RONALD E. RICE

Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication
Co-Director, Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media
President, International Communication Association 2006-2007

Department of Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020
office: 805-893-8696; dept.: 805-893-4517; dept. fax: 805-893-7102
email: rrice AT comm.ucsb.edu
http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm


[Brief Biographical Statement
Resume Contents:

Experience and Research Interests
Education
Positions
Professional Associations
Books
Refereed Publications
Book Chapters
Refereed Proceedings
Other Professional Publications
Professional Honors
Service: Committees, Editorial Boards, Reviewing
Dissertations Chaired
Courses Taught
Funded Research

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EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Experience includes management, education, information handling, quantitative research methods, and public relations. Conducts research in the social effects of new media and telecommunications, communication networks, bibliometrics, public communication campaigns, organizational communication, and the diffusion of innovations.


EDUCATION

Stanford University: M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1982 (Communication research)

Virginia Commonwealth University: 1972/76 (various courses)

Columbia University: B.A. 1971 (English literature)

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POSITIONS

2007 (August): Wee Kim Wee Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2006 (March-July): Fulbright Professor, University of Helsinki Department of Communication, Finland

2004-: Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, Department of Communication, University of California Santa Barbara; Co-Director, Center for Film, Television, and New Media

1989 - 2003: Chair of Department of Communication (2000-2003), Professor II (2002-), Professor (1995-2002), Associate Professor (1989-95), School of Communication, Information & Library Studies, Rutgers University

1982 - 89: Assistant Professor, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California.  Adjunct Professor, College of Information Studies, Drexel University

1981 - 82: Research Associate, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. Research Associate/Assistant, Stanford University: NSF project on adoption of word processing; USDA 58-3K06-1-63, Kentucky videotex evaluation; USAID/DSPE-C-0028, Honduras Health Communication. Consultant for university, state and national projects involving needs assessments and evaluations of telecommunications systems. Consultant for several network analysis projects.

1979 - 80: Organizer for National Conference on Communication Campaigns, sponsored by Wildfire Prevention Groups (DOA-21-741).

1978 - 79: Research Assistant for USAID/CA C-1472 project in development communications. Consultant for various organizational communication and network studies.

1976 - 78: Research Assistant on NSF project: designed, programmed and tested an interactive computer-based nutritional information system. Research Assistant on DOT-UMTA CA 06-0015 project on diffusion of transportation innovations. Data consultant to Stanford Athletic Committee, San Jose Mercury newspaper. Consultant on dissertations involving knowledge utilization networks, and on media effects on low-income rural farmers in Guatemala.

1974 - 76: Communication Analyst, Certificates Supervisor, Manager of two bank data processing departments.

1972 - 74: Taught High School English, Algebra, and Sports at St. Stephens School, Rome Italy.

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS


Academy of Management American Society for Information Science
International Communication Association International Network for Social Network Analysis
National Communication Association
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BOOKS
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B11. Rice, R.E. (Ed.) (2008).  Media ownership: Research and regulation.  Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

B10. Murero, M. & Rice, R.E. (Eds.). (2006).  The Internet and health care: Theory, research and practice.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

B9. Katz, J.E. & Rice, R.E.  (2002). Social consequences of Internet use: Access, involvement and interaction. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. [Translated and published in Spanish as (2005) Consecuencias sociales del use de Internet. Barcelona, Spain: Editorial UOC; and translated into Chinese by the Commercial Press in Beijing (2007). Selected as the book of the month for December 2007 by the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?BookID=372 ]

B8. Rice, R.E., McCreadie, M., & Chang, S-J. (2001).  Accessing and browsing information and communication: An interdisciplinary approach.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

B7. Rice, R.E. & Atkin, C. (Eds.). (2001).  Public communication campaigns (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  [Winner of National Communication Association Health Communication Division's Distinguished Book Award, 2006.]

B6. Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (Eds.). (2001).  The Internet and health communication: Expectations and experiences.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [Selected as the book of the month for February 2003 by the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?BookID=192 ]  

B5. Rice, R.E. & Atkin, C. (Eds.). (1989). Public communication campaigns (2nd ed.). Newbury Hills, CA: Sage.

B4. Williams, F., Rice, R.E. & Rogers, E.M. (1988). Research methods and the new media. New York: Free Press. [Translated and published in Korea.]

B3. Johnson, B. & Rice, R.E. (1987). Managing organizational innovation: The evolution from word processing to office information systems. New York: Columbia University Press.

B2. Rice, R.E. & Associates. (1984). The new media: Communication, research and technology. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

B1. Rice, R.E. & Paisley, W. (Eds.). (1981). Public communication campaigns. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
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A91. Rice, R. E. (2008). Unusual routines: Organizational (non)sensemaking.  Journal of Communication, 58(1), 1-19.

A90. Kim, H., Kim, G.J., Park, H. W., & Rice, R. E. (2007). Configurations of relationships in different media: FtF, Email, Instant Messenger, Mobile Phone, and SMS.  Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4). Online at: htttp://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/kim.html

A89. Bieber, M., McFall, B., Rice, R.E. & Gurstein, M. (2007). Towards systems design for supporting enabling communities.  The Journal of Community InformaticsSpecial Issue: Community Informatics and System Design, 3(1).  http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/281/313

A88. Shelley, G., Killworth, P., Bernard, H.R., McCarty, C., Johnsen, & Rice, R.E. (2006).  Who knows your HIV status II?: Information propagation within social networks of seropositive people. Human Organization, 65(4), 430-444.

A87. Rice, R. E., Sheperd, A., Dutton, W. H. & Katz, J. E. (2007). Social interaction and the Internet: A comparative analysis of surveys in the US and Britain. In A. N. Joinson, K.Y.A. McKenna, T. Postmes, & U. R. Reips (Eds.), Oxford handbook of Internet psychology (pp. 7-30). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

A86. Yao, M. Z., Rice, R. E. & Wallis, K. (2007). Predicting user concerns about online privacy. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 58(5), 710-722.

A85.  Rice, R.E. & Bunz, U. (2006). Evaluating a wireless course feedback system: The role of demographics, expertise, fluency, competency, and usage. Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE), 6(3), article 80. http://www.utpjournals.com/simile/issue23/Rice1.html

A84. Rice, R.E. (2006). Influences, usage, and outcomes of Internet health information searching: Multivariate results from the Pew surveys. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 75(1), 8-28.  Also: http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/1589

A83. Lehr, J. & Rice, R. E. (2005).  How are organizational measures really used?  Quality Management Journal, 12(3), 39-60.

A82. Simard, C. & Rice, R. E. (2006). Managerial information behavior:  Relationships among total quality management orientation, information use environments, and managerial roles.  Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 17(1), 79-95.

A81. Rice, R.E., (2005). New media/Internet research topics of the Association of Internet Researchers.  The Information Society, 21, 285-299.

A80. Katz, J. E., Rice, R. E., Acord, S., Dasgupta, K., & David, K.  (2004).  Personal mediated communication and the concept of community in theory and practice. In P. Kalbfleisch (Ed.), Communication and community, communication yearbook 28 (pp. 315-370).  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

A79. Rice, R.E., Donohew, L., & Clayton, R. (2003).   Peer network, sensation seeking, and drug use among junior and senior high school students. Connections, 25(2), 5-19.

A78. Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (2003). Comparing internet and mobile phone usage: Digital divides of usage, adoption, and dropouts. Telecommunications Policy, 27(8/9), 597-623.

A77. Hayne, S., Pollard, C., & Rice, R.E. (2003). Identification of comment authorship in anonymous group support systems. Journal of Management Information Systems, 20(1), 301-329.

A76. Lehr, J. K. & Rice, R.E. (2002).  Organizational measures as a form of knowledge management: A multitheoretic, communication-based exploration. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 53(12), 1060-1073.

A75. Katz, J.E. & Rice, R.E. (2002). The telephone as a medium of faith, hope, terror, and redemption: America, September 11th.  Prometheus, 20(3), 247-253.

A74. Katz, J.E. & Rice, R.E. (2002). Project Syntopia: Social consequences of Internet use. itandsociety, 1(1), 166-179.

A73. Cross, R., Rice, R.E., & Parker, A. (2001).  Information seeking in social context: Structural influences and receipt of information benefits. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics -- Part C, 31(4), 438-478.

A72. Lehr, J. & Rice, R.E. (2001). Motivation, organizational identification, and experiences of the quality examiner. Quality Management Journal, 9(1), 63-90.

A71. Katz, J.E., Rice, R.E., & Aspden, P. (2001). The Internet, 1995-2000: Access, civic involvement, and social interaction.  American Behavioral Scientist, 45(3), 404-419.  Revised version: Katz, J.E. & Rice, R.E. (2002).  Syntopia: Access, civic involvement and social interaction via the Internet.  In B. Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.), The Internet in everyday life (pp. 114-138). Oxford: Blackwell.

A70. D’Ambra, J., & Rice, R.E. (2001). Emerging factors in user evaluation of the world wide web.  Information and Management, 38(6), 373-384.

A69. Majchrzak, A., Rice, R.E., Malhotra, A., King, N., & Ba, S. (2000). Technology adaptation: The case of a computer-supported inter-organizational virtual team.  MIS Quarterly, 24(4), 569-600. (Won the award for Best MISQ Article, 2000, awarded by the Academy of Management, Washington, D.C., August 2001.)

A68. Rice, R.E., Stewart, L.P., & Hujber, M. (2000). Extending the domain of instructional effectiveness assessment in student evaluations of communication courses. Communication Education, 49(3), 253-266.

A67. Majchrzak, A., Rice, R.E., King, N., Malhotra, A., & Ba, S. (1999).  Computer-mediated interorganizational knowledge-sharing: Insights from a virtual team innovating using a collaborative tool.  Information Resources Management Journal, 13(1), 44-53.  Reprinted in Y. Malhotra (Ed.), (2000). Knowledge management (pp. 84-100).  Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishers.

A66. Donohew, R., Hoyle, R., Clayton, R., Skinner, W., Colon, S., & Rice, R.E. (1999).  Sensation seeking and drug use by adolescents and their friends: Models for marijuana and alcohol.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60(5), 622-631.

A65. Rice, R.E., Collins-Jarvis, L., & Zydney-Walker, S. (1999). Individual and structural influences on information technology helping relationships. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 27(4), 285-303.

A64. Rice, R.E., Hayne, S., & Pollard, C. (1999). Content factors influencing accuracy of authorship attributions for anonymous, mediated brainstorming comments.  In S. Havlovic (Ed.), Academy of management best papers proceedings  (CD-ROM: OCIS: c1-c6).  (Won a "Top Three" award by the Organizational Communication and Information Systems division of the Academy of Management, San Francisco, August.)

A63. Perry, C. & Rice, R.E. (1999). Network influences on involvement in the hybrid problem area of developmental dyslexia. Science Communication, 21(1), 38-74.

A62. Rice, R.E. (1999).  What's new about new media: Artifacts and paradoxes. New Media and Society, 1(1), 24-32. Reprinted in D. McQuail (Ed.), (2002). McQuail's reader in mass communication theory (pp. 125-133). London, UK: Sage.

A61. McCreadie, M., & Rice, R.E. (1999). Trends in analyzing access to information, Part I: Cross-disciplinary conceptualizations. Information Processing and Management, 35(1), 45-76.

A60. McCreadie, M., & Rice, R.E. (1999). Trends in analyzing access to information, Part II: Unique and integrating conceptualizations. Information Processing and Management, 35(1), 77-99.

A59. Rice, R.E., D'Ambra, J. & More, E. (1998). Cross-cultural comparison of organizational media evaluation and choice. Journal of Communication, 48(3), 3-26.

A58. D'Ambra, J., Rice, R.E., & O'Connor, M. (1998). Computer-mediated communication and media preference: An investigation of the dimensionality of perceived task equivocality and media richness. Behaviour and Information Technology, 17(3),164-174.

A57. Perry, C. & Rice, R.E. (1997). Scholarly communication in developmental dyslexia: Influence of network structure on change in a hybrid problem area. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 49(2), 151-168.

A56. Kraut, R., Rice, R.E., Cool, C., & Fish, R. (1998). Varieties of social influence: The role of utility and norms in the success of a new communication medium. Organization Science, 9(4), 437-453. (Won Best Published Paper of 1998 by the Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division of the Academy of Management, San Francisco, August 1999.)

A55. Crawford, G. & Rice, R.E. (1997). Technology, power and structure: Developing a model of the effects of automation on liberal arts college libraries. Library and Information Science Research, 19(3), 265-300.

A54. Hayne, S. & Rice, R.E. (1997). Attribution accuracy when using anonymity in group support systems. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 47, 429-452.

A53. Rice, R.E. & Gattiker, U. (2000). New media and organizational structuring. In F. Jablin & L. Putnam (Eds.), New handbook of organizational communication (pp. 554-581). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

A52. Baldwin, N. & Rice, R.E. (1997). Information-seeking behavior of securities analysts: Individual and institutional influences, information sources and channels, and outcomes. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 48(8), 674-693.

A51. Rice, R.E., Chapin, J., Pressman, R., Park, S., & Funkhouser, E. (1996). What's in a name? Bibliometric analysis of 40 years of the Journal of Broadcasting (and Electronic Media). Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 40, 511-539.

A50. Rice, R.E., & Tyler, J. (1995). Individual and organizational influences on voicemail use and evaluation. Behaviour and Information Technology, 14(6), 329-341.

A49. D'Ambra, J., & Rice, R.E. (1994). Multi-method approaches for the study of computer-mediated communication, equivocality, and media selection. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 37(4), 231-239.

A48. Rice, R.E., Kraut, R., Cool, C., & Fish, R. (1994). Individual, structural and social influences on use of a new communication medium. In D. Moore (Ed.), Academy of management best papers proceedings (pp. 285-289). Madison, WI: Omni Press.

A47. Rice, R.E. (1994). Relating electronic mail use and network structure to R&D work networks and performance. Journal of Management Information Systems, 11(1), 9-20.

A46. Chang, S-J. & Rice, R.E. (1993). Browsing: A multidimensional framework. In M. Williams (Ed.), Annual review of information science and technology, 28, 231-271. Medford, NJ: Learned Information. (Won a Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan, 1995.)

A45. Rice, R.E. & Danowski, J. (1993). Is it really just like a fancy answering machine? Comparing semantic networks of different types of voice mail users. Journal of Business Communication, 30(4), 369-397. (A Top paper at the International Communication Association conference, 1989.)

A44. Rice, R.E. (1993). Using network concepts to clarify sources and mechanisms of social influence. In W. Richards, Jr., & G. Barnett (Eds.), Progress in Communication Sciences: Advances in communication network analysis (pp. 43-52). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

A43. Rice, R.E. (1993). Media appropriateness: Using social presence theory to compare traditional and new organizational media. Human Communication Research, 19(4), 451-484.

A42. Fish, R., Kraut, R., Root, R., & Rice, R.E. (1993). Video as a technology for informal communication. Communications of the ACM, 36(1), 48-61.  Also: (1992). Evaluating video as a technology for informal communication.  In P. Bauersfeld, J. Bennett, & G. Lynch (Eds.), CHI'92: Human factors in computing systems (pp. 37-48). NY: ACM.

A41. Rice, R.E. & Crawford, G. (1992). Context and content of citations between communication and library & information science articles. In J. Schement & B. Ruben (Eds.), Information and behavior, 4, 189-217. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press.

A40. Rice, R.E., Chang, S., & Torobin, J. (1992). Communicator style, media use, organizational level, and use and evaluation of electronic messaging. Management Communication Quarterly, 6(1), 3-33.

A39. Aydin, C. & Rice, R.E. (1992). Bringing social worlds together: Computers as catalysts for new interactions in health care organizations. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 33(2), 168-185.

A38. Borgman, C. & Rice, R.E. (1992). The convergence of information science and communication: A bibliometric analysis. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 43(6), 397-411.

A37. Rice, R.E. (with Hart, P., Torobin, J., Shook, D., Tyler, J., Svenning, L., & Ruchinskas, J.) (1992). Task analyzability, use of new media, and effectiveness: A multi-site exploration of media richness. Organization Science, 3(4), 475-500.

A36. Rice, R.E. & Aydin, C. (1991). Attitudes towards new organizational technology: Network proximity as a mechanism for social information processing. Administrative Science Quarterly, 36, 219-244. 

A35. Hart, P. & Rice, R.E. (1991). Using information from external databases: Contextual relationships of use, access method, task, database type, organizational differences and outcomes. Information Processing and Management, 27(5), 461-479.  (A Top paper at the International Communication Association conference, 1987.)

A34. Aydin, C. & Rice, R.E. (1991). Social worlds, individual differences, and implementation: Predicting attitudes toward a medical information system. Information and Management, 20, 119-136.

A33. Rice, R.E., Grant, A., Schmitz, J., & Torobin, J. (1990). Individual and network influences on the adoption and perceived outcomes of electronic messaging. Social Networks, 12(1), 27-55.

A32. Rice, R.E. & Shook, D. (1990). Relationships of job categories and organizational levels to use of communication channels, including electronic mail: A meta-analysis and extension. Journal of Management Studies, 27(2), 195-229.

A31. Rice, R.E. & Contractor, N. (1990). Conceptual effects of office information systems: A methodology and application for the study of alpha, beta, and gamma changes. Decision Sciences, 21(2), 301-317.

A30. Rice, R.E. (1990). Computer-mediated communication system network data: Theoretical concerns and empirical examples. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 32(6), 627-647.

A29. Rice, R.E., Hughes, D., & Love, G. (1989). Usage and outcomes of electronic messaging at an R&D organization: Situational constraints, job level, and media awareness. Office: Technology and People, 5(2), 141-161.

A28. Rice, R.E., Borgman, C., Bednarski, D., & Hart, P. (1989). Journal-to-journal citation data: Issues of validity and reliability. Scientometrics,15(3-4),257-282.

A27. Rice, R.E. & Shook, D. (1988). Access to, usage of, and outcomes from an electronic message system. ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 6(3), 255-276.

A26. Rice, R.E., Borgman, C., & Reeves, B. (1988). Citation networks of communication journals, 1977-1985: Cliques and positions, citations made and citations received. Human Comunication Research, 15(2), 256-283. (A Top paper at the International Communication Association conference, 1988.)

A25. Rice, R.E. (1988). Issues and concepts in research on computer-mediated communication systems. In J. Anderson (Ed.), Communication yearbook, 12, 436-476. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

A24. Hart, P. & Rice, R.E. (1988). Inter-industry relations in electronic news services. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 39(4), 252-261.

A23. Rice, R.E. (1987). Computer-mediated communication and organizational innovation. Journal of Communication, 37(4), 65-94. Reprinted, with Introduction and Study guide, in L. Lederman (Ed.), Communication theory: A reader (pp. 197-226). Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt. And In L. Lederman & D. Gibson (Eds.), Communication theory: A casebook approach (pp. 261-290).  Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt. And In L.Putnam & K. Krone (Eds.),  Organizational communication. (Five-volume collection of classic reprints in organizational communication).  In Volume two: Communication patterns, networks, and structures (pp. 103-131). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

A22. Rice, R.E. & Love, G. (1987). Electronic emotion: Socio-emotional content in a computer-mediated communication network. Communication Research, 14(1), 85-105.

A21. Rice, R.E. & Manross, G. (1987). The case of the intelligent telephone: The relationship of job category to the adoption of an organizational communication technology. In M. McLaughlin (Ed.), Communication yearbook, 10, 727-742. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.(A Top paper at the International Communication Association conference, 1986.)

A20. Rice, R.E. (1986). Applying the human relations perspective to the study of new media. Computers and Society, 15(4), 32-37.

A19. Manross, G. & Rice, R.E. (1986). Don't hang up: Organizational diffusion of the intelligent telephone. Information and Management, 10(3), 161-175.

A18. Rice, R.E. & Barnett, G. (1986). Group communication networking in an information environment: Applying metric multidimensional scaling. In M. McLaughlin (Ed.), Communication yearbook, 9, 315-338. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. (A Top paper at the International Communication Association conference, 1985.)

A17. Barnett, G. & Rice, R.E. (1985). Longitudinal non-euclidean networks: Applying Galileo. Social Networks, 7(4), 287-322.

A16. Rice, R.E. & Boan, K. (1985). Journals and magazines on computer-mediated communications technologies and use. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 13(1), 70-77.

A15. Rice, R.E. & Richards, W. Jr. (1985). An overview of communication network analysis methods and programs. In B. Dervin & M. Voigt (Eds.), Progress in communication sciences, 6, 105-165. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

A14. Williams, F., Rice, R.E., & Dordick, H. (1985). Behavioral impacts in the information age. In B. Ruben (Ed.), Information and behavior, 1, 161-182. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.

A13. Johnson, B. & Rice, R.E. (1985). Policy implications in implementing office systems technology. In V. Mosco (Ed.), Policy research in telecommunications (pp. 278-285). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

A12. Rice, R.E. (1984). Evaluating new media systems. New Directions in Program Evaluation, 23, 53-71.

A11. Williams, F. & Rice, R.E. (1983). Communication research and the new media technologies. In R. Bostrom (Ed.), Communication yearbook, 7, 200-224. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

A10. Rice, R.E. & Case, D. (1983). Electronic message systems in the university: A description of use and utility. Journal of Communication, 33(1), 131-152. Summarized in J. Smart (Ed.), (1984). Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (pp. 185-190). NY: Agathon Press.

A9. Rice, R.E. & Borgman, C. (1983). The use of computer-monitored data in information science and communication research. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 34(4), 247-256.

A8. Rice, R.E. & Paisley, W. (1982). The Green Thumb videotex experiment: Evaluation and policy implications.  Telecommunications Policy, 6(3), 223-236.

A7. Rice, R.E. (1982). Communication networking in computer-conferencing systems: A longitudinal study of group roles and system structure. In M. Burgoon (Ed.), Communication yearbook, 6, 925-944. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. (A Top paper at the International Communication Association conference, 1982.)

A6. Richards, W. Jr. & Rice, R.E. (1981). NEGOPY network analysis program. Social Networks, 3(3), 215-223.

A5. Rice, R.E. & Rogers, E. M. (1980). Reinvention in the innovation process. Knowledge: Creation, diffusion, utiliziation, 1(4), 499-514.

A4. Rice, R.E. (1980). The impacts of computer-mediated organizational and interpersonal communication. In M. Williams (Ed.), Annual review of information science and technology, 15, 221-249. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

A3. Rice, R.E. (1980). The content of popular recordings. The Journal of Popular Music and Society, 7(3), 140-158.

A2. Rice, R.E. Computer conferencing. (1980). In B. Dervin & M. Voigt (Eds.), Progress in communication sciences, 2, 215-240. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

A1. Rice, R.E. & Parker, E. (1979). Telecommunications alternatives for developing countries. Journal of Communication, 29(4), 125-136. Reprinted in G. Gerbner & M. Siefert (Eds.), (1983). World communications: A handbook (pp. 262-276). New York: Longman.

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BOOK CHAPTERS
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C55. Simard, C. & Rice, R.E. (2007). The practice gap: Barriers to the diffusion of best practices.  In C.R. McInerney & R.E. Day (Eds.). Re-thinking knowledge management: From knowledge objects to knowledge processes (pp. 87-124). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.  See: http://www.springer.com:80/west/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=4-40109-22-173723443-0

C54. Rice, R. E. (2007). Central concepts in media ownership research and regulation. In R.E. Rice (Ed.) Media ownership: Research and regulation (in press). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

C53. Rice, R. E. (2007). Preface. In T. Adams (Ed.). Electronic tribes (in press). Austin: University of Texas Press.

C52. Katz, J., Rice, R.E. & Acord, S. (2006). Uses of internet and mobile technology in health systems: Organizational and sociocultural issues in a comparative context. In M. Castells & G. Cardoso (Eds.), The network society: From knowledge to policy (pp. 183-214). Washington: Brookings Institution Press. Translated in: Utilizações da Internet e da tecnologia móvel nos sistemas de saúde: Temas organizacionais e sócio-culturais num contexto comparativo. In M. Castells & G. Cardoso (Eds.) (2005).  A sociedade em rede. Do conhecimento à acção política (pp. 175-195). Lisbon: INCM (Imprensa Nacional/Casa da Moeda).

C51. Murero, M. & Rice, R. E. (2006). E-health research. In M. Murero & R.E. Rice. (Eds). The Internet and health care: Theory, research and practice (pp. 3-26). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

C50. Rice, R. E. & Katz, J. E. (2006). Internet use in physician practice and patient interaction. In M. Murero & R.E. Rice. (Eds). The Internet and health care: Theory, research and practice (pp. 149-176). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

C49. Wallis, K. & Rice, R. E. (2006). Technology and health information privacy: Consumers and the adoption of digital medical records technology. In M. Murero & R.E. Rice (Eds). The Internet and health care: Theory, research and practice (pp. 279-311). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. For a 20-slide summary powerpoint of this study, see http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/faculty/rrice/wallisrice.ppt. For an online video presentation accompanying this powerpoint summary, see http://www.cits.ucsb.edu/video_fls_05-06.htm

C48. Rice, R.E. & Haythornthwaite, C. (2006). Perspectives on Internet use: Access, involvement, and interaction. In L.A. Lievrouw & S. Livingstone (Eds), Handbook of new media: Social shaping and social consequences of ICTs (Updated student edition) (pp. 92-113). London: Sage.

C47. Rice, R. E. & Schneider, S. (2006). Information technology: Analyzing paper and electronic desktop artifacts. In C. Lin & D. Atkin (Eds.)  Communication technology and social change: Theory, effects, and applications (pp. 101-121). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  (Top paper in Computer-Mediated Communication, Russian Communication Association conference, St. Petersburg, June 2006).

C46. Rice, R. E. & Stohl, C. (2006).  Communication and human factors. In G. Salvendy (Ed.), Handbook of human factors and ergonomics (3rd ed.) (pp. 150-176). NY: Wiley.

C45. Rice, R. E. (2004). Social aspects of implementing a medical information system: Cure or symptom? In P. Whitten & D. Cook (Eds.). Understanding health communications technologies: A case study approach (pp. 19-29). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

C44. Katz, J. E., Rice, R. E. & Acord, S. (2004). E-health networks and social transformations: Expectations of centralization, experiences of decentralization. In M. Castells (Ed.), The network society: A cross-cultural perspective. (pp. 293-318). London: Edward Elgar.

C43. Rice, R.E., Hiltz, S. R. & Spencer, D. (2004). Media mixes and learning networks. In S. R. Hiltz & R. Goldman (Eds.), Learning together online: research on asynchronous learning (pp. 215-237). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

C42. Rice, R.E., & Katz, J. (2003). Mobile discourtesy: National survey results on episodes of convergent public and private spheres. In Kristof, N. (Eds), Mobile democracy: Essays on society, self and politics (pp. 53-64). Vienna: Passagen Verlag.

C41. Katz, J.E. & Rice, R.E. (2003). The telephone as a medium of faith, hope, terror, and redemption: America, September 11. In M. K. Noll (Ed.), Crisis communications: Lessons from September 11 (pp. 83-97.) NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. [Reprinted in J. Katz (2006), Magic in the air: Mobile communication and the transformation of social life (pp. 103-111).  New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press. Earlier version: Prometheus, 20(3), 247-253.]

C40. Rice, R.E. (2003). The Internet and health communication: An overview of issues and research. In P. Lee, L. Leung & C. So (Eds.), Impact and issues in new media: Toward intelligent societies (pp. 173-204). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

C39. Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (2004). The Internet and political involvement in 1996 and 2000. In Philip Howard & Steven Jones (Eds.), Society online: The Internet in context (pp. 102-120). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

C38. Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (2003). Digital divides of the Internet and mobile phone: Structural determinants of the social context of communication technologies.  In J.E. Katz (Ed.), Machines that become us: The social context of personal information technology (pp. 91-104). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

<>C37. Rice, R.E. & Atkin, C.K. (2002).  Communication campaigns: Theory, design, implementation, and evaluation.  In J. Bryant & D. Zillmann (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (2nd ed.) (pp. 427-451). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Reprinted in T. Pludowski (Ed.) (2008). Media studies reader. Warsaw, Poland: Collegium Civitas Press; and Torun, Poland: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszalek.

C36. Rice, R.E. (2002).  Primary issues in Internet use:  Access, civic and community involvement, and social interaction and expression.  In L. Lievrouw & S. Livingstone (Eds.), Handbook of new media (pp. 105-129).  London, UK: Sage.

C35. Rice, R.E. (2001).  The Internet and health communication: A framework of experiences.  In R.E. Rice & J.E. Katz (Eds.), The Internet and health communication: Expectations and experiences (pp. 5-46). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

C34. Anigbogu, J. & Rice, R.E. (2001). Expectations and experiences of seeking infertility information via the Internet and telephone directory. In R.E. Rice & J.E. Katz (Eds.), The Internet and health communication: Expectations and experiences (pp. 121-143). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

C33. Rice, R.E., Peterson, M. & Christine, R. (2001). A comparative features analysis of publicly accessible commercial and government health database web sites.  In R.E. Rice & J.E. Katz (Eds.), The Internet and health communication: Expectations and experiences (pp. 213-231). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

C32. Katz, J.E. & Rice, R.E. (2001). Concluding thoughts. In R.E. Rice & J.E. Katz (Eds.), The Internet and health communication: Expectations and experiences (pp. 417-429).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

C31. Rice, R.E. & Foote, D. (2001). A systems-based evaluation planning model for health communication campaigns in developing countries.  In Rice, R.E. & Atkin, C. (Eds.), Public communication campaigns (3rd ed.) (pp. 146-157). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  (Also earlier versions in 1st and 2nd editions.)

C30. Rice, R.E. (2001).  Diffusion of innovations and communication.  In J. Schement (Ed.), Encyclopedia of communication and information (pp. 248-253). New York, NY: Macmillan Reference.

C29. Rice, R.E. (2001).  Networks and communication.  In J. Schement (Ed.), Encyclopedia of communication and information (pp. 641-645).  New York, NY: Macmillan Reference.

C28. Rice, R.E. (2001).  Organizational communication.  In J. Schement (Ed.), Encyclopedia of communication and information (pp. 682-686).  New York, NY: Macmillan Reference.

C27. Rice, R.E. (2001).  Careers in organizational communication.  In J. Schement (Ed.), Encyclopedia of communication and information (pp. 686-689).  New York, NY: Macmillan Reference.

C26. Rice, R.E. (1999).  Multiple theories, issues, data and methods for understanding the implementation of an information system.  In H. Bouwman (Ed.), Trends in communication, 5, 39-51.  The Netherlands: Boom Publishers.

C25. Rice, R.E. & Webster, J. (2002). Adoption, diffusion and use of new media in organizational settings. In C. Lin & D. Atkin (Eds.), Communication technology and society (pp. 191-227). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

C24. Rice, R.E. (1998). Preface. In F. Sudweeks, M. McLaughlin, & S. Rafaeli (Eds.), Network & netplay: Virtual groups on the Internet (pp. xi-xiii). Cambridge, MA: AIII Press/MIT Press.

C23. Rice, R.E. (1994). Network analysis and computer-mediated communication systems. In S. Wasserman, & J. Galaskiewicz (Eds.), Advances in social network analysis (pp. 167-203). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

C22. Rice, R.E. (1994). Multi-en interactive media, toepassingen binnen organisaties. In H. Bouwman & S. Propper (Eds.), Multimedia tussen hopen en hype (pp. 28-40). Amsterdam: Otto Cramwinckel Uitgever.

C21. Rice, R.E. & Atkin, C. (1994). Principles of successful public communication campaigns. In J. Bryant & D. Zillman (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (pp. 365-387). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

C20. Rice, R.E. & Steinfield, C. (1994). Experiences with new forms of organizational communication via electronic mail and voice messaging. In J. Erik Andriessen & R. Roe (Eds.), Telematics and work (pp. 109-137). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

C19. Rice, R.E. & Anderson, J.G. (1994). Social networks and healthcare information systems: A structural approach to evaluation. In J. Anderson, C. Aydin, & S.J. Jay (Eds.), Evaluating health care information systems: Approaches and applications (pp. 135-163). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

C18. Rice, R.E. (1992). The study of computers as communication media: A course overview. In L. Lederman (Ed.), Communication pedagogy: Approaches to teaching undergraduate courses in communication (pp. 303-322). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

C17. Rice, R.E. (1992). Contexts of research on organizational computer-mediated communication: A recursive review. In M. Lea (Ed.), Contexts of computer-mediated communication (pp. 113-144). United Kingdom: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

C16. Rice, R.E. (1991). Organic organizations and centralized units: Use, contexts, and outcomes of word processing. In J. Morell & M. Fleischer (Eds.), Advances in the implementation and impact of computer systems, 1, 111-141. NY: JAI Press.

C15. Rice, R.E. (1990). From adversity to diversity: Applications of communication technology to crisis management. In T. Housel (Ed.), Advances in telecommunications management, 3: Information technology and crisis management (pp. 91-112). NY: JAI Press.

C14. Rice, R.E. (1990). Hierarchies and clusters among communication and library and information science journals, 1977-1987. In C. Borgman (Ed.), Scholarly communication and bibliometrics (pp. 138-153). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

C13. Rice, R.E. & Shook, D. (1990). Voice messaging, coordination and communication. In J. Galegher, R. Kraut, & C. Egido (Eds.), Intellectual teamwork: Social and technological foundations of cooperative work (pp. 327-350). Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

C12. Rice, R.E. (1987). Challenges facing research on wired cities. In W. Dutton, J. Blumler, & K. Kraemer (Eds.), Wired cities: Shaping the future of communications (pp. 446-455). Boston, MA: G. K. Hall and Co.

C11. Rice, R.E. (1987). New patterns of social structure in an information society. In J. Schement & L. Lievrouw (Eds.), Competing visions, complex realities: Social aspects of the information society (pp. 107-120). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

C10. Rice, R.E. (1985). Implications of the media habit for electronic publishing. In M. Greenberger (Ed.), Electronic publishing plus: Media for a technological future (pp. 63-68). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

C9. Dordick, H. & Rice, R.E. (1985). Transmission systems. In C. Meadow & A. Tedesco (Eds.), Telecommunications for management (pp. 55-90). NY: McGraw-Hill.

C8. Rice, R.E. (1984). Development of new media research. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 15-31). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

C7. Rice, R.E. (1984). New media technology: Growth and integration. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 33-54). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

C6. Rice, R.E. & Williams, F. (1984). Theories old and new: The study of new media. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 55-80). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

C5. Rice, R.E. & Rogers, E.M. (1984). New methods and data for the study of new media. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 81-99). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

C4. Rice, R.E. (1984). Mediated group communication. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 129-154). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

C3. Dozier, D. & Rice, R.E. (1984). Rival theories of electronic newsreading. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 103-127). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

C2. Johnson, B.M. & Rice, R.E. (1984). Reinvention in the innovation process:  The case of word processing. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 157-183). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

C1. Rice, R.E. & Bair, J. (1984). New organizational media and productivity. In R.E. Rice (Ed.), The new media: Communication, research and technology (pp. 185-215). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

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REFEREED PROCEEDINGS
P29. Rice, R.E. (2005).  Internet health information searching.  In Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Paper 65, CD-ROM, Mira Digital Publishing), Las Vegas, Nevada, July.

P28.
Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (2002). Comparing Internet and mobile phone digital divides.  In Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science & Technology conference (CD-ROM). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P27. Bieber, M., Im, I., Rice, R. E., Goldman-Segall, R., et al. (2002).  Towards knowledge-sharing and learning in virtual professional communities.  In Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-25'02).  (CD-Rom; 10 printed pages.) Hawaii, January.

P26. Katz, J., Rice, R.E., & Aspden, P. (2001).  The Internet, 1995-2000: Access, involvement and expression.  In E. Aversa & C. Manley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 64th American Society for Information Science and Technology Conference (pp. 391-398).  Medford, NJ: Information Today.

P25. Majchrzak, A., Rice, R.E., King, N., Malhotra, A., & Ba, S. (1999).  Development and adaptation of inter-organizational virtual team norms using collaborative technology.  In K. Cox, B. Gorayska & J. Marsh (Eds.), Third international cognitive technology conference, CT'99: Networked minds (pp. 279-290). East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University M.I.N.D. Lab.  San Francisco, CA, August.

P24. Baldwin, N. & Rice, R.E. (1996). Securities analysts as information-seekers. In S. Hardin (Ed.) Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 33 (pp. 146-151). October, Baltimore. Medford, NJ: Information Today.

P23. Perry, C. & Rice, R.E. (1996). Scholarly communication and network influences in the hybrid problem area of developmental dyslexia. In S. Hardin (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 33 (pp. 249-254). October, Baltimore. Medford, NJ: Information Today.

P22. Hayne, S., Rice, R.E., & Licker, P. (1994). Social cues and anonymous group interaction using group support systems. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Hawaii International Conference of Systems Sciences, vol. 4 (pp. 73-8`.)

P21. Rice, R.E. & Tarin, P. (1993). Staying informed: Scientific communication and use of information sources within disciplines. In S. Bonzi (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 30 (pp. 160-164). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P20. Fish, R., Kraut, R., Root, R., & Rice, R.E. (1992).  Evaluating video as a technology for informal communication. In P. Bauersfeld, J. Bennet & G. Lynch (Eds.), Striking a balance: CHI '92 Conference Proceedings (pp. 37-48). Monterey, CA, February. NY: Association for Computing Machinery Press.

P19. Rice, R.E & Crawford, G. (1992). Analysis of citations between communication and library and information science articles. In D. Shaw (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 29 (pp. 8-12). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P18. Rice, R.E. & Danowski, J. (1991). Comparing comments and semantic networks about voice mail. In J. M. Griffiths (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 28 (pp. 134-138). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P17. Rice, R.E. (1990). Citation networks of communication and library and information science journals, 1978-1987. In D. Henderson (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 27 (pp. 208-211). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P16. Rice, R.E. & Aydin, C. (1990). Social worlds, information systems and intraorganizational boundaries. In D. Henderson (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 27 (pp. 256-260). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P15. Rice, R.E. (1989). Outcomes associated with new media use are contingent on task characteristics. In J. Katzer &  G. Newby, (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 26 (pp. 177-182). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P14. Rice, R.E., Borgman, C., Bednarski, D., & Hart, P. (1988). Journal-to-journal citation data: Issues of reliability and validity. In C. Borgman & E. Pai (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 25. (pp. 59-65). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P13. Rice, R.E. (1988). Collection and analysis of data from communication system networks. In R. Allen (Ed.), Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery conference on office information systems (pp. 134-141). New York, NY: ACM.

P12. Hart, P. & Rice, R.E. (1987). Online organizational information: Tasks, usage and evaluation. In C. Chen (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 24 (pp. 96-105). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

P11. Rice, R.E. & Torobin, J. (1986). Expectations about the impacts of electronic messaging. In J.M. Hurd (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 23 (pp. 271-276). Medford, NJ: Learned Information, Inc.

P10. Rice, R.E. & Shook, D. (1986). End-user computing: Access, usage and benefits. In J.M. Hurd (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 23 (pp. 265-270). Medford, NJ: Learned Information, Inc.

P9. Love, G. & Rice, R.E. (1985). Electronic emotion: A content analysis and role analysis of a computer-mediated communication network. In C. Parkhurst (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 22 (pp. 266-270). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industries.

P8. Hart, P. & Rice, R.E. (1985). Interorganizational dependence in the electronic publishing industry. In C. Parkhurst (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 22 (pp. 146-149). White Plains: Knowledge Industries.

P7. Rice, R.E. (1984). New patterns of social structure in an information society. In B. Flood, J. Witiak, & T. Hogan (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 21 (pp. 30-33). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

P6. Rice, R.E. (1983). Computer-monitored data for office systems research. In Office systems research association proceedings (pp. 127-136). Whittier, CA: Executive Productivity Management.

P5. Rice, R.E. & Bair, J. (1983). Conceptual role of new communication technology in organizational productivity. In R. Vondran, A. Caputo, C. Waserman & R. Diener (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 20 (pp. 4-8). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

P4. Johnson, B. & Rice, R.E. (1983). Redesigning word processing for productivity. In R. Vondran, A. Caputo, C. Waserman & R. Diener (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 20 (pp. 187-190). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

P3. Rice, R.E. (1982). Group interaction via information systems: Structural attributes and role development. In A. Petrarca, C. Taylor & R. Kohn (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 19 (pp. 239-242). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

P2. Borgman, C. & Rice, R.E. (1982). Computer-monitored data: Prospects and problems for communication research. In In A. Petrarca, C. Taylor & R. Kohn (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 19 (pp. 37-40). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

P1. Rice, R.E. & Case, D. (1981). Computer-based messaging in the university: The Terminal for Managers Program. In In L.F. Lunin, M. Henderson, & H. Wooster (Eds.), Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, vol. 18. (pp. 228-230.) White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

O19. Comments on Review by Kathleen M. Golden of Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (2001). The Internet and health communication: Experiences and expectations.  On Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/bookinfo.asp?BookID=192&AuthorID=55

O18.  Katz, J.E. & Rice, R.E. (2002).  What are we trying to escape?  Editorial, Newsday, June 23.  http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion-vpkat232760543jun23.story

O17. Rice, R.E. (1997). Rejoinder (to "Citation Format" by Garfield, E. and Small, H.). Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 48(10), 964.

O16. Rice, R.E. (1995). The Internet as a health care communication tool. TelemedicineToday, 3(1), 6, 7 & 27.

O15. Rice, R.E. (1995). Writing wrongs (Guest editorial). Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 46(5), 322-324.

O14. Rice, R.E. (1993). Artifacts, freedoms, paradoxes and inquiries: Some ways new media challenge traditional mass media and interpersonal effects paradigms. MultiMedia Review/Virtual Reality World (now Virtual Reality World), 4(2), 30-35.

O13. Rice, R.E. (1986). Office workstations in the home. (Review of book by National Research Council.) Information Processing and Management, 4(1), 360-362.

O12. Rice, R.E. (1986). Information systems and management: Implications for use and implementation. In Proceedings of the 3rd european congress on office systems and information management (pp. 464-486). Munich, Germany: Computer World-CSE.

O11. Rice, R.E. (1985). Understanding new media. (Review of book by Compaine et al., 1984.) Journal of Communication, 35(2), 210-214.

O10. Manross, G. & Rice, R.E. (1985). Don't hang up! Or, adopting the intelligent telephone. In J. Goldthwaite (Ed.), Office automation conference digest (pp. 205-210). Washington, D.C.: AFIPS.

O9. Hart, P. & Rice, R.E. (1985). The development of the electronic publishing industry in the United States. In M. Williams (Ed.), Online proceedings. New York: Online Review.

O8. Rice, R.E. (1984). Review of Kerr and Hiltz: Computer-mediated communication systems. (Review of book.) Journal of Communication, 34(2), 208-211.

O7. Rice, R.E., Johnson, B., Kowal, D., & Feltman, C. (1984). Word processing: Training as organizational design. In Office Systems Research Association Proceedings (pp. 121-133).

O6. Johnson, B., Rice, R.E., & Taylor, J. (1983). Growing office systems from word processing. In Office Systems Research Association Proceedings (pp. 137-146).

O5. Rice, R.E. (1983). Media style and office communication systems. In Office Systems Research Association Proceedings (pp. 113-126).

O4. Rice, R.E., Case, D., & Marcus, J. (1982). Lessons learned from the organizational technology studies at Stanford University. In Office Automation Conference Proceedings (pp. 653-660). San Francisco: American Federation of Information Processing Societies.

O3. Rice, R.E., Johnson, B., & Rogers, E. (1982). Facilitating adoption of new office technology. In Office Automation Conference Proceedings (pp. 645-652). San Francisco: American Federation of Information Processing Societies.

O2. Rice, R.E. (1981). Resources for longitudinal network analysis. Connections, IV(2), 10-22.

O1. Contributor to Gunter, J. (Ed.). (1978). The United States and the debate on the world information order. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development. USICA Grant 1069-88152; Ford Foundation Grant 785-0267.

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PROFESSIONAL HONORS
2007: Wee Kim Wee Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, August.  Made public and course presentations, commented on papers, met with faculty and students.

2006:
  Fulbright Fellowship, Finland, March through July 2006.  Centered at Department of Communication, University of Helsinki.  Taught two courses (at U. Helsinki, and at Open University), made numerous presentations at Universities, workshops, seminars, and conferences throughout Finland.

2006:  National Communication Association Health Communication Division’s Distinguished Book Award, 2006: Public communication campaigns, 3rd ed. (Rice & Atkin, eds.)

2005-2011
: Elected to series of executive offices, including President (2006-2007), of the International Communication Association.

2004:
Best Reviewer, Organizaitonal Communication and Information Systems Division, Academy of Management (out of 189 reviewers for AoM Conference), August, New Orleans.

2004: Nominated as one of two candidates for President of the International Communication Association.

2003: The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies selected The Internet and Health Communication: Experiences and Expectations (Rice & Katz, 2001) as the book of the month for February 2003.  RCCS receives major web traffic (between 500-600 visitors a day, and much more than that on the first of the month, the day new reviews are published).

2002: Two Top reviewer awards from Management Communication Quarterly, awarded at NCA, New Orleans, November.

2002: John Metcalfe Visiting Research Grant, University of New South Wales, Australia, July.

2001: Award for Best Published Paper in MIS Quarterly, 2000 (Majchrzak, Rice, Malhotra, King, & Ba).

2001: Presenter of annual Cowperthwaite Lecture, Kent State University, June.

2000: Nominated from SCILS for Rutgers University scholar-teacher award.

1999-2000: Marquis Who's Who in the East.

1999:  Awarded Citation of Excellence, Highest Quality Rating, by Anbar Electronic Intelligence Editorial Advisory Board (Kraut, Rice, Cool & Fish).

1999: Award for Best Published Paper of 1998, awarded by the Organizational Communication and Information Systems division of the Academy of Management (Kraut, Rice, Coll & Fish).

1999: Nominated from SCILS to Graduate School, New Brunswick, for graduate faculty outstanding teaching award.

1999: Communication Department Award for Excellence in Research.

1999: Best Paper Award from Organizational Communication and Information Systems division of the Academy of Management (Rice, Hayne & Pollard, 1999).

1998: $1000 Fellowship to Direct Marketing Educational Foundation's Professor Institute workshop on direct and interactive marketing, Atlanta, March.

1998-1999: Honored Member, Strathmore's Who's Who.

1997: Marquis Who's Who in the Media and Communications.

1996: Sterling's Executive Who's Who.

1995: Won Research Award from National Science Council of Taiwan for the co-authored chapter on "Browsing" in the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology.

1995: Nominated from SCILS to Graduate School, New Brunswick, for graduate faculty outstanding teaching award. Departmental Award for Research.

1993: Appointed Fellow of the Alexandria Project Laboratory, SCILS.

1993: Selected to participate in Comserve's Master Scholars Program.

1991: The Rutgers University School of Communication, Information & Library Studies Research Award.

1989, 1994, 1995: Visiting Research Fellowship by Australian Government, to MacQuarie University, Sydney, Summer.

1982: Best Dissertation, American Society for Information Science.

1980: Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel.

Top Papers:

Academy of Management: Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division (1994); Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division (1999)

Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Work: (1994)

International Communication Association: Communication and Technology Division (1982, 1986, 1987, 1994); Information Systems Division (1985, 1989); Mass Communication Division (1988)

Russian Communication Association, St. Petersburg, Russia: Computer-Mediated Communication Session (2006)

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SERVICE: COMMITTEES, EDITORIAL BOARDS, REVIEWING

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA:

University: 2004- Department of Communication Legislative Representative to Faculty Senate; 2004-2005 Coordinator, joint SDSU/UCSB Communication Ph.D. program development; Advisory Board, Center for Information, Technology and Society; Freshman Seminar, College of Letters and Science, Spring 2005, on Media Ownership

Communication Department: 2004-2005 Coordinator, resource integration committee.

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY:

University: 1990 University Student Disciplinary Board; Rutgers College Fellow; 1990-92 Grievance Committee; 1997 Research Integrity Committee; 1997-99 New Brunswick Computing Advisory Committee; 1998 Crosswalk Safety Committee.

SCILS: Ph.D. Admission Committee; Methods Curriculum Committee; Presenter in Workshop on Research Funding; Computer Committee; Ph.D Executive Committee; Ph.D. Admissions Committee; 1998-1999 MCIS Admissions Committee; Curriculum Areas: Communication, and Information Structures; Presenter in Workshop on Graduate Study, for Rutgers Undergraduates; Presenter, Rutgers Scholars Days; 1990-91, 1993-5; Appointments and Promotions Committee; 1990-92 Grievance Committee; 1991-92 Ph.D. Executive Committee; 1993-94 Vision 2000 Committee;  1996-98 Chair, Regulations, Procedures, Elections and Nominations Committee; 1997-98 Research and Development Committee; 1998-99 Chair WebSite Committee.

Communication Department: Personnel Committee; Ad hoc operations Committee; Faculty Academic Service Increment Committee (Personnel Evaluation Committee); Tenure Review Reading Committees; 1990-91, 93-94, 95-96 Chair Faculty Search; Scheduling Committee; 1998-99 Chair Curriculum Committee.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

University: Faculty Senate; University Library Search Committee.

Annenberg School: Admissions, Mini-Conference, Adjunct Evaluation, Comprehensive Exams, Management of Computing, Facilities and Resources, Faculty Behavior, Ph.D. Curriculum.

ASSOCIATIONS:

Academy of Management Offices: Pre-conference chair, Program Chair, Chair-Elect, Chair, Nominating Committee (sequenced 1992 - 1996).

International Communication Association Offices and Committees: Nominated for ICA President Elect-Select (2004); Vice-Chair, Chair, of Communication and Technology Division (1983-87); The Future of ICA (1984-85), Fund Raising (1984), Nominating Committee (Information Systems Division, 1984; Association, 1990), Communication Theory Alternate Media Committee (1989); Organizational Communication Division Doctoral Student Consortium (1991); CAT Dissertation Committee (1991-1993).

American Society for Information Science Committees: Research (1984-87), Dissertation Scholarship Jury (1984-85), Awards and Honors (1987-90).

Institute for the Future Expert Panel on Multi-Media Communication Systems.

EXTERNAL BOARDS:

Advisory Board, Normal Lear Center Hollywood and Health program (University of Southern California); Advisory Board, and Evaluation Board Chair, Annenberg-CPB Virtual Classroom Project; Board of Directors, Dowden Center for Telecommunications, University of Alabama, Atlanta, GA; Program Committee, Association for Computing Machinery/IEEE Conference on Office Information Systems, 1988

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARDS:

Associate Editor: Communication Theory, 1999-; Human Communication Research, 1995-1997; MIS Quarterly, 1996-1998; New Media and Society, 1998-.

Editorial Boards (current and former): Annual Review of Information, Science and Technology; Ablex Communication and Information Science Series; Communication Monographs; Asian Journal of Communication; Communication Studies Journal; Communication Yearbook; Handook of New Media; Human Communication Research; Journal of Communication; Journal of Business Communication; [online] Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication; Journal of Health Communication; Journal of Management Information Systems; Management Communication Quarterly; Technology Studies; New Media and Society.

SERIES EDITOR, HAMPTON PRESS -- NEW MEDIA: POLICY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH ISSUES:

Telecommunications and development in China (Lee); Foundations of communications policy (Napoli); Virtual politicking (Romm); Communication technology and society (Lin & Atkin); Public intimacies (Priest); Network models of the diffusion of innovations (Valente); The ultimate assist: The relationship and broadcast strategies of the NBA and television networks (Fortunato); The role of culture and political institutions in media policy: The case of TV privatization in Greece (Karamanis); Media policy for the 21st century in the United States and western Europe (Katz); The playful audience (Wilson); Impact and issues in new media: Toward intelligent societies (Lee, Leung & So); Communication education and research (Kuo, Chu & Lee).

REVIEWER:

Conference Program Committees: Organizational Computing and Information Systems of the Academy of Management, International Conference on Information Systems, Academy of Management.

Conference Papers: International Communication Association, Academy of Management, American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, Association for Computing Machinery/IEEE, International Conference on Information Systems, Conference on Office Information Systems.

Journals: Academy of  Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, Administrative Science Quarterly, Communication Monographs, Communication Research (articles, Special Issue Editorial Board, and Special Issue Consultant Reviewer), Communication Studies, Communications of the ACM, Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, Computing Surveys, Data Base, ACM Human Computer Interaction, Human Organization, IEEE Technology and Society, Information & Behavior, The Information Society, Information Systems Research, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies,Journal of American Society for Information Science, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Information Technology Theory and Analysis, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Library Quarterly, MIS (Management Information Systems) Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, Political Communication, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Reports, Social Networks, Telecommunications Policy, The Information Society, Western Journal of Communication.

Research Proposals: Annenberg/CPB Foundation, National Science Foundation, Canadian Board of Social Research, National Institutes of Health.

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DISSERTATIONS CHAIRED

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY:

Morit Shavelsky, E-motional labor: The expression of emotions in mediated service organizations, 2006.

Kathleen Long, Virtually there: An analysis of metaphors in the discourse of virtual reality, 2004.

William Colucci, Structural parameters of information system success: Hierarchy, leadership, politics and socio-technical sub-systems, 2003.

Karen Babik, A communication perspective of an organization in transition: A case study of employee communication behaviors during a crisis, 2003.

Hyo Kim, An analysis of interorganizational relationships in the application service provider industry, 2002.

Michael Chumer, Towards an understanding of user centerdness within information technology diffusion, 2002.

William White, The communication of conceptual innovation in science: The case of chaos theory in psychology, 2001.

Stephen Cooper, Unusual routines and computer-mediated communication, 2001.

Jennifer Lehr, A multi-theoretic approach for exploring the role of measures in improving organizational performance, 1999.

John Fortunato, The ultimate assist: An agenda-setting study of television's influence in the emergence of the national basketball association, 1999.

Betsaida Velez Natal, A study of the strategic information needs of commercial bank managers in Puerto Rico, 1999 (Columbia University).

Maureen McCreadie, A framework for understanding access to information, 1997.

Colleen Cool, Situation assessment in information retrieval interaction, 1997.

Gregory Crawford, Information technology and intraorganizational power: A study of libraries in liberal arts colleges, 1995.

Barbara Campbell, Growth of the medical research literature on nonwestern medicine as indexed by the National Library of Medicine from 1966-1993: An example of a scientific paradigm change, 1995.

Nancy Baldwin, The information-seeking behavior of securities analysts, 1995 (Columbia University).

Shan-Ju Chang, Toward a multidimensional framework for understanding browsing, 1995. (Winner of 1997 Research Award of the National Science Council in Taiwan.)

Claudia Perry, Scholarly communication in developmental dyslexia: Network influences on change in a hybrid problem area, 1995.

Jane Wallace, An agency control approach to understanding interactions between computer users and computer experts, 1995.

Pam Snelson, Relationships between access and use in information systems: Remote access to and browsing of online catalogs, 1992.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

Carolyn Aydin, Bringing social worlds together: Information systems as catalysts for new interactions in health care organizations, 1989.

Pamela Pease, Factors influencing the use of video conferencing by managers, 1988.

Douglas Shook, A structural equivalence and contingency theory approach to media usage and communication performance: the case of voice messaging, 1988.

Paul Hart, The use and role of commercial online databases in four organizations, 1987.

Jack Torobin, Media style: A new perspective on the use and implementation of media for interpersonal communication in organizations, 1987.

George Manross, Confirming 'media effects' in voting behavior: A media dependency perspective, 1987.

Patricia Lum, Demand characteristics for telephone among a community of senior citizens: A communications approach, 1986.

MEMBER OF EXTERNAL MASTER'S AND PH.D. THESIS COMMITTEES:

(Co-Chair): Keri Stephens, Department of Communication, University of Texas Austin
Combinatorial media use in organizations: Understanding why people use more than one medium to communicate, 2005.

Jiangfan Jenny Zhong, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Defining the advice-seeking request in e-mail solicitations in boundary spanning environments, 2005.

Weiping Yue, School of Information, Library and Archive Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia, Predicting the citation impact of clinical neurology journals using structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS), 2004.

Zheng Li, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, Design and evaluation of a voting tool in a web-based collaborative environment, 2003.

Yuanqiong Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, Design and evaluation of a list gathering tool in a web-based collaborative environment, 2003.

Zixiu Guo, School of Information Systems, University of New South Wales, Australia, Cultural influence on communication media choice behaviour: A cross-cultural study within multinational organisational settings, 2002.

Andrea Lockerd, Media Lab, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master's Thesis, Understanding implicit social context in electronic communication, 2002.

David Spencer, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, A field study of use of synchronous computer-mediated communication in asynchronous learnig networks, 2002.

Jane Sponholz, Blaustein School of Public Policy, Rutgers University, Telemedicine as viable health policy, 2002.

William Anderson, Rutgers University Graduate School of Management in Newark/New Jersey Institute of Technology, Cultural values and communication mode: A study of culturally homogeneous and culturally heterogeneous groups, 2000.

Juan-Carlos Pastor, School of Management, State University of New York, Albany, The social construction of leadership: A semantic and social network analysis of social representations of leadership, 1998.

Bart van den Hooff, Dept. of Communication, University of Amsterdam, Incorporating electronic mail, 1997.

Caroline Haythornwaite, Dept. of Sociology, University of Toronto, Communication networks and new media, 1997.

Raquel Benbunan, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Effects of  computer-mediated communication systems on learning performance and satisfaction: A comparison of groups and individuals solving ethical scenarios, 1997.

F. Osareh, School of Information, Library and Archive Studies, University of New South Wales, Evaluation and measurement of Third World countries' research publications: A citation and country co-citation study, 1996.

John D'Ambra, School of Information Systems, University of New South Wales, Australia, A field study of information technology, task equivocality, media richness, and media preference, 1996.

Donna Dufner, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Effects of group support (listing and voting tools) and sequential procedures on group decision making using asynchronous computer conferences, 1995.

Susan Hayes, School of Library Services, Columbia University, Towards enhanced catalog access to fiction: The multi-dimensional subject analysis of imaginary literature represented in a library catalog, 1995.

P. Pichappan, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Annamalai University, Nagar, India, Identification of mainstream journals of science speciality and the study of their relationship, 1993.

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COURSES TAUGHT

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA:

Undergraduate: Internet and Society (116); Organizational Communication (122); Diffusion of Innovations (160)

Graduate: Public Communication Campaigns (594); Theory Construction (200)

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY:

Undergraduate: Organizational Communication (357); Telecommunications Policy and Processes (449)

Masters: Foundations of Organizational Communication (511); Telecommunication Technology (533); Management and Information Technology (546); Research Methods in Communication and Information Studies II (582)

Doctoral: Communication and Information Processes (601); Research Foundations (602);  Organizational Communication Research (621); Network and Citation Analysis (696)

STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
DREXEL UNIVERSITY:

Social Impacts of Telecommunications; Computing in Communication Research; Organizational Communication as Information Processing; Social Uses of Communication Media; Uses of Communication Research; Computers as Communication Media; Implementing Information Systems; Communication Network Analysis

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FUNDED RESEARCH

Penley, C., Metzger, M. & Rice, R.E. Lecture/Conference/Course series on Media ownership: Research and regulation.  Critical Issues in American Endowment, College of Letters and Science, 2004-2005, $25,000.

Rice, R.E. & Bunz, U. Developing, applyhing and evaluating a wireless course feedback system. Office of Vice President for Undergraduate Education Teaching and Curriculum Evaluation Grant, 2002-2003, $4800.

Rice, R.E. & Capuano, D. Intra- and inter-group conflict in computer-mediated contexts.  Computer video equipment for lab experiments.  SCILS Grants-to-get-grants, 2000, $1700.

Rice, R.E. & Ruben, B. Co-principal investigators. The practice gap: Quality, organizational communication and the diffusion of best practices. AT&T, 1998, $10,000.

Rice, R.E., Stewart, L., Ruben, B. & Lederman, L. Co-principal investigators. Extending the domain of teaching effectiveness assessment. Rutgers University Office of Undergraduate Education, 1998, $4,800.

Rice, R.E. Principal investigator. Formation of attitudes and changes in job design associated with the implementation of a document-imaging system. Electronic Data Services, 1995-1997, $30,000.

More, E., McGrath, M., & Rice, R.E. Principal investigators. Analyzing the processes of organisational networking and strategic alliances in the Australian telecommunications industry. Australian Research Council Small Grants Scheme, 1995, $14,550.

Rice, R.E. Principal investigator. Evaluation of a multi-location trial of Bellcore's Cruiser multimedia telecommunications service. Bell Communications Research Laboratory, 1992-1996, $46,000.

Kantor, P., & Rice, R.E. Co-principal investigators. Adaptive library network interface. U.S. Dept. of Education, College Library Technology and Cooperation Grants Program, 1991-1994, $308,157.

Rice, R.E. Principal investigator. Evaluation of pilot voice messaging. Aetna Life and Casualty, Inc., 1987, $5,000.

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