Chih-Hui Lai, Ph.D.

Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 105C Kolbe Hall
Phone: 330-972-5189
Email: chihhui@uakron.edu
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Research Accomplishments

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/imchihhui/

Research interests: organizational communication, communication technology and society, social network analysis, small groups

Referred Publications:

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 Proceedings of the 20the 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

Education:

Ph.D., Communication and Information, Rutgers University, 2012

M.A., Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University, 2005

B.A., Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, 1999

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