. T., & Walther, J. B. (in press). The confirmation and disconfirmation of expectancies in computer-mediated communication. Communication Research.

Buller, D. B., Young, W. F., Bettinghaus, E. P., Maloy, J. A., Anderson, P. A., Borland, R., & Walther, J. B. (in press). Tobacco control partners: A website providing online technical assistance to local tobacco control coalitions. In S. L. Esrock, J. L. Hart, & K. Walker (Eds.), Talking tobacco.

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. doi:10.1111/hcre.12006

Burgoon, J. K., & Walther, J. B. (2013). Media and computer mediation. In J. A. Hall & M. L. Knapp (Eds.), Nonverbal communication. (Handbooks of Communication Science, HOCS 2). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton.

Walther, J. B. (2013). Groups and computer-mediation. In Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (Ed.), The social net (2nd ed., pp. 165-179). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

Hanna, A., & Walther, J. B. (2013). What perceptions do people form after viewing Facebook profiles? In K. Schultz & A. K. Goodboy (Eds.), Introduction to communication studies: Translating scholarship into meaningful practice (pp. 11-17). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

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

Walther, J. B. (2011). Theories of computer-mediated communication and interpersonal relations. In M. L. Knapp & J. A. Daly (Eds.), The handbook of interpersonal communication (4th ed., pp. 443-479). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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

Tong, S. T., & Walther, J. B. (2011). Relational maintenance and computer-mediated communication. In K. B. Wright & L. M. Webb (Eds.), Computer-mediated communication in personal relationships (pp. 98-118) New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

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

Buller, D. B., Young W. F., Bettinghaus, E. P., Borland, R., Walther, J. B., Helme, D., Andersen, P. A., Cutter, G. R., & Maloy, J. A. (2011). Continued benefits of a technical assistance website to local tobacco control coalitions during a state budget shortfall. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 17(2), E10-E19.

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.

Walther, J. B. (2011). Introduction to privacy online. In S. Trepte & L. Reinecke (Eds.), Privacy online: Theoretical approaches and research perspectives on the role of privacy in the social web (pp. 3-8). Berlin: Springer.

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).

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.

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.

DeAndrea, D. C., Tong, S. T., & Walther, J. B. (2010).  Dark sides of computer-mediated communication. In W. R. Cupach & B. H. Spitzberg (Eds.), The dark side of close relationships II (pp. 95-118).  New York: Routledge.

Walther, J. B., Carr, C. T., Choi, S., DeAndrea, D. C., Kim, J., Tong, S. T., & Van Der Heide, B. (2010). Interaction of interpersonal, peer, and media influence sources online: A research agenda for technology convergence. In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), A networked self: Identity, community and culture on social network sites (pp. 17-38). New York: Routledge. 

Walther, J. B., & Carr, C. T. (2010). Internet interaction and intergroup dynamics: Problems and solutions in computer-mediated communication. In H. Giles, S. Reid, & J. Harwood (Eds.), The dynamics of intergroup communication (pp. 209-220). New York: Peter Lang, Publishers.

Walther, J. B. (2010). Computer-mediated communication. In C. R. Berger, M. E. Roloff, & D. R. Roskos-Ewoldsen (Eds.), Handbook of communication science (2nd ed., pp. 489-505). Los Angeles: Sage.

Walther, J. B. (2009) Computer-mediated communication and virtual groups: Applications to interethnic conflict. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 37, 225-238.

Walther, J. B. (2009). Theories, boundaries, and all of the above. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 748-752.

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.

Bazarova, N. N., & Walther, J. B. (2009). Attribution of blame in virtual groups. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.) The destructive side of organizational communication: Processes, consequences and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 252-266). New York: Routledge.

Walther, J. B., & Ramirez Jr., A. (2009). New technologies and new directions in online relating. In S. W. Smith & S. R. Wilson (Eds.), New directions in interpersonal communication research (pp. 264-284). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

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.

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.

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.

Walther, J. B., & Bazarova, N. (2008). Validation and application of electronic propinquity theory to computer-mediated communication in groups. Communication Research, 35, 622-645.

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(3), 751-767.

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.

Smith, S. W., Yoo, J. H., & Walther, J. B. (2008). Self presentation. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 10, pp. 4555-4559). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Walther, J. B. (2008). Personal communication via CMC. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 8, pp. 3564-3570). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

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(3), 531-549.

Walther, J. B. (2008).  Computer-mediated communication and virtual groups. In E. A. Konijn, S. Utz, M. Tanis, & S. B. Barnes (Eds.), Mediated interpersonal communication (pp. 271-290). New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. 

Walther, J. B. (2008). The social information processing theory of computer-mediated communication. In L. Baxter & D. O. Braithwaite (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication (pp. 391-404). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

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.**

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.

Pena, J., Walther, J. B., & Hancock, J. T. (2007). Effects of geographic distribution on dominance perceptions in computer-mediated groups. Communication Research, 34, 313-331.

Walther, J. B., & Bazarova, N. (2007). Misattribution in virtual groups. Human Communication Research, 33, 1-26. **

Wickham, K., & Walther, J. B. (2007). Perceived behaviors of emergent and assigned leaders in virtual groups. International Journal of E-Collaboration (Special Issue on Virtual Team Leadership), 3, 1-17.

Walther, J. B. (2006).  Nonverbal dynamics in computer-mediated communication, or : ( and the net : (   ‘s with you, : ) and you : ) alone.   In V. Manusov & M. L. Patterson (Eds.), Handbook of nonverbal communication (pp. 461-479).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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.

Walther, J. B., Gay, G., & Hancock, J. T. (2005). How do communication and technology researchers study the Internet?  Journal of Communication, 55, 632-657.

Walther, J. B., Pingree, S., Hawkins, R., & Buller, D. (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).

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.

Walther, J. B., Bunz, U., & Bazarova, N. (2005). The rules of virtual groups. Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Walther. J. B. (2004). Language and communication technology: Introduction to the special issue.  Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 23, 384-396.

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.

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.

Walther, J. B., & Parks, M. R. (2002).  Cues filtered out, cues filtered in:  Computer-mediated communication and relationships.  In M. L. Knapp & J. A. Daly (Eds.), Handbook of interpersonal communication (3rd ed., pp. 529-563).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Rabby, M., & Walther, J. B. (2002). Computer-mediated communication impacts on relationship formation and maintenance.  In D. Canary & M. Dainton (Eds.), Maintaining relationships through communication: Relational, contextual, and cultural variations (pp. 141-162).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Walther, J. B. (2002). Time effects in computer-mediated groups: Past, present, and future. In P. Hinds & S. Kiesler (Eds.), Distributed work (pp. 235-257). Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press.

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. (2002).  Research ethics in Internet-enabled research: Human subjects issues and methodological myopia. Ethics and Information Technology, 4, 205-216.

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., Boos, M., & Jonas, K. (2002).  Misattribution and attributional redirection in distributed virtual groups.  Proceedings of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

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.

Danchak, M. M., Walther, J. B., & Swan, K. P. (2001, November). Presence in mediated instruction: Bandwidth, behavior, and expectancy violations.  Paper presented to the annual meeting on Asynchronous Learning Networks, Orlando.

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).

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.

Burton, M. C., & Walther, J. B. (2001). A survey of web log data and their application to use-based design. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Walther, J. B. (2001). Virtual audiences. In T. O. Sloane (Ed.), Encyclopedia of rhetoric (pp. 72-75). New York: Oxford University Press.

Walther, J. B., & Reid, Larry D. (February 4, 2000). Understanding the allure of the Internet. Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. B4-B5.

Walther, J. B. (1999). Die Beziehungsdynamik in virtuellen Teams (The relational dynamics in virtual teams). In M. Boos, K. J. Jonas, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.), Computervermittelte Kommunikation in Organisationen (Virtual communication in organizations, pp. 11-25). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.

Jonas, K. J., Boos, M., & Walther, J. (1999). Motivation und Medienkompetenz als zentrale Erfolgsfaktoren für virtuelle Seminare. In U.-D. Reips, B. Batinic, W. Bandilla, M. Bosnjak, L. Gräf, K. Moser, & A. Werner (Eds.), Current Internet science: Trends, techniques, results (Aktuelle Online Forschung: Trends, Techniken, Ergebnisse). Zürich: Online Press.

Walther, J. B. (1997). Group and interpersonal effects in international computer-mediated collaboration. Human Communication Research, 23, 342-369.

Walther, J. B. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23, 3-43.

Walther, J. B., & Tidwell, L. C. (1996). When is mediated communication not interpersonal? In K. M. Galvin & P. J. Cooper (Eds.), Making connections: Readings in relational communication (pp. 300-307). Los Angeles: Roxbury.

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.

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.

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.

Albrecht, T. L., Johnson, G., & Walther, J. B. (1993). Understanding communication processes in focus groups. In D. Morgan (Ed.), Successful focus groups: Advancing the state of the art (pp. 51-64). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

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.

Walther, J. B. (1992). A longitudinal experiment on relational tone in computer-mediated and face to face interaction. In J. F. Nunamaker & R. H. Sprague (Eds.), Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 1992, (Vol. 4, pp. 220-231). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press.

Walther, J. B. (1992, Fall). Challenging the Pepsi challenge. The Speech Communication Teacher, pp. 6-7.

Walther, J. B. (1991). Manager noncompliance and subordinate effects: The interpersonal and motivational consequences of upward influence attempts denied [Abstract]. In J. L. Wall & L. R. Jauch (Eds.), Academy of Management Best Papers, Proceedings 1991 (p. 447). Madison: Omnipress.

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.


** The following notes are presented in order to comply with contractual obligations, even though they contain known errors. "This is an electronic version of an article published in Human Communication Research. Complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of Human Communication Research, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal’s website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/hcre or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com."