The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition

List of Contributors

Prologue 

1. The Interplay of Communication and Social Cognition as a Multidisciplinary Field of Study    

Torsten Reimer, Lyn M. van Swol, & Arnd Florack 

Section 1. Foundation: The Interplay of Communication, Language, and Cognition 

2. Between the Lines: Pragmatic Inferences in (Consumer) Communication 

Michaela Wänke 

3. How Language Shapes the Way We Think 

David M. Markowitz 

4. Embodied Metaphors in Social Cognition and Communication 

Norbert Schwarz 

5. Relevance Theory: Cognition and Meaning 

Didier Maillat 

6. Language and Social Influence 

Lyn M. van Swol, Aimée A. Kane, & Chen-Ting Chang 

7. Studying Culture, Social Cognition, and Communication: Theories of the Middle Range 

Deborah A. Cai & Edward L. Fink 

Section 2. The Construction of a Social Reality and Development of Group Identities 

8. The Cultural Phenomenon of Framing: A Theoretical Overview  

Julius Matthew Riles 

9. Social Sharedness and the Emergence of a Shared Reality in Small Groups 

Ernest S. Park & Christine M. Smith 

10. Interaction in Small Groups 

Joseph A. Bonito 

11. A Semiotic Approach to Understanding the Role of Communication in the Construction of the Social Reality 

Klaus Fiedler & Karolin Salmen 

12. The Linguistic Category Model 

Michela Menegatti & Monica Rubini 

13. Visual Communication: Fabricated Pictures and Videos 

Sijia Qian & Cuihua Shen 

14. Models of Social Sampling 

Marlene Hecht, Christin Schulze, & Thorsten Pachur 

Section 3. Interpersonal Communication: Emotion, Social Influence, and 

Information Sharing 

15. Emotional Contagion 

Arik Cheshin 

16. There’s Chemistry Between Us: Unraveling the Mystery of Human Chemical Communication 

Jasper H. B. de Groot 

17. Message Production: Goal-directed Communication 

Tim Worley 

18. How Cognitions Shape Social Judgments and How to Use this Knowledge for Persuasion 

Christopher J. Carpenter & Hillary C. Shulman 

19. Information-Processing Models and Argument-Quality Criteria in Persuasion Research 

Torsten Reimer, Christopher Roland, Juan Pablo Loaiza-Ramirez, & Nathanael Johnson 

20. The Role of Self-Disclosure in Relationship Escalation 

Mina Choi & Catalina L. Toma 

21. Deception and Lie Detection 

Timothy R. Levine 

Section 4. Communication Between Groups: Conflicts, Stereotypes, and Negotiations 

22. Intergroup Communication 

Jessica Gasiorek 

23. Shared Cognition in Negotiation: Moving from Misunderstanding to Mutual Agreement 

Leigh Thompson 

24. Social Networks 

Andrew Pilny & Aaron Schecter 

25. Gender-inclusive Language 

Magdalena Formanowicz, Magda Leszko, & Karolina Hansen 

Section 5. The Digital Turn: Communication Technology, Machines, and the Self 

26. Social Media Influences on Mental Health among Adolescents 

Lara Schreurs & Steven Eggermont 

27. Social Media and Identity Development 

Catalina L. Toma & Jinyoung Choi 

28. Sustaining Human-AI Collaboration and Teams: Exploring the Interplay Between Ethics and Trust 

Subhasree Sengupta, Wen Duan, Christopher Flathmann, & Nathan J. McNeese 

29. The Role of Machine Agents in Social Support 

Austin J. Beattie 

30. Social Responses to Machines 

Andrew Prahl 

Section 6. Contexts of Communication and Social Cognition: Marketing, Social Media, and Health 

31. Risk Communication: Truth and Trickery about Cancer Screening 

Gerd Gigerenzer 

32. The Social Cognition of Brand Communication 

Arnd Florack & Niklas Pivecka 

33. Medical Mistrust, Marginalized Communities, and Communication 

Lillie D. Williamson & Ashley R. Cate 

34. Advice Interaction Through the Social Cognition Lens: Aligning Advisor–Recipient Perceptions  

Jihyun Esther Paik 

35. Addressing False Brand Information in the Marketplace 

Claudiu Dimofte 

Section 7. Innovative Methods for Studying Communication and Social Cognition 

36. Analyzing Language for Insights into Social and Cognitive Processes 

Gerard Yeo & Kokil Jaidka 

37. Eye Tracking as a Powerful Tool for Investigating Language Processing in Messages 

Elizabeth E. Riggs, Jason C. Coronel, & Hillary C. Shulman 

38. Brain Imaging as a Window into the Biological Basis of Social Cognition and Communication 

Ralf Schmälzle, Shelby Wilcox, & Richard Huskey 

39. Virtual Reality as a Research Tool 

Portia Wang & Jeremy N. Bailenson 

40. Serious Gaming: Insights into Social Cognition from Gaming Studies 

Brett Sherrick & Joshua Kim 

Epilogue 

41. AI as the Next Frontier in Communication and Social Cognition: Artificial Communication  

Lyn M. van Swol, Arnd Florack, & Torsten Reimer 

Index

Biography

Torsten Reimer is Professor of Communication and Psychology and Director of the Communication and Cognition lab at Purdue University, USA.

Lyn M. van Swol is Professor of Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Arnd Florack is Full Professor of Psychology at University of Vienna, Austria, and currently head of the Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology.

“The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition is a landmark volume that brings together a dream team of interdisciplinary scholars. Covering everything from the nuts and bolts of theory to the frontiers of AI and digital life, this volume is a one-stop shop for anyone curious about how communication shapes (and is shaped by) the way we think, feel, and connect. It is forward-thinking, comprehensive, and surprisingly fun.”

Andrea Hollingshead, Professor of Communication, University of Southern California, USA

“Communication Science has emerged in the past 50 years as a separate, but hybrid field of studies of increasing scientific and social importance as the stream of mass communication received by members of modern societies reaches flood tide levels. The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition provides the best on-ramp to the intersection of psychological science and communication science currently available. After reading many of the individual chapters, I am impressed by the quality, usefulness, and insightfulness of the varied contributions from major thinkers involved in this fast-moving area of research. Anyone trying to make sense of the impact on society of the incredible broadband of communications streaming into the lives of every citizen embedded in the dense network of electronic, print, and face-to-face communication that make up the modern information environment will find something of value in this volume.”

Reid Hastie, Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago, USA