Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Byrne, S., Gay, G., Pollak, J. P., Retelny, D., Gonzales, A. L., Lee, T. & Wansink, B. (in press). Caring for mobile phone based avatars can influence youth eating behavior. Journal of Children and Media.

Gonzales, A.L. &  Hancock, J.T. (2011). Mirror, mirror on my Facebook wall: Effects of Facebook exposure on self-esteem. Cyberpsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 14, 79-83.
*covered by CNN.com, LA Times online, Chicago Tribune online, Huffington Post and others

Gonzales, A.L., Hancock, J.T., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2010). Language style matching as a predictor of social dynamics in small groups. Communication Research, 31, 3-19.
*winner of the 2011 Dennis Gouran Research Award, NCA

Gonzales, A.L. & Hancock, J.T. (2008). Identity shift in computer-mediated environments. Media Psychology, 11, 167-185.

Refereed and Archived Proceedings

Baumer, E.P.S., Katz, S.J., Freeman, J.E., Adams, P., Gonzales, A., Pollak, J.P., Retelny, D., Niederdeppe, J., Olson, C., Gay, G.K. (in press). Prescriptive persuasion and open-ended social awareness: Expanding the design space of mobile health. Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Proceedings.

Gonzales, A.L., Ng, T.Y., Zhao, O.J., & Gay, G.K. (2010). Turning text into music as a motivator of cathartic expressive writing. CHI 2010 Proceedings, 1937-1940.

Gonzales, A.L., Finley, T. & Duncan, S.P. (2009). (Perceived) interactivity: Does interactivity increase enjoyment and creative identity in artistic spaces? CHI 2009 Proceedings, 415-418.

Book Chapters & Manual Publications

Hancock, J.T. & Gonzales, A.L. (in press). To lie or not to lie: Technology and the pragmatics of deception. In Dieter Stein, Tuija Virtanen, and Susan Herring (Eds.) Handbook of Pragmatics of CMC. Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter.

Pennebaker, J.W. & Gonzales, A. L. (2009).  Making history: Social and psychological processes underlying collective memory.  In P. Boyer. and J.V Wertsch (Eds.) Memory in mind and culture (pp.171-193). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pennebaker, J.W., Chung, C.K., Ireland, M., Gonzales, A. L., & Booth, R.J. (2007). The development and psychometric properties of LIWC 2007.  Austin, TX: LIWC.net

Manuscripts Under Review

Hancock, J.T., Gill, A., Gonzales, A.L., Toma, C.L., & Woodworth, M. (under revision).  Attending to the unattended: Disfluencies and discourse markers in deceptive communication.

Gonzales, A.L., Falisi, A., & Jeffrey T. Hancock (under review).  Verbal identification as an indicator of reduced racial bias by Caucasian students playing African American avatars.

Gonzales, A.L., & Jeffrey T. Hancock (under review).  How to use friends and people to influence yourself: Identity shift as a correlate of perceived audience size and audience familiarity.

Pollak, J.P., Gonzales, A.L., Retelny, D., & Gay, G.K. (under review). Happy and healthy: Mobile phone-based examination of emotions and health-related behaviors.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Gonzales, A.L.(manuscript in preparation).  Health and digital media use across SES.

Gonzales, A.L., Pollak, J.P., Retelny, D., Baumer, E., & Gay, G.K. (manuscript in preparation) Improving doctor-patient communication using a mobile device to record daily health behaviors.

Convention Papers & Presentations

Pollak, J.P., Gonzales, A.L., Retelny, D., Baumer, E., & Gay, G.K. (2011, May). Mobile phone-based examination of emotions and health-related behaviors. Presented at the pre-conference on Mobile Technology at the 2011 annual convention of the International Communication Association. Boston, MA.

Gonzales, A.L., Pollak, J.P., Retelny, D., Baumer, E., & Gay, G.K. (2011). A mobile application for improving health attitudes: Being social matters. Presented at the workshop on Personal Informatics at the 2011 annual convention of the Computer Human Interaction. Vancouver, BC.

Gonzales, A.L., & Falisi, A.(2010, May). Decreasing racist attitudes through virtual play: Evidence of verbal perspective taking by white students when playing black avatars in second life chat. Paper to be presented at the 2010 annual convention of the National Communication Association. San Francisco, CA.
*Top Student Paper Award

Byrne, S. E., Gay, G.K., Pollack, J.P., Retelny, D., Gonzales, A.L., & Wansiink, B. (2010, May). “When I eat bad, my pet looks so sad”: An initial test of the persuasive effect of feedback from a mobile phone virtual pet on adolescent’s healthy breakfast intake. Paper to be presented at the 2010 annual convention of the International Communication Association. Singapore

Chairs: Marlone D. Henderson & Matt L. Newman. Speakers: Molly E. Ireland, Amy L. Gonzales, Paul J. Taylor, Lauren E. Scissors. (2010, January). The two faces of verbal mimicry: Does linguistic synchrony predict positive or negative social outcomes? Symposium to be presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Las Vegas, NV.

Gonzales, A.L. (2009, November). Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self-Esteem: Mirror, mirror on my Facebook wall. Paper to be presented at the 2009 annual convention of the National Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

Gonzales, A.L. & Hancock, J.T. (2009, November). Changing Identity through Self-Presentation: The Effect of New Media on the Self-Perception Process. Paper to be presented at the 2009 annual convention of the National Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

Gonzales, A.L. (2009, May). Validation of an Inventory of Social Connectedness. Doctoral colloquium presentation at the 2009 annual Group conference. Sanibel Islands, FL.

Gonzales, A.L. & Hancock, J.T. (2009, May). Changing Identity through Self-Presentation: The Effect of New Media on the Self-Perception Process. Paper presented at the 2009 annual convention of the International Communication Association. Chicago, IL.

Gonzales, A.L., Pennebaker, J.W. & Hancock, J.T. (2008, May). Linguistic indicators of social dynamics in online and face-to-face groups. Paper presented to the 2008 annual convention of the International Communication Association. Montreal, Canada.

Gonzales, A.L. & Hancock, J.T. (2007, October). Self-concept change in online environments. Paper presented to the 2007 annual convention of the National Communication Association. Chicago, IL.
*Top Student Paper Award

Hancock, J.T., Gill, A., Gonzales, A.L., Toma, C.L., Woodworth, M. (2005, July). Looking for Lies in all the wrong places. Paper presented to the 2005 annual convention of the Society for Text and Discourse. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Hardy, B. W., & Gonzales, A. L. (2005, May). The Internet and participatory capital: Exploring the relationships between specific uses of the Internet and involvement in social groups. Paper presented to the 2005 annual convention of the International Communication Association. New York, NY.