Xialing Lin

Biographic Data

ID6695792
NAMEXialing Lin
GIVEN NAMESXialing
FAMILY NAMELin
SIGNATURELIN X
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Central Florida
ORCID0000-0002-0474-9743
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Exemplification in Communication Research

    Open AccessPatric R Spence, Xialing Lin et al.ARTICLECommunication Studies2025

    After explicating and reviewing previous research in the area of exemplification theory, the results of three studies are presented that test and extend parts of prior research concerning risk estimation and responses to a news story. Respondents examined a news story that manipulated images and quotes concerning bedbugs. The manipulated articles either featured base-rate information alone or with an iconic image or an emotional quote. In order t…

  • Revisiting Identity Cues and Helpfulness Heuristics in Online Learning

    Open AccessXialing Lin, Kenneth A Lachlan et al.ARTICLECommunication Studies2025

    Previous research has consistently demonstrated that offering help in online communication is beneficial, regardless of the helper’s identity. However, studies in the context of online learning, specifically within learning management systems (LMS) discussion boards, highlight the need to reevaluate the impact of identity on helpfulness. The current study aims to replicate earlier findings with a more rigorous examination of the variables and man…

  • AI and human generation of classroom content

    Austin Frederick, A B Frederick et al.ARTICLECommunication Education2025

    When it comes to controversial topics in higher education, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the spotlight lately. Discourse among faculty and students can be found in no shortage, but rarely is anyone focused on how it may impact how we perceive those who employ it rather than how it will change the system as we know it. This study examined adult learners’ perceptions of class instructors who incorporate AI-generated content within lectures…

  • Quickening the shift from disruption to opportunity

    Patric R Spence, Xialing Lin et al.ARTICLECommunication Education2025

    Ongoing conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) in education often focus on student use and abuse of the tool, the potential disruptive nature of AI, and the possibility of educator replac

  • Toward thoughtful integration of AI in education

    Jihyun Kim, Stephanie Kelly et al.ARTICLECommunication Education2024

    Although artificial intelligence (AI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT) have potential to act as a transformative educational tool, the widespread adoption of such technology also brings forth concerns related to academic integrity and learning gaps. This study examines whether class discussions on the negative aspects of AI-driven writing assistance have any impact on mitigating reliance on such technology. To address the inquiry, data were collected from u…

  • Examining perceptions and outcomes of AI versus human course assistant discussions in the online classroom

    Patric R Spence, Renee Kaufmann et al.ARTICLECommunication Education2024

    As technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of machine communication become more popular and readily available, the opportunities for use in an online class increase. This replication and extension sought to understand and test the use of AI versus human communication in an online learning space—specifically the learning management system (LMS) discussion board. More specifically, the differences in student perceptions an…

  • Credibility and altered communication styles of AI graders in the classroom

    Open AccessBryan Abendschein, Xialing Lin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Computer Assisted…2024

  • Extending the understanding of online discussions

    Patric R Spence, Renee Kaufmann et al.ARTICLECommunication Education2023

    Previous research applied an affordance approach to the literature in instruction and pedagogy. Because of the continued trend in online instruction and course management, there exists a need to study the impact of technological affordances and communication in learning management systems. The current study replicates and extends research investigating the responses of undergraduate students to discussion comments on a course management page, in …

  • “I Thought about It and I May Follow What You Said”

    Open AccessXialing Lin, Kenneth A Lachlan et al.ARTICLEJournal of International Crisis…2022

    The induction of cognitive elaboration on information concerning risks may facilitate compliance with messages encouraging audiences to mitigate against risks. Nevertheless, cognitive elaboration and its relationship with other key variables in risk information processing have been largely understudied. Revisiting data from three experiments, this study examined how cognitive elaboration influences behavioral intentions associated with a risk, an…

  • Exploring students’ perceptions of identity and helper heuristics in the online classroom discussion board

    Xialing Lin, Renee Kaufmann et al.ARTICLECommunication Education2022

    Although applied to numerous communication contexts, affordance approaches have yet to receive sustained attention in the instructional literature. The ongoing migration to online pedagogy suggests a need to examine the impact of technological affordances and communication in Learning Management Systems. To that end, an experimental study investigated the responses of undergraduate students to a course management page, in which the presence or ab…

  • Evaluations of an artificial intelligence instructor's voice

    Open AccessChad Edwards, Autumn Edwards et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2019

  • Don’t Sleep on It

    Open AccessXialing Lin, Adam M Rainear et al.ARTICLEWeather, Climate, and Society2018

    Humans often prefer representations that are cognitively easier to store, and these representations are easier to retrieve later to make judgments about events. Exemplification theory draws on evolutionary logic and argues that simple, iconic, concrete, and emotionally arousing depictions of events (exemplars) are favored and thus more likely to be stored and used than are abstract, inconsequential depictions or representations. This study examin…

  • Social media and credibility indicators

    Open AccessXialing Lin, Patric R Spence et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2016

  • Variability in Twitter Content Across the Stages of a Natural Disaster

    Patric R Spence, Kenneth A Lachlan et al.ARTICLECommunication Quarterly2015

    Little is known about the ways in which social media, such as Twitter, function as conduits for information related to crises and emergencies. The current study analyzed the content of over 1,500 Tweets that were sent in the days leading up to the landfall of Hurricane Sandy. Time-series analyses reveal that relevant information became less prevalent as the crisis moved from the prodromal to acute phase, and information concerning specific remedi…

  • Exemplification effects

    Patric R Spence, Kenneth A Lachlan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Risk Research2015Cited by: 2References: 6

    Exemplification theory asserts that message components that are iconic and emotionally arousing are easily accessed, and are therefore relied upon when making subsequent behavioral decisions. A reanalysis of data from three studies collected at different times, unrelated experimental stimuli (terrorism, food ingredients, and bed bugs), different media (visual and print), varying geographic locations, different experimental conditions (laboratory …