Ken Lachlan

Department Head and Professor, Department of Communication

Primary Research Theme

Healthy Cities

Secondary Research Themes

People and the City, Social-Ecological Systems

Selected Urban-Related Publications

Rainear, A., Lachlan, K.A., & Fishlock, J. (2019). Exploring retention and behavioral intentions when using social robotics to communicate a weather risk. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 372-379.

Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Lin, X., Westerman, D.K., Rice, R., Sellnow, T., & Seeger, M. (2018). Let me squeeze a word in: Exemplification effects, user comments and response to a news story. Western Journal of Communication. In press.

Rainear, A., Lachlan, K.A., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & DeVoss, C. (2018). Examining twitter content of state emergency management during Hurricane Joaquin. Communication Research Reports. 35 (4), 325-334.

Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., Omillion-Hodges, L., Rice, R., & Brink, A.K. (2018). Responding to campus shootings: Two studies exploring the effects of sex and placement strategy on knowledge acquisition and organizational reputation. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 1 (1), 83-110.

Lachlan, K.A., Levy, D.R., & Xu, Z. (2018). The remaining, unconvinced few: Using Twitter to explore non- CORFing behavior following a political defeat. Communication Quarterly, 66 (4), 363-379.

Lin, X., Rainear, A., Spence, P.R., & Lachlan, K.A. (2018). Don’t sleep on it: An examination of storm naming and potential heuristic effects on Twitter. Weather, Climate, & Society, 10 (4), 769-779v

Rainear, A., Lachlan, K.A., & Spence, P.R. (2017). Communicating risk in 140 characters: The impact of imperative and declarative message style on weather risk perception and behavioral intentions. Journal of Emergency Management, 15 (5), 275-282.

Rainear, A., Lachlan, K.A., & Lin, C. (2017). What’s in a #Name? An experimental study examining perceived credibility and impact of winter storm names. Weather, Climate and Society, 9 (4), 815-822.

Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Sellnow, T., Rice, R.G., & Seeger, H. (2017). That is so gross and I have to post about it: Exemplification effects and user comments on a news story. Southern Communication Journal. 82 (1), 27-37.

Lin, X., Spence, P.R. & Lachlan, K.A. (2017). Exploring extreme events on social media: A comparison study of user reposting/retweeting behaviors on Twitter and Weibo. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 576-581.

Lin, X., Spence, P.R., Sellnow, T., & Lachlan, K.A. (2017). Crisis communication, learning and responding: Best practices in social media. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 601-605

Spence, P.A., Lachlan, K.A., & Rainear, A. (2016). Social media and crisis research: Data collection and directions. Computers in Human Behavior, 54, 667-673.

Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., Lin, X., Najarian, K., & Del Greco, M. (2016). Social media and crisis management: CERC, search strategies, and Twitter content. Computers in Human Behavior, 54, 647-653.

Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Edwards, A., & Edwards, C. (2016). Tweeting fast matters, but only if I think about it: Information updates in social media. Communication Quarterly, 64 (1), 55-71.

Spence, P.R., Sellnow-Richmond, D., Sellnow, T., & Lachlan, K.A. (2016). Social media and corporate reputation during crises: YouTube.com’s viability for providing counter-messages to traditional broadcast news. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 44 (3), 199-215.

Lin, X., Spence, P.R., & Lachlan, K.A. (2016). Social media and credibility indicators: The effect of influence cues. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 264-271.

Lachlan, K.A., & Levy, D.R. (2016). BIRGing, CORFing, and Twitter activity following a political referendum: Examining social media activity concerning the 2014 Scottish independence vote. Communication Research Reports, 33 (3), 217-222.

Lachlan, K.A., McIntyre, J.J., & Spence, P.R., (2016). Responding to a campus emergency: The effect of alert sources on learning, message speed, and perceptions of campus safety. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 34 (1), 95-112.

Lachlan, K.A., Spence, P.R., Rainear, A., Fishlock, J., Xu, Z., & Vanco, B. (2016). You’re my only hope: An initial exploration of the effectiveness of robotic platforms in engendering learning about crises and risks. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 606-611.

Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Lin, X., & Del Greco, M. (2015). Variability in Twitter content across the stages of a natural disaster: Implications for crisis communication. Communication Quarterly 63 (2), 171-186.

Spence, P.R., Lachlan, K.A., Lin, X., Sellnow-Richmond, D., & Sellnow, T. (2015). The problem with remaining silent: Exemplification effects and public image. Communication Studies, 66 (3), 341-357.