“…Communication scholars have explored trends in research methods (e.g., Lovejoy, Watson, Lacy, & Riffe, 2014;Riffe & Freitag, 1997), as well as substantive and conceptual areas like journalism (e.g., Cooper, Potter, & Dupagne, 1994), advertising (e.g., Soley & Reid, 1988), new media (e.g., Cho & Khang, 2006;Tomasello, 2001), public relations (e.g., Ki & Khang, 2005;Pasadeos, Berger, & Renfro, 2010), and crisis communication (e.g., An & Cheng, 2010;Avery et al, 2010;Palenchar & Heath, 2007).…”