PUBLICATIONS (Refereed Publications)
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Lai, C.-H. (in press). From incidental exposure to COVID-19 coping: The influence of expression and perceived networks on
social media and messaging apps. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2023.2264432
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Lai, C.-H., & Tang, T. (in press). A cross-country analysis of the combined influence of social media use and social media
networks on pandemic communicative responses. Health Communication.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2185923
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Lai, C.-H., & Tang, T. (in press). Information exposure and information overload as antecedents of crisis communicative
responses and coping: A cross-country comparision. American Behaviroal Scientist.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221132805
Lai, C.-H. (2023). Participatory outcomes of collective action groups on Facebook: The role of network relationships and
group contexts. International Journal of Communication, 17, 4541-4562.
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Lai, C.-H. (2022). Examining the paths of influence between individual motivators, information behaviors, and
outcomes in disaster risk reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 71, Article 102826.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102826
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Lai. C.-H., & Yu, R.P. (2022). How do public organizations communicate their alliances on Facebook and how does the
public react? A longitudinal analysis. Public Relations Review,, 48(1), Article 102144.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2021.102144
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Yu, P., & Lai, C.-H. (2022). Linking Facebook user types with civic participation: From a communication infrastructure
perspective. Social Science Computer Review, 40(5), 1093-1113. doi: 10.1177/0894439321997142
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Fu, J. S., & Lai, C.-H. (2021). Determinants of organizational performance in disaster risk reduction: A preliminary study
of global humanitarian NGOs. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 29(3), 232-247.
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Lai, C.-H., & Tang, T. (2021). Disaster communication behaviors in the U.S. and China: Which channels do you use and
with whom? Journal of Applied Communication Research, 49(2), 207-227.
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Lai, C.-H., & Fu, J. S. (2021). Exploring the linkage between offline collaboration networks and online representational
network diversity on social media. Communication Monographs, 88(1), 88-110.
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Lai, C.-H., & Fu, J. S. (2021). Humanitarian relief and development organizations’ stakeholder targeting communication
on social media and beyond. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organization, 32(1), 120-135.
Lai, C.-H., Yu, P., & Chen, Y. C. (2020). Examining government dialogic orientation in social media strategies,
outcomes, and perceived effectiveness: A mixed-methods approach. International Journal of Strategic
Communication, 14(3), 139-159.
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Lai, C.-H., & Fu, J. S. (2020). Organizations’ dialogic social media use and stakeholder engagement: Stakeholder
targeting and message framing. International Journal of Communication, 14, 2246-2271.
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/12824
Fu, J. S., & Lai, C-H. (2020). Are we moving towards convergence or divergence? Mapping the intellectual structure
and roots of online social network research 1997-2017. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 25(1), 111-128.
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Kim, H.Y., & Lai, C.-H. (2020). Seeking and sharing information about transboundary air polution in Singapore: Effects of
own and others' information insufficiency. Environmental Communication, 14(1), 68-81.
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Lai, C.-H. (2019). Motivations, usage, and perceived social networks within and beyond social media. Journal of
Computer-Mediated Communication, 24(3), 126-145.
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Lai, C.-H., & Hsu, Y.-C. (2019). Understanding activated network resilience: A comparative analysis of co-cluster and co-
located disaster response networks. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 27(1), 14-27.
Lai, C.-H., She, B., & Ye, X. (2019). Unpacking the network processes and outcomes of online and offline humanitarian
collaboration. Communication Research, 46(1), 88-116.
Liu, W., Lai, C.-H., & Xu, W. (2018). Tweeting about emergency: A semantic network analysis of government organizations'
social media messaging during Hurricane Harvey. Public Relations Review, 44(5), 807-819.
Lai, C.-H., Chib, A., & Ling, R. (2018). Digital disparities and vulnerabilities: Mobile phone use, information behavior, and
disaster preparedness in South East Asia. Disasters, 42(4), 734-760.
Lai, C.-H., & Tang, T. (2018). From information behaviors to disaster preparedness: Navigating individuals' general and
disaster curation in U.S., China, and Australia. Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 37-46. PDF
Lai, C.-H., Tao, C.-C., & Cheng, Y.-C. (2017). Modeling resource network relationships between response organizations and affected neighborhoods after a technological disaster. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit
Organizations, 28(5), 2145-2175. doi: 10.1007/s11266-017-9887-4 PDF
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Lai, C.-H. (2017). A study of emergent organizing and technological affordances after a natural disaster. Online
Information Review, 41(4), 507-523.
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Lai, C.-H., She, B., & Tao, C.-C. (2017). Connecting the dots: A longitudinal observation of relief organizations'
representational networks on social media. Computers in Human Behavior, 74, 224-234.
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Ling, R., & Lai, C.-H. (2016). Microcoordination 2.0: Social coordination in the age of smartphones and messaging
apps. Journal of Communication, 66(5), 834-856.
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Lai, C.-H., & Chen, W. (2016). Welcome to the club: From multimodal voluntary participation to community involvement.
International Journal of Communication, 10, 3931-3955.
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Lai, C.-H., & Katz, J. E. (2016). Volunteer associations in the Internet age: Ecological approach to understanding collective
action. The Information Society, 32(4), 241-255.
Lai, C.-H., & Tang , T. (2015). Understanding local news consumption and community participation via the lens of
information repertoires and media multiplexity. Mass Communication and Society, 18(3), 325-349.
Lai, C. -H. (2014). Can our groups survive? An investigation of the evolution of mixed-mode groups. Journal of
Computer-Mediated Communication, 19, 839-854.
Lai, C.-H. (2014). A multimodal view of voluntary associations. Information, Communication & Society, 17(8), 1017-
1033.
Lai, C.-H. (2014). Understanding the evolution of bona fide mixed-mode groups: An example of Meetup groups.
First Monday,19(1). Available at: http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4681/3810
Lai, C.-H. (2014). An integrated approach to untangling mediated connectedness with online and mobile media.
Computers in Human Behavior, 31, 20-26.
Doerfel, M. L., Chewning, L.V., & Lai, C. -H. (2013). The evolution of networks and resilience of interorganizational
relationships after disaster. Communication Monographs, 80(4), 533-559.
Chewning, L. V., Lai, C. -H., & Doerfel, M. L. (2013). Organizational resilience and using information and
communication technology to rebuild communication structures. Management Communication Quarterly,
27(2), 237-263.
Lai, C. -H., & Katz, J. E. (2012). Are we evolved to live with mobiles? An evolutionary view of mobile communication.
Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences, 20(1), 45-54.
Lai, C. -H. (2011). A multifaceted perspective on blogs and society: Examples of blogospheres in Southeast and East Asia.
Journal of International Communication, 17(1), 51-72.
Gibbs, J. L., Ellison, N. B., & Lai, C. -H. (2011). First comes love, then comes Google: An investigation of uncertainty
reduction strategies and self-disclosure in online dating. Communication Research, 38(1), 70-100.
Doerfel, M. L., Lai, C. -H., & Chewning, L. V. (2010). The evolutionary role of interorganizational communication: Modeling
social capital in disaster contexts. Human Communication Research, 36, 125-162.
Naaman, M., Boase, J., & Lai, C. -H. (2010, February). Is it all about me? User content in social awareness streams. In P
Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work.
Katz, J. E. & Lai, C. -H. (2009). News blogging in a cross-cultural context: A report on the struggle for voice. Knowledge,
Technology & Policy, 22(2), 95-107.
Lai, C. -H. (2009). Book review of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the
World by Patti Anklam. Business Communication Quarterly, 72(2), 249-252.
Lai, C. -H. (2007, March). Understanding the design of mobile social networking: The example of EzMoBo in Taiwan. M/C
Journal, 10(1). Retrieved March19, 2007 from http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0703/08-lai.php