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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 33 Citations 5,269 126 World Ranking 4878 National Ranking 2436

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Social psychology

Patric R. Spence focuses on Social media, Crisis communication, Social psychology, Source credibility and Credibility. His Social media research incorporates themes from Government, Emergency management and Internet privacy. The subject of his Crisis communication research is within the realm of Public relations.

His work on Organizational communication as part of general Public relations research is often related to Professional practice, thus linking different fields of science. Patric R. Spence combines subjects such as Robot and Terrorism with his study of Social psychology. The concepts of his Source credibility study are interwoven with issues in Test, Action and Competence.

His most cited work include:

  • Social Media as Information Source: Recency of Updates and Credibility of Information (280 citations)
  • A social network as information: The effect of system generated reports of connectedness on credibility on Twitter (201 citations)
  • Crisis Communication, Race, and Natural Disasters (144 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Social psychology, Crisis communication, Social media, Public relations and Credibility. In general Social psychology, his work in Uncertainty reduction theory is often linked to Race linking many areas of study. His research integrates issues of Crisis management, Emergency management and Media use in his study of Crisis communication.

The Social media study combines topics in areas such as Sample, Advertising, Source credibility and Internet privacy. Patric R. Spence has included themes like Context and Social science, Communication studies, Data collection in his Public relations study. His work is dedicated to discovering how Credibility, Robot are connected with Face, Variety and Human–computer interaction and other disciplines.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (35.61%)
  • Crisis communication (34.09%)
  • Social media (31.06%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Credibility (18.94%)
  • Social media (31.06%)
  • Interpersonal communication (8.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Credibility, Social media, Interpersonal communication, Social psychology and Human machine communication. His Credibility study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Robot, Task analysis and Communication studies. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Bandwagon effect and Crisis communication.

His Crisis communication study introduces a deeper knowledge of Public relations. His Social psychology study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Source credibility. His Human machine communication study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Communication theory, Human–robot interaction and Internet privacy.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Initial expectations, interactions, and beyond with social robots (35 citations)
  • I, teacher: using artificial intelligence (AI) and social robots in communication and instruction* (27 citations)
  • Searching for questions, original thoughts, or advancing theory: Human-machine communication (17 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Social psychology

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social media, Robot, Human–computer interaction, Interpersonal communication and Social robot. His work carried out in the field of Social media brings together such families of science as Bandwagon effect, Snob effect, Source credibility and Public relations. His work in Bandwagon effect addresses issues such as Affordance, which are connected to fields such as Credibility.

His work deals with themes such as Identity, Social psychology, Amateur, Task and Agency, which intersect with Source credibility. His studies in Robot integrate themes in fields like Human machine communication, Interpersonal relationship and Internet privacy. His research in Interpersonal communication intersects with topics in Cognitive psychology and Hyperpersonal model.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Social Media as Information Source: Recency of Updates and Credibility of Information

David Westerman;Patric R. Spence;Brandon Van Der Heide.
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (2014)

718 Citations

A social network as information: The effect of system generated reports of connectedness on credibility on Twitter

David Westerman;Patric R. Spence;Brandon Van Der Heide.
Computers in Human Behavior (2012)

418 Citations

Crisis Communication, Race, and Natural Disasters

Patric R. Spence;Kenneth A. Lachlan;Donyale R. Griffin.
Journal of Black Studies (2007)

263 Citations

Is that a bot running the social media feed? Testing the differences in perceptions of communication quality for a human agent and a bot agent on Twitter

Chad Edwards;Autumn Edwards;Patric R. Spence;Ashleigh K. Shelton.
Computers in Human Behavior (2014)

242 Citations

Variability in Twitter Content Across the Stages of a Natural Disaster: Implications for Crisis Communication

Patric R. Spence;Kenneth A. Lachlan;Xialing Lin;Maria del Greco.
Communication Quarterly (2015)

191 Citations

Social media and crisis management

Kenneth A. Lachlan;Patric R. Spence;Xialing Lin;Kristy Najarian.
Computers in Human Behavior (2016)

167 Citations

How much Klout do you have. . .A test of system generated cues on source credibility

Chad Edwards;Patric R. Spence;Christina J. Gentile;America Edwards.
Computers in Human Behavior (2013)

139 Citations

Media use and information needs of the disabled during a natural disaster

Patric R Spence;Kenneth Lachlan;Jennifer A Burke;Matthew W. Seeger.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2007)

122 Citations

Social media and credibility indicators: The effect of influence cues

Xialing Lin;Patric R. Spence;Kenneth A. Lachlan.
Computers in Human Behavior (2016)

120 Citations

Gender and Age Effects on Information-Seeking after 9/11

Patric R. Spence;David Westerman;Paul D. Skalski;Matthew Seeger.
Communication Research Reports (2006)

120 Citations

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