Dr. Rachael Record: Research Projects
*Student collaborator
Record, R. A., *Azzam, K., *Gonzales, M. M., Greiner, L. H., & Matt, G. E. (2025). Identifying how tobacco industry-targeted communities perceive California’s Tobacco Endgame initiative. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20, 1-11. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00674-6
Record, R. A., Greiner, L. H., Wipfli, H., *Mejia, M., *Pugel, J., & Matt, G. E. (2025). Examining Facebook’s algorithmic priorities and user engagement: A case study of educational narratives on thirdhand smoke exposure risks to children. Journal of Social Media in Society, 14(2), 85-100.
*Groznik, M., *Jimenez, R., *Tellesen, S., *Azzam, K., *Anderson, S., *Marium, S., & Record, R. A. (2025). Big tobacco’s hashtag hijacking: A network analysis approach to social media hashtag use among FDA-registered vaping establishments. Online Information Review, 49(7), 1302-1319. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-07-2024-0473
*Juarez, J., Record, R. A., & Dykstra-Devette, T. (2025). The road to healthcare is paved with good intentions: Perceptions of Mexico City’s government-managed healthcare program. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2535041
Record, R. A., *Groznik, M., & Sussman, M. (2023). Communicative processes underlying DIY eJuice mixing among young adult international ENDS users. Health Communication, 39(4), 666-674. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2179718
Record, R. A., *Groznik, M., & Sussman, M. (2023). Using the theory of planned behavior to anticipate do-it-yourself ejuice mixing among young adult international e-cigarette users. Addiction and Health, 15(1), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.34172/ahj.2023.1385
Record, R. A., Greiner, L. H., Wipfli, H., *Strickland, J., *Owens, J., *Pugel, J., & Matt, G. E. (2023). Evaluation of a social media campaign designed to increase awareness of thirdhand smoke among California adults. Health Communication, 38(3), 437-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1954760
Record, R. A., Greiner, L. H., Wipfli, H., *Pugel, J., & Matt, G. E. (2022). Thirdhand smoke knowledge, attitudes, and behavior: Development of reliable and valid self-report measures. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24(1), 141-145. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab133
*Silberman, W., & Record, R. A., (2021). We post it, u reddit: Exploring the potential of reddit for health interventions targeting college populations. Journal of Health Communication. Early online release. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2021.1949648.
Woo‡, N., Spitzberg, B. H., & Record, R. R. (In Process - under review). "The mediating role of affection exchange and mediated social support on communication competencies and loneliness" Journal of College Student Development
Santiago, J. E., Record, R. A., & Martinez, L. (2020). "Messages from near or far: A targeted nutritional message design experiment"
Poster presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication. Lexington, KY..
Record, R. A., Greiner, L., Wipfli, H. L., Owens, J., Strickland, J., Puga, E., & Matt, G. (2020). "Extended abstract: Social media guidelines for 21st century research centers"
Poster to be presented to the International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Division. Gold Coast: Australia..
Record, R. A., Wipfli, H. L., Greiner, L., Strickland, J., Owens, J., Banuelos, N., Munoz, A., Padilla, S., & Matt, G. E. (2020). "Thirdhand smoke dissemination, outreach, and resource center"
Paper to be presented to the Joining Forces 2020: Ending the Tobacco Epidemic for All: Palm Desert, CA..
Record, R. A., Triana, B., & Mangold, E. (2019). "Impacts of media source on millennial audience perceptions of climate change"
Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Environmental Communication Division. Salt Lake City, Utah..
Ham, T., & Record, R. A. (2019). "Cultural frames of e-cigarette marketing: A content analysis of South Korea and U.S. e-cigarette websites"
Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Health Communication Division. Salt Lake City, Utah..
Mangold, E., & Record, R. A. (2019). "Visualizing the here and now of climate change: The effects of psychological distance and visual imagery on risk perceptions"
Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association, Applied Communication Division. Providence, RI..
Record, R. A., Straub, K., & Stump, N. (2019). "#Selfharm on #Instagram: Examining user awareness and use of Instagram’s self-harm reporting tool" Health Communication
doi:10.1080/10410236.2019.1598738. Early online publication..
Johnson‡, E. D., Spitzberg, B. H., Record, R. A., Liu, R. X. (2019). "Situational cheating assessment of motivation (SCAM): A model for understanding student plagiarism"
Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA. Eric Johnson, graduate student, conducted his thesis as a statistical model predicting motivation to cheat on class assignments..
Biggers, D., & Record, R. A. (2018). "Of all the possible roommates on campus: Examining college roommate relationships via the transactional model of stress and coping"
Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Interpersonal Communication Division. Salt Lake City, Utah..
Santamaria, C., & Record, R. A. (2018). "Modeling employer-employee communication satisfaction"
Paper presented at the National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division. Salt Lake City, Utah..
Record, R. A., Silberman, W., Santiago, J., & Ham, T. (2018). "I sought it, I Reddit: Examining health information engagement behaviors among Reddit users" Journal of Health Communication
Early online release. doi:10.1080/10810730.2018.1465493.
Nathan Woo, Brian Spitzberg, & Rachael Record (2018). "Mobilizing friendship: Mitigating perceived feelings of loneliness through social networking applications"
Paper presented at the International Communication Association. Prague, Czech Republic..
Silberman, W., Record, R. A., Santiago, J., & Ham, T. (2017). "I sought it, I Reddit: Examining health information seeking behaviors among Reddit users"
Paper presented at the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide International Conference, San Diego, CA..
Record, R. A., Straub, K., & Stump, N. (2017). "#Selfharm on #Instagram: A theory of planned behavior exploration of reporting self-harm via Instagram"
Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Human Communication & Technology Division, Dallas, TX..
Arlis, L., Spitzber, B., & Record, R. A. (2017). "Prepared today, alive tomorrow: Persuasive appeals in predicting preparation for college campus active shooter scenarios"
Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Health Communication Division, Dallas, TX..
Record, R. A., Ham, T., Silberman, W., Majmundar, A., & Bowe, K. (2016). "Yik Yak as an intervention platform: Assessing the usability of Yik Yak for health interventions"
Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Human Communication and Technology Division, Philadelphia, PA. .
Martinez, L.S., Record, R., Silberman, W., Wehlage, S., Kaiser, E. (2016). "Run the risk or take a chance? Comparing effects of probabilistic frames on behavioral intention."
Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Applied Communication Division, Philadelphia, PA..
Rachael Record, Will Silberman, Josh Santiago, and Taewook Ham (? ). "Information Engagement on Reddit"
Rachael Record & Nathan Rogers . "The Use of Humor in Suicide Disclosures"
Rachael Record, Will Silberman, Josh Santiago, & Taewook Ham . "Media Reporting of Zika"
Rachael Record, Kendra Straub, & Nicholas Stump . "Reporting Self-Harm on Instagram"
