Steve Rains

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• Rains, S. A. (2017). Blogging, Microblogging, and Exposure to Health and Risk Messages. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication.
• Rains, S. A., Brunner, S., & Oman, K. (2014). Social media and risk communication.. In The Sage handbook of risk communication.
• Rains, S. A., & Scott, C. R. (2008). Virtual teams in the traditional classroom: Lessons on new communication technologies and training. In Virtual Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications(pp 789--805). IGI Global.
• Rains, S. A., & Scott, C. R. (2006). Virtual teams in the traditional classroom: Lessons on new communication technologies and training. In Teaching and learning with virtual teams(pp 268--292). IGI Global.

Journals/Publications

• Rains, S. A. (2020). Big Data, Computational Social Science, and Health Communication: A Review and Agenda for Advancing Theory. Health communication, 35(1), 26--34.
• Rains, S. A., Tumlin, G. R., & Knapp, M. L. (2020). Electronic bumper stickers: the content and interpersonal functions of.
• Burke, T. J., & Rains, S. A. (2019). The Paradoxical Outcomes of Observing Others’ Exercise Behavior on Social Network Sites: Friends’ Exercise Posts, Exercise Attitudes, and Weight Concern. Health communication, 34(4), 475--483.
• Joyce, N., & Rains, S. A. (2019). David M. Keating1, Adam S. Richards2, Nicholas A. Palomares3, John A. Banas4. Communication Research, 1, 22.
• Keating, D. M., Richards, A. S., Palomares, N. A., Banas, J. A., Joyce, N., & Rains, S. A. (2019). Titling Practices and Their Implications in Communication Research 1970-2010: Cutesy Cues Carry Citation Consequences. Communication Research, 0093650219887025.
• Lee, E., Appel, M., Matthes, J., Palomares, N. A., Rains, S., Shen, L., Wilson, S., Afifi, T., Ahn, S. J., Alexopoulos, C., & others, . (2019). Reviewer Acknowledgement. Human Communication Research, 45, 366--369.
• Rains, S. A. (2019). 2 Making and Reinforcing Connections.
• Rains, S. A. (2019). 3 Soliciting and Providing Social Support.
• Rains, S. A. (2019). 4 Sharing Illness Experiences.
• Rains, S. A. (2019). 5 Seeking Health Information Online.
• Rains, S. A. (2019). 6 Changing Patient-Provider Relationships.
• Rains, S. A. (2019). 7 End of Life and Bereavement.
• Rains, S. A. (2019). 8 Model of Digital Coping with Illness.
• Rains, S. A., Akers, C., Pavlich, C. A., Tsetsi, E., & Appelbaum, M. (2019). Examining the quality of social support messages produced face-to-face and in computer-mediated communication: The effects of hyperpersonal communication. Communication Monographs, 1--21.
• Rains, S. A., Hingle, M. D., Surdeanu, M., Bell, D., & Kobourov, S. (2019). A test of the risk perception attitude framework as a message tailoring strategy to promote diabetes screening. Health communication, 34(6), 672--679.
• Rains, S. A., Pavlich, C. A., Lutovsky, B., Tsetsi, E., & Ashtaputre, A. (2019). Support seeker expectations, support message quality, and supportive interaction processes and outcomes: The case of the comforting computer program revisited. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 0265407519876359.
• Rains, S. A., Pavlich, C. A., Tsetsi, E., & Akers, C. (2019). Evaluating the Scope and Theoretical Mechanisms of Person-Centered Social Support: The Case of the Comforting Computer Program. Communication Research, 0093650219852554.
• Yeshua-Katz, D., Rains, S. A., Peterson, E. B., & Wright, K. B. (2019). Digital stigma coping strategies: A meta-analytic review of the association between health-related stigma dimensions and social support messages shared online. The Information Society, 1--11.
• Burke, T. J., & Rains, S. A. (2018). The Paradoxical Outcomes of Observing Others’ Exercise Behavior on Social Network Sites: Friends’ Exercise Posts, Exercise Attitudes, and Weight Concern. Health communication, 1--9.
• Ivanov, B., Dillingham, L. L., Parker, K. A., Rains, S. A., Burchett, M., & Geegan, S. (2018). Sustainable attitudes: Protecting tourism with inoculation messages. Annals of Tourism Research, 73, 26--34.
• Lee, E., Holbert, R. L., Matthes, J., Palomares, N. A., & Rains, S. (2018). Reviewer Acknowledgement. Human Communication Research, 44, 1--2.
• Loescher, L. J., Rains, S. A., Kramer, S. S., Akers, C., & Moussa, R. (2018). A systematic review of interventions to enhance healthy lifestyle behaviors in adolescents delivered via mobile phone text messaging. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(4), 865--879.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). 2 Making and Reinforcing Connections.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). 3 Soliciting and Providing Social Support.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). 4 Sharing Illness Experiences.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). 5 Seeking Health Information Online.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). 6 Changing Patient-Provider Relationships.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). 7 End of Life and Bereavement.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). 8 Model of Digital Coping with Illness.
• Rains, S. A. (2018). Big Data, Computational Social Science, and Health Communication: A Review and Agenda for Advancing Theory. Health Communication, 1--9.
• Rains, S. A., & Brunner, S. R. (2018). The outcomes of broadcasting self-disclosure using new communication technologies: Responses to disclosure vary across one’s social network. Communication Research, 45(5), 659--687.
• Rains, S. A., Hingle, M. D., Surdeanu, M., Bell, D., & Kobourov, S. (2018). A Test of The Risk Perception Attitude Framework as a Message Tailoring Strategy to Promote Diabetes Screening. Health communication, 1--8.
• Rains, S. A., Levine, T. R., & Weber, R. (2018). Sixty years of quantitative communication research summarized: lessons from 149 meta-analyses. Annals of the International Communication Association, 42(2), 105--124.
• Rains, S. A., Tsetsi, E., Akers, C., Pavlich, C. A., & Appelbaum, M. (2018). Factors Influencing the Quality of Social Support Messages Produced Online: The Role of Responsibility for Distress and Others’ Support Attempts. Communication Research, 0093650218796371.
• Bolkan, S., & Rains, S. A. (2017). The legitimization of paltry contributions as a compliance-gaining technique: A meta-analysis testing three explanations. Communication Research, 44(7), 976--996.
• Ingen, E., Rains, S. A., & Wright, K. B. (2017). Does social network site use buffer against well-being loss when older adults face reduced functional ability?. Computers in Human Behavior, 70, 168--177.
• Ivanov, B., Rains, S. A., Geegan, S. A., Vos, S. C., Haarstad, N. D., & Parker, K. A. (2017). Beyond simple inoculation: Examining the persuasive value of inoculation for audiences with initially neutral or opposing attitudes. Western Journal of Communication, 81(1), 105--126.
• Kenski, K., Coe, K., & Rains, S. A. (2017). Perceptions of uncivil discourse online: An examination of types and predictors. Communication Research, 0093650217699933.
• Pavlich, C. A., Rains, S. A., & Segrin, C. (2017). The Nonverbal Bully: Effects of Shouting and Conversational Distance on Bystanders’ Perceptions. Communication Reports, 30(3), 129--141.
• Rains, S. A., & Bonito, J. A. (2017). Adaptive Structuration Theory. The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication, 1--9.
• Rains, S. A., & Bonito, J. A. (2017). Adaptive Structuration Theory. The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication.
• Rains, S. A., & Tsetsi, E. (2017). Social support and digital inequality: Does Internet use magnify or mitigate traditional inequities in support availability?. Communication Monographs, 84(1), 54--74.
• Rains, S. A., Brunner, S. R., Akers, C., Pavlich, C. A., & Goktas, S. (2017). Computer-mediated communication (CMC) and social support: Testing the effects of using CMC on support outcomes. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34(8), 1186--1205.
• Rains, S. A., Kenski, K., Coe, K., & Harwood, J. (2017). Incivility and Political Identity on the Internet: Intergroup Factors as Predictors of Incivility in Discussions of News Online. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 22(4), 163--178.
• Rising, C. J., Bol, N., Burke-Garcia, A., Rains, S., & Wright, K. B. (2017). Perceived stress in online prostate cancer community participants: Examining relationships with stigmatization, social support network preference, and social support seeking. Journal of health communication, 22(6), 469--476.
• Tsetsi, E., & Rains, S. A. (2017). Smartphone Internet access and use: Extending the digital divide and usage gap. Mobile Media & Communication, 5(3), 239--255.
• Loescher, L. J., Rains, S. A., Kramer, S. S., Akers, C., & Moussa, R. (2016). A Systematic Review of Interventions to Enhance Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Adolescents Delivered via Mobile Phone Text Messaging. American Journal of Health Promotion, 0890117116675785.
• Parker, K. A., Rains, S. A., & Ivanov, B. (2016). Examining the “blanket of protection” conferred by inoculation: The effects of inoculation messages on the cross-protection of related attitudes. Communication Monographs, 83(1), 49--68.
• Rains, S. A. (2016). Language style matching as a predictor of perceived social support in computer-mediated interaction among individuals coping with illness. Communication Research, 43(5), 694--712.
• Rains, S. A., & Ruppel, E. K. (2016). Channel complementarity theory and the health information-seeking process: further investigating the implications of source characteristic complementarity. Communication Research, 43(2), 232--252.
• Rains, S. A., & Wright, K. B. (2016). Social support and computer-mediated communication: A state-of-the-art review and agenda for future research. Annals of the International Communication Association, 40(1), 175--211.
• Rains, S. A., Brunner, S. R., & Oman, K. (2016). Self-disclosure and new communication technologies: The implications of receiving superficial self-disclosures from friends. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 33(1), 42--61.
• Rains, S. A., Brunner, S. R., Akers, C., Pavlich, C. A., & Tsetsi, E. (2016). The Implications of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) for Social Support Message Processing and Outcomes: When and Why Are the Effects of Support Messages Strengthened During CMC?. Human Communication Research, 42(4), 553--576.
• Rising, C. J., Bol, N., Burke-Garcia, A., Rains, S. A., & Wright, K. B. (2016). Perceived stress in online prostate cancer community participants: Examining relationships with stigmatization, weak-tie support preference, and social support seeking.
• Tokunaga, R. S., & Rains, S. A. (2016). A review and meta-analysis examining conceptual and operational definitions of problematic Internet use. Human Communication Research, 42(2), 165--199.
• Bolkan, S., & Rains, S. A. (2015). The Legitimization of Paltry Contributions as a Compliance-Gaining Technique A Meta-Analysis Testing Three Explanations. Communication Research, 0093650215602308.
• Keating, D. M., & Rains, S. A. (2015). Health blogging and social support: a 3-year panel study. Journal of health communication, 20(12), 1449--1457.
• Parker, K. A., Rains, S. A., & Ivanov, B. (2015). Examining the “Blanket of Protection” Conferred by Inoculation. Communication Monographs.
• Parker, K. A., Rains, S. A., & Ivanov, B. (2015). Examining the “Blanket of Protection” Conferred by Inoculation: The Effects of Inoculation Messages on the Cross-protection of Related Attitudes. Communication Monographs, 1--20.
• Rains, S. A. (2015). Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness. Communication Research, 0093650214565920.
• Rains, S. A., & Brunner, S. R. (2015). The outcomes of broadcasting self-disclosure using new communication technologies: Responses to disclosure vary across one’s social network. Communication Research, 0093650215598836.
• Rains, S. A., & Brunner, S. R. (2015). What can we learn about social network sites by studying Facebook? A call and recommendations for research on social network sites. New Media & Society, 17(1), 114--131.
• Rains, S. A., & Keating, D. M. (2015). Health blogging: An examination of the outcomes associated with making public, written disclosures about health. Communication Research, 42(1), 107--133.
• Rains, S. A., & Tukachinsky, R. (2015). An examination of the relationships among uncertainty, appraisal, and information-seeking behavior proposed in uncertainty management theory. Health communication, 30(4), 339--349.
• Rains, S. A., & Tukachinsky, R. (2015). Information seeking in uncertainty management theory: Exposure to information about medical uncertainty and information-processing orientation as predictors of uncertainty management success. Journal of health communication, 20(11), 1275--1286.
• Rains, S. A., Peterson, E. B., & Wright, K. B. (2015). Communicating Social Support in Computer-mediated Contexts: A Meta-analytic Review of Content Analyses Examining Support Messages Shared Online among Individuals Coping with Illness. Communication Monographs, 1--28.
• Rains, S. A., Peterson, E. B., & Wright, K. B. (2015). Communicating social support in computer-mediated contexts: A meta-analytic review of content analyses examining support messages shared online among individuals coping with illness. Communication Monographs, 82(4), 403--430.
• Coe, K., Kenski, K., & Rains, S. A. (2014). Online and uncivil? Patterns and determinants of incivility in newspaper website comments. Journal of Communication, 64(4), 658--679.
• Kevin, C., Kate, K., & Rains, S. A. (2014). Online and uncivil? Patterns and determinants of incivility in newspaper website comments.. Journal of Communication, 64, 658-679..
• Rains, S. A. (2014). Communication, Computer-Mediated Support, and Satisfaction with Health. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 1018--1020.
• Rains, S. A. (2014). Health information seeking and the World Wide Web: an uncertainty management perspective. Journal of health communication, 19(11), 1296--1307.
• Rains, S. A. (2014). The implications of stigma and anonymity for self-disclosure in health blogs. Health communication, 29(1), 23--31.
• Rains, S. A. (2014). The implications of stigma and anonymity for self-disclosure in health blogs.. Health Communication, 29, 23-31.
• Rains, S. A., & Brunner, S. R. (2014). What can we learn about social network sites by studying Facebook? A call and recommendations for research on social network sites. new media \& society, 1461444814546481.
• Rains, S. A., Brunner, S. R., & Oman, K. (2014). Self-disclosure and new communication technologies The implications of receiving superficial self-disclosures from friends. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 0265407514562561.
• Rains, S. A., Brunner, S. R., & Oman, K. (2014). Social media and risk communication. The Sage handbook of risk communication, 228--243.
• Wright, K. B., & Rains, S. A. (2014). Weak tie support preference and preferred coping styles as predictors of perceived credibility within health-related computer-mediated support groups. Health Communication, 29(3), 281--287.
• Wright, K., & Rains, S. A. (2014). Weak tie support preference and coping style as predictors of perceived credibility within health-related on-line support groups. Health Communication, 29, 281-287.
• Rains, S. A. (2013). The nature of psychological reactance revisited: A meta-analytic review. Human Communication Research, 39(1), 47--73.
• Rains, S. A., & Ruppel, E. K. (2013). Channel Complementarity Theory and the Health Information-Seeking Process: Further Investigating the Implications of Source Characteristic Complementarity. Communication Research, 0093650213510939.
• Rains, S., & Rains, S. A. (0). Perceptions of traditional information sources and use of the world wide web to seek health information: findings from the health information national trends survey. Journal of health communication, 12(7).
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  As medical information becomes increasingly available and individuals take a more active role in managing their personal health, it is essential for scholars to better understand the general public's information-seeking behavior. The study reported here explores the use of the World Wide Web to seek health information in a contemporary information-media environment. Drawing from uses and gratifications theory and the comprehensive model of health information seeking, perceptions of traditional information sources (e.g., mass media, one's health care provider, etc.) are posited to predict use of the Web to seek health information and perceptions of information acquired from searches. Data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS; N = 3982) were analyzed to test study hypotheses. Trust in information-oriented media, entertainment-oriented media, and one's health care provider all predicted Web use behavior and perceptions. The implications of the findings for research on information seeking and the role of the Web in patient empowerment are discussed.
• Rains, S., & Rains, S. A. (2013). The Implications of Stigma and Anonymity for Self-Disclosure in Health Blogs. Health communication.
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  The reported study examines the implications of anonymity and stigma in the form of illness-related embarrassment for self-disclosure in the context of health blogging. Drawing from theorizing about anonymous communication and stigma, anonymity is argued to be strategically used by individuals who are embarrassed by their illness and to moderate the relationship between embarrassment and self-disclosure. Data from 114 individuals who blog about their experiences coping with a health condition were examined to test study hypotheses. Illness-related embarrassment was positively associated with anonymity. Additionally, anonymity moderated the relationship between embarrassment and self-disclosure. Among bloggers with relatively higher levels of anonymity, illness-related embarrassment was positively associated with self-disclosure. The results suggest that anonymity is strategically used and fosters self-disclosure among individuals who are embarrassed by their illness.
• Wright, K. B., & Rains, S. A. (2013). Weak-tie support network preference, health-related stigma, and health outcomes in computer-mediated support groups. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 41(3), 309--324.
• Ruppel, E. K., & Rains, S. A. (2012). Information sources and the health information-seeking process: An application and extension of channel complementarity theory. Communication Monographs, 79(3), 385--405.
• Scott, C. R., Rains, S. A., & Haseki, M. (2012). 13 Anonymous Communication. Communication Yearbook 35, 299.
• Rains, S. A., & Keating, D. M. (2011). The social dimension of blogging about health: Health blogging, social support, and well-being. Communication Monographs, 78(4), 511--534.
• Scott, C. R., Rains, S. A., & Haseki, M. (2011). Anonymous Communication Unmasking Findings Across Fields. Annals of the International Communication Association, 35(1), 299--340.
• Stephens, K. K., & Rains, S. A. (2011). Information and communication technology sequences and message repetition in interpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 38(1), 101--122.
• Banas, J. A., & Rains, S. A. (2010). A meta-analysis of research on inoculation theory. Communication Monographs, 77(3), 281--311.
• Stephens, K. K., & Rains, S. A. (2010). Information and communication technology sequences and message repetition in interpersonal interaction. Communication Research.
• Tokunaga, R. S., & Rains, S. A. (2010). An evaluation of two characterizations of the relationships between problematic Internet use, time spent using the Internet, and psychosocial problems. Human Communication Research, 36(4), 512--545.
• Turner, M. M., Banas, J. A., Rains, S. A., Jang, S., Moore, J. L., & Morrison, D. (2010). The effects of altercasting and counterattitudinal behavior on compliance: A lost letter technique investigation. Communication Reports, 23(1), 1--13.
• Wright, K. B., Rains, S., & Banas, J. (2010). Weak-tie support network preference and perceived life stress among participants in health-related, computer-mediated support groups. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15(4), 606--624.
• Rains, S. A., & Bosch, L. A. (2009). Privacy and health in the information age: A content analysis of health web site privacy policy statements. Health communication, 24(5), 435--446.
• Rains, S. A., & Karmikel, C. D. (2009). Health information-seeking and perceptions of website credibility: Examining Web-use orientation, message characteristics, and structural features of websites. Computers in Human Behavior, 25(2), 544--553.
• Rains, S. A., & Young, V. (2009). A meta-analysis of research on formal computer-mediated support groups: Examining group characteristics and health outcomes. Human communication research, 35(3), 309--336.
• Rains, S. A., Tumlin, G. R., & Knapp, M. L. (2009). Electronic bumper stickers: the content and interpersonal functions of messages attached to e-mail signatures. Discourse Studies, 11(1), 105--120.
• D'Urso, S. C., & Rains, S. A. (2008). Examining the scope of channel expansion: A test of channel expansion theory with new and traditional communication media. Management Communication Quarterly, 21(4), 486--507.
• D'Urso, S. C., & Rains, S. A. (2008). Examining the scope of channel expansion: A test of channel expansion theory with new and traditional communication media. Management Communication Quarterly.
• Rains, S. A. (2008). Health at high speed: Broadband Internet access, health communication, and the digital divide. Communication Research, 35(3), 283--297.
• Rains, S. A. (2008). Health at high speed: Broadband Internet access, health communication, and the digital divide. Communication Research.
• Rains, S. A. (2008). Seeking health information in the information age: The role of Internet self-efficacy. Western Journal of Communication, 72(1), 1--18.
• Rains, S. A. (2007). Health at high speed: Broadband Internet access, health communication, and the digital divide.. Communication Research.
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  ;Full Citation: Rains, S. A. (2008). Health at high speed: Broadband Internet access, health communication, and the digital divide. Communication Research, 35, 283-97. ;
• Rains, S. A. (2007). Perceptions of traditional information sources and use of the world wide web to seek health information: findings from the health information national trends survey. Journal of health communication, 12(7), 667--680.
• Rains, S. A. (2007). Seeking health information in the Information Age: The role of Internet self-efficacy.. Western Journal of Communication.
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  ;Full Citation: Rains, S. A. (2008). Seeking health information in the Information Age: The role of Internet self-efficacy. Western Journal of Communication, 72, 1-18.;
• Rains, S. A. (2007). The anonymity effect: The influence of anonymity on perceptions of sources and information on health websites. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 35(2), 197--214.
• Rains, S. A. (2007). The impact of anonymity on perceptions of source credibility and influence in computer-mediated group communication: A test of two competing hypotheses. Communication Research, 34(1), 100--125.
• Rains, S. A., & D., S. (2007). Examining the scope of channel expansion: A test of channel expansion theory with new and traditional communication media.. Management Communication Quarterly.
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  ;Your Role: Co-Author;Full Citation: D'Urso, S. D., & Rains, S. A. (2008). Examining the scope of channel expansion: A test of channel expansion theory with new and traditional communication media. Management Communication Quarterly, 21, 486-507. ;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Collaboration with Asst. Prof at Marquette U.;
• Rains, S. A., & Scott, C. R. (2007). To identify or not to identify: A theoretical model of receiver responses to anonymous communication. Communication Theory, 17(1), 61--91.
• Rains, S. A., & Turner, M. M. (2007). Psychological reactance and persuasive health communication: A test and extension of the intertwined model. Human Communication Research, 33(2), 241--269.
• Rains, S. A. (2006). Perceptions of traditional information sources and use of the World Wide Web to seek health information: Findings from the Health Information National Trends Survey.. Journal of Health Communication.
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  ;Full Citation: Rains, S. A. (2007). Perceptions of traditional information sources and use of the World Wide Web to seek health information: Findings from the Health Information National Trends Survey. Journal of Health Communication, 12, 667-680.;
• Rains, S. A. (2006). The anonymity effect: The influence of anonymity on perceptions of sources and information on health websites.. Journal of Applied Communication Research.
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  ;Full Citation: Rains, S. A. (2007). The anonymity effect: The influence of anonymity on perceptions of sources and information on health websites. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 35, 197-214. ;
• Rains, S. A. (2006). The impact of anonymity on perceptions of source credibility and influence in computer-mediated group communication: A test of two competing hypotheses.. Communication Research.
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  ;Full Citation: Rains, S. A. (2007). The impact of anonymity on perceptions of source credibility and influence in computer-mediated group communication: A test of two competing hypotheses. Communication Research, 34, 100-125.;
• Rains, S. A., & Scott, C. R. (2006). To identify or not to identify: A theoretical model of receiver responses to anonymous communication.. Communication Theory.
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  ;Your Role: Lead author;Full Citation: Rains, S. A., & Scott, C. R. (2007). To identify or not to identify: A theoretical model of receiver responses to anonymous communication. Communication Theory, 17, 61-91. ;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Co-author was dissertation advisor;
• Rains, S. A., & Scott, C. R. (2006). Virtual teams in the traditional classroom: Lessons on new communication technologies and training. Teaching and learning with virtual teams, 268--291.
• Rains, S. A., & Turner, M. M. (2006). Psychological reactance and persuasive health communication: A test and extension of the intertwined model.. Human Communication Research.
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  ;Your Role: Lead author;Full Citation: Rains, S. A., & Turner, M. M. (2007) Psychological reactance and persuasive health communication: A test and extension of the intertwined model. Human Communication Research, 33, 241-269. ;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Collaboration with faculty member at U Maryland;
• Rains, S. A., & Young, A. M. (2006). A sign of the times: An analysis of organizational members’ email signatures. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(4), 1046--1061.
• Rains, S. A. (2005). Leveling the organizational playing field—virtually: A meta-analysis of experimental research assessing the impact of group support system use on member influence behaviors. Communication Research, 32(2), 193--234.
• Rains, S. A., & Scott, C. R. (2005). Virtual Teams in the Traditional Classroom. Teaching and Learning with Virtual Teams, 268.
• Scott, C. R., & Rains, S. A. (2005). Anonymous communication in organizations: Assessing use and appropriateness. Management Communication Quarterly, 19(2), 157--197.
• Barnes, G. P. (2003). 1 Introduction.

Proceedings Publications

• Sadeque, F., Rains, S., Shmargad, Y., Kenski, K., Coe, K., & Bethard, S. (2019). Incivility Detection in Online Comments. In Proceedings of the Eighth Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2019).
• Banas, J., & Rains, S. (2008). Testing inoculation theory: A meta-analysis. In annual meeting of the NCA 94th Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Retrieved February, 2.

Presentations

• Rains, S. A., & Banas, J. A. (2007, 2008-11-01). A meta-analysis of research on inoculation theory.. National Communication Association. San Diego, CA..
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  ;Your Role: Co-Author;Refereed: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Collaboration with Asst. Prof. at Oklahoma University;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Rains, S. A. (2006, 2007-05-01). Health at high speed: Broadband Internet access, health communication, and the digital divide.. International Communication Assocaition. San Francisco, CA..
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  ;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Rains, S. A., & Bosch, L. A. (2006, 2007-11-01). Privacy and health in the Information Age: A content analysis of health website privacy policy statements.. National Communication Association. Chicago.
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  Won a "Top 4" paper award in the Human Communication and Technology Division;Your Role: Lead author;Refereed: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Rains, S. A., & Young, V. (2006, 2008-11-01). The socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes of computer-mediated support groups: A meta-analysis.. National Communication Association. Chicago.
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  ;Your Role: Lead author;Refereed: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;

Others

• Rains, S. A. (2018). Coping with illness digitally.
• Keating, D., & Rains, S. A. (2014, .). ). Expressive writing and health.. In T. L. Thompson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of health communication (pp. 475-476). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage..
• Rains, S. A. (2014, .). Communication, computer-mediated support, and satisfaction with health.. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 1018-1020). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer..
• Rains, S. A. (2014, .). Health blogging.. In T. L. Thompson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of health communication (pp. 546-547). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage..
• Rains, S. A. (2014, .). Theoretical frameworks, communication technology.. In T. L. Thompson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of health communication (pp. 1387-1390). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage..
• Rains, S. A. (2006). Anonymity and health information on the World Wide Web.
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  Communication Currents is a national electronic magazine that is directed at communication practitioners and the general public. A select number of articles published in a National Communication Association-sponsored journal are re-packed and published in this outlet.;Full Citation: Rains, S. A. (2007). Anonymity and health information on the World Wide Web. Communication Currents, 2(2). http://www.communicationcurrents.com;Electronic: Yes;Type of Publication: Article based on a peer reviewed study.;
• Rains, S. A. (2005). What’s in a Name? Two Studies Examining the Impact of Anonymity on Perceptions of Source Credibility and Influence.
• Rains, S. A. (2001). Moving Beyond the Message: Exploring Communication Channel Use as a Form of Meta-communication.