Publications

In Press/ Accepted

  • Carpenter, C. J., & McEwan, B. (2022). Self-esteem as a moderator of the message congeniality effect. Western Journal of Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2022.2147403
  • Zhu, X., Carpenter, C. J., Smith, R. A., Myrick, J. G., Martin, M. A., Lennon, R. P., Small, M. L., Van Scoy, L. J., and the Data4Action Research Group. (2022). Extending the theory of normative social behavior: Collective norms, opinion leadership, and masking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2152964

2022

  • Carpenter, C. J. (2022). Opinion leaders. In E. Ho, C. Bylund, & J. van Weert (Eds.) The international encyclopedia of health communication. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0764
  • Carpenter, C. J., Hutabarat, D., & Kotowski, M. R. (2022). Testing the validity of the health mavenness self-report measure with self-other correlations. Communication Reports, 35(1), 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2021.2021542
  • Carpenter, C. J., Levine, T. R., Serota, K. B., & Docan-Morgan, T. (2022). Influence and personality: Relationships among superdiffuser traits and big five traits. Communication Quarterly, 70(1), 63-83.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2021.2021260

2021

  • Boster, F. J., & Carpenter, C. J. (2021). Critical questions in persuasion research. Cognella.
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Cruz, S. M. (2021). Promoting climate change abatement policies in the face of motivated reasoning: Oneness with the source and attitude generalization. International Journal of Communication, 15, 4525–4545. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17415
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Spottswood, E. L. (2021). The hyperperception model: Which Facebook friends inspire jealousy & uncertainty. Communication Studies, 72(5), 883-898. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2021.1975144
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Spottswood, E. L. (2021). The hyperperception model: When your partner’s new friends inspire jealousy and failing to use social distancing. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 24(7), 439-443. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0492
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Spottswood, E. L. (2021). Extending the hyperpersonal model to observing others: The hyperperception model. Journal of Communication Technology, 4(2), 58-81. https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec-2021-010
  • Dienlin, T., et al. (2021). An agenda for open science in communication. Journal of Communication, 71(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqz052

2020

  • Spottswood, E. L. & Carpenter, C. J. (2020). Facebook jealousy: A hyperperception perspective. Communication Quarterly, 68(4), 397-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2020.1804959
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2020). Elaboration likelihood model. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M. L. Mares, & E. Scharrer (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of media psychology. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0070
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2020). Publication bias. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, L. Mares, & E. Scharrer (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of media psychology. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0033
  • Spottswood, E. L., & Carpenter, C. J. (2020). The hyperperception model: How observing others on social media can affect people in close relationships. In R. A. Lind (Ed.), Produsing theory in a digital world 3.0: The intersection of audiences and production in contemporary theory (Vol. 3). Peter Lang.
  • Spottswood, E. L., & Carpenter, C. J. (2020). Breaking up is hard to do, especially when Facebook won’t let you. Proceedings of the Social Media & Society Conference (pp. 30-38). https://doi.org/10.1145/3400806.3400811
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2020). Meta-analyzing apples and oranges: How to make applesauce instead of fruit salad. Human Communication Research, 46(2-3), 322-333. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqz018
  • Chung, S., Carpenter, C. J., Shin, H., & Lee, W. (2020). Three models for persuasive effects of source expertise: The heuristic cue model, the evidence model, and the moderator model. Asian Communication Research, 17(1), 40-75. https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2020.17.1.40
  • Spottswood, E. L., & Carpenter, C. J. (2020). The hyperperception model: What you don’t know can hurt you. International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies, 10(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJICST.2020010101
  • McEwan, B., & Carpenter, C. J. (2020) Networked maintenance: The effect of Facebook relational maintenance on network centrality. Communication Studies, 71(2), 187-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2020.1725081
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Averbeck, J. M. (2020). What do superdiffusers do when they want to persuade someone about politics on Facebook? Communication Quarterly, 68(1), 54-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2019.1671886

2019

  • Carpenter, C. J. (2019). Power, couple. In J. J. Ponzetti (Ed.), Macmillan encyclopedia of families, marriages, and intimate relationships (pp. 684-686). Macmillan.
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2019). An assessment of the measurement validity of the value-relevant involvement scale. Western Journal of Communication, 83(3), 345-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2018.1475680 
  • Carpenter, C. J., Zhu, X., & Smith, R. A. (2019). Do people who identify as popular become popular in a new network? A 9-month longitudinal network analysis. Journal of Social Structure, 20(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.21307/joss-2019-001
  • Carpenter, C. J., Amaravadi, C. S. (2019). A big data approach to assessing the impact of social norms: Reporting one’s exercise to a social media audience. Communication Research, 46(2), 236–249. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650216657776
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2019). Cognitive dissonance, ego-involvement, and motivated reasoning. Annals of the International Communication Association, 43(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2018.1564881

2018

  • DeAndrea, D. C., & Carpenter, C. J. (2018). Measuring the construct of warranting value and testing warranting theory. Communication Research, 45(8),1193–1215 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650216644022
  • McEwan, B., Carpenter, C. J., & Hopke, J. E. (2018). Mediated skewed diffusion of issues information: A theory. Social Media + Society, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118800319
  • McEwan, B., Carpenter, C. J., Westerman, D. (2018). On replication in communication science. Communication Studies, 69(3), 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2018.1464938
  • Smith, R. A., & Carpenter, C. J. (2018). Who persuades who? An analysis of persuasion choices related to antibiotic-free food. Health Communication, 33(4), 478-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1278498
  • Levine, T. R., Blair, P., & Carpenter, C. J. (2018). A critical look at meta-analytic evidence for the cognitive approach to lie detection: A reexamination of Vrij, Fisher & Blank (2018). Legal and Criminological Psychology, 23(1), 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12115
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2018). Using Spinozan processing theory to predict the perceived likelihood of persuasive message claims: When message recall matters and when it does not. Southern Communication Journal, 83(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2017.1373146

2017

  • Samson-Secrieru, L., & Carpenter, C. J. (2017). Examining mindlessness and friendliness in the evoking freedom compliance-gaining technique. Communication Research Reports, 34(3), 368-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2017.1368473
  • Cionea, I. A., Piercy, C. W., & Carpenter, C. J. (2017). A profile of arguing behaviors on Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 76, 438-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.009
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2017). A relative commitment approach to understand power in romantic relationships. Communication Studies, 68(1), 115-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2016.1268639
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Tong, S. T. (2017). Relational distancing and termination between online friends: An application of the investment model. Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI 2017 (pp. 6925-6935). https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3026026
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2017). Meta-analysis. In Mike Allen (Ed.). The Sage encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 980-983). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n341
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2017). Persuasion. In Mike Allen (Ed.). The Sage encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1225-1227).Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n425

2016

  • Carpenter, C. J. (2016). Romantic jealousy on Facebook. International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.4018/IJICST.2016010101
  • Day, J., & Carpenter, C. J. (2016). The political superdiffuser. Illinois Political Science Review, 16, 3-28.
  • Pascual, A., Carpenter, C., Guéguen, N., & Girandola, F. (2016). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of the low-ball compliance gaining procedure. European Review of Applied Psychology, 66(5), 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2016.06.004
  • Carpenter, C. J., & McEwan, B. (2016). The players of micro-dating: Individual and gender differences in goal orientations toward micro-dating apps. First Monday. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v21i5.6187
  • Carpenter, C. J., Pascual, A. (2016). Testing the reactance vs. the reciprocity of politeness explanations for the effectiveness of the “but you are free” compliance-gaining technique. Social Influence, 11(2), 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2016.1156569

2015

  • Pfafman, T. M. Carpenter, C. J., & Tang, Y. (2015). The politics of racism: Constructions of African immigrants in China on ChinaSMACK. Communication, Culture, & Critique, 8(4), 540-556. https://doi.org/10.1111/cccr.12098
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2015). A meta-analysis of the ELM’s argument quality X processing type predictions. Human Communication Research, 41(4), 501-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/hcre.12054
  • Boster, F. J., Carpenter, C. J., & Kotowski, M. R. (2015). Validation studies of the maven scale. Social Influence, 10(2), 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2014.939224
  • Boster, F. J., Shaw, S. Z., Carpenter, C. J., & Lindsey-Massi, L. (2015). Simulation of a dynamic theory of reasoned action. Simulation and Gaming, 45(6), 699-731. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878114562930
  • Carpenter, C. J., Boster, F. J., Kotowski, M. R., & Day, J. (2015). Evidence for the validity of a social connectedness scale: Connectors amass bridging social capital online and offline. Communication Quarterly, 63(2), 119-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2015.1012217
  • Pascual, A., Meineri, S., Carpenter, C., Jugel, M., Guy, P., Vallée, B. & Guéguen, N. (2015). Operationalizations of the “but you are free” technique with the word liberty and the Statue of Liberty symbol on clothes: Effects on compliance-gaining. Social Influence, 10(3), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2015.1026390

2014

  • Carpenter, C. J. (2014). Making compliance seem more important: The “just-one-more” technique of gaining compliance. Communication Research Reports, 31(2), 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2014.907144
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2014). Meta-analysis: Sexual versus emotional infidelity as an example. In Sage research methods cases. Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/978144627305014539448
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2014). Health belief model. In T. L. Thompson, & G. Golson, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of health communication (pp. 544-546). Sage.
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2014). Opinion leaders. In T. L. Thompson, & J. G. Golson, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of health communication (pp. 993-994). Sage.

2013

  • Carpenter, C. J. (2013). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of the “but you are free” compliance-gaining technique. Communication Studies, 64(1), 6-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2012.727941
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Boster, F. J. (2013). Modeling the effects of processing effort and ability in response to persuasive message arguments. Communication Quarterly, 61(4), 413-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2013.799509
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Boster, F. J. (2013). The relationship between message recall and persuasion: More complex than it seems. Journal of Communication, 63(4), 661-681. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/jcom.12042
  • Carpenter, C. J., & McEwan, B. (2013). Who are we educating? Why undergraduate students choose to major in communication. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 32, 2-13.
  • Carpenter, C. J., & Spottswood, E. L. (2013). Exploring romantic relationships on social networking sites using the self-expansion model. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4), 1531-1537. https://doi.org/j.chb.2013.01.021
  • Levine, T. R., Shulman, H., Carpenter, C. J., DeAndrea, D. C., & Blair, J. P. (2013). The impact of accusatory, non‑accusatory, bait, and false evidence questioning in deception. Communication Research Reports, 30(2), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2012.762905
  • Carpenter, C. J., Boster, F. J., & Andrews, K. R. (2013). Functional attitude theory. In J. P. Dillard, & L. J. Shen (Eds.), The Sage handbook of persuasion: Developments in theory and practice (2nd ed., pp. 64-119). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218410.n7
  • Andrews, K. R., Boster, F. J., & Carpenter, C. J. (2013) Persuading in the small group context. In J. P. Dillard, & L. J. Shen (Eds.), The sage handbook of persuasion: Developments in theory and practice (2nd ed., pp. 354-370). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218410.n21

2012

  • Boster, F. J., Carpenter, C. J., Andrews, K. R., & Mongeau, P. A. (2012). Employing interpersonal influence to promote behavioral change. Health Communication, 27(4), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2011.595771
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2012). A meta-analysis and an experiment investigating the effects of speaker disfluency on persuasion. Western Journal of Communication, 76(5), 552-569. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2012.662307
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2012). A meta-analysis of the functional matching effect based on functional attitude theory. Southern Journal of Communication. 77(5), 438-451. https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2012.699989
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2012). A trim and fill examination of the extent of publication bias in communication research. Communication Methods and Measures, 6(1), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2011.651347
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2012). Meta-analyses of gender differences in responses to sexual versus emotional infidelity: Men and women are more similar than different. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36(1), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684311414537
  • Carpenter, C. J. (2012). Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and anti-social behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(4), 482-486. https://doi.org/j.paid.2011.11.011

2011

2010

2009

  • Carpenter, C. J., & Boster, F. J. (2009). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of the disrupt-then-reframe compliance gaining technique. Communication Reports, 22(2), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934210903092590
  • Carpenter, C. J., Kotowski, M. R., Boster, F. J., Andrews, K. R., Serota, K., & Shaw, A. S. (2009). Do superdiffusers argue differently? An analysis of argumentation style as a function of diffusion ability. Argumentation and Advocacy, 45(3), 151-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028533.2009.11821704
  • DeAndrea, D. C., Carpenter, C. J., Shulman, H., & Levine, T. R. (2009). The relationship between cheating behavior and sensation-seeking. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(8), 944-947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.021
  • Henningsen, D. D., Serewicz, M. C. M., & Carpenter, C. J. (2009). Predictors of comforting communication in romantic relationships. International Journal of Communication, 3, 351-368.
  • Levine, T. R., Asada, K., & Carpenter, C. J. (2009). Sample sizes and effect sizes are negatively correlated in meta-analyses: Evidence and implications of a publication bias against non-significant findings. Communication Monographs, 76(3), 286-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637750903074685

2008

  • Andrews, K. R., Carpenter, C. J., Shaw, A. S., Boster, F. J. (2008). The legitimization of paltry favors effect: A review and meta-analysis. Communication Reports, 21(2), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934210802305028