Dr. Caleb Carr
Professor
Office
FEL Fell Hall 453
Office Hours
see website
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
COM 227.001 Communication in Organizations and Professional Settings
COM 227.002 Communication in Organizations and Professional Settings
COM 418.001 Seminar In Mediated Communication
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Carr is epistemologically a quantitative researcher, who typically uses experiments and surveys to answer research questions. His research focuses on how individuals and organizations are blurring the line between personal and professional through technology. As effective lenses through which to explore these issues, Dr. Carr's research has often used online discussions and group decision tasks, the popular online multiplayer game World of Warcraft, and online communities in his experiments. In survey research, interesting data is often authored from human resource practitioners and managers in organizations.
Ph D Media & Information Studies
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
MA Interpersonal Communication
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
BS Business Administration
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
University Research Initiative Award
College of Arts & Sciences
2014
Best Faculty Paper
International Communication Association (Instructional and Developmental Communication Division)
2014
University Research Initiative Award
College of Arts & Sciences
2013
2nd Best Faculty Paper
International Communication Association (Human Communication Technology Division)
2013
University Research Initiative Award
College of Arts & Sciences
2012
Grants and Contracts
Cognitive Function and Self-Perceptual Effects of a Social Media
Jennine Harvey, Caleb Carr.
Cross-Disciplinary Grant Development Program. April 2016 - December 2016
Cognitive Function and Self-Perceptual Effects of a Social Media Communication Training Program on Elderly Individuals: #GoldenTweets
Caleb Carr, Jennine Harvey.
6. 2016 - 2016
Faculty International Travel Grant
Caleb Carr.
Office of International Studies and Program. July 1 2015
New Faculty Initiative Grant
Caleb Carr.
College of Arts & Sciences. May 2015 - July 2015
Faculty-Student Connections Grant
Caleb Carr.
CTLT. January 2013 - May 2013
New Faculty Initiative Grant
Caleb Carr.
College of Arts & Sciences. May 2013 - May 2014
Faculty International Travel Grant
Caleb Carr.
Office of International Studies and Program.
Book, Chapter
Facebook in presidential elections: Status of effects.
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes, Andrew Smock, Paul Zube.
(2016), Social media and politics: A new way to participate in the political process., Praeger
Interaction of interpersonal, peer, and media influence sources online: A research agenda for technology convergence
Joseph B Walther, Caleb Carr, Scott Choi, David DeAndrea, Kim Jinsuk, Stephanie Tom Tong, Brandon Van Der Heide.
(2010), 17-38, The networked self: Identity, community, and culture on social network sites
Internet interaction and intergroup dynamics: Problems and solutions in computer-mediated communication
Joseph B Walther, Caleb Carr.
(2010), 209-220, The dynamics of intergroup communication, Peter Lang
Phatic and Graphical Nonverbal Cues in Computer-Mediated Communication: From Lightweight to Purposeful
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr.
The Handbook of Relational and Computer-Mediated Communication, Routledge
Journal Article
“Posts are my own”: effects of social media disclaimers on perceptions of employees and their organizations from tweets and retweets
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes, Cameron W Piercy.
Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 28 (5), 724-743, (2023), doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-06-2022-0058
Fear not, true believers: Exploring network structures among characters in the Marvel comic universe
Caleb Carr.
Popular Culture Studies Journal, (1), (2022)
Getting called out: Effects of feedback to social media corporate social responsibility statements
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr.
Public Relations Review, 47 (1), (2021), doi: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2020.101962
Snark Happens: The effects of schadenfreude on brand attitudes.
Rebecca A Hayes, Caleb T Carr.
Journal of Current Issues, 41, 243-256, (2020), doi: 10.1080/10641734.2020.1738290
A cognitive social media-training program & intergenerational learning: A pilot study with CSD graduate students and older adults.
Jennine Harvey, Ann R Beck, Caleb Carr.
(2019)
A cognitive social media-training program & intergenerational learning: A pilot study with CSD graduate students and older adults.
Jennine Harvey, Ann R Beck, Caleb Carr.
Perspectives, (2019)
Identity shift effects of self-presentation and confirmatory and disconfirmatory feedback on self-perceptions of brand identification
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
Media Psychology, 22, 418-444, (2019), 10.1080/15213269.2017.1396228
Predicting a Threshold of Perceived Facebook Post Success via Paralinguistic Digital Affordances: A Test of Explanatory Mechanisms.
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes, Erin Sumner.
Communication Research Reports, 35 (2), 141-151, (2018)
When nobody “Likes” you: Perceived ostracism through paralinguistic digital affordances within social media.
Rebecca Hayes, Eric Wesselmann, Caleb Carr.
Social Media and Society, (2018), DOI: 10.1177/2056305118800309
(Thumbs up emoji) as social support: Relational closeness, automaticity, and interpreting social support from paralinguistic digital affordances in social media
Caleb Carr, Donghee Yvette Wohn, Rebecca Hayes.
Computers in Human Behavior, 62, (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.087
How affective is a “Like?” The effect of paralinguistic digital affordances on perceived social support.
Dongee Yvette Wohn, Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2016 (9), 562-566, (2016), doi: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0162
It’s the audience: Differences in social support across social media
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr, Donghee Yvette Wohn.
Social Media & Society, 4 (2), (2016), doi: 10.1177/2056305116678894
One Click, Many Meanings: Interpreting Paralinguistic Digital Affordances in Social Media
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr, D Yvette Wohn.
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, (2016)
as social support: Relational closeness, automaticity, and interpreting social support from paralinguistic digital affordances in social media
Caleb Carr, Dongee Yvette Wohn, Rebecca Hayes.
Computers in Human Behavior, 2016 (62), 385-393, (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.087
Does being social matter? Effects of enabled comments on credibility and brand attitude in social media
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr.
Journal of Promotion Management, 21 (3), 371-390, (2015), 10.1080/10496491.2015.1039178
Face[book] Management: Self-Presentation of Political Views on Social Media
Rebecca Hayes, Andrew Smock, Caleb Carr.
Communication Studies, 66 (5), 549-568, (2015)
Normative influence on task performance via informal communication within a virtual world
Caleb Carr, Paul Zube.
Journal of Media Psychology, 27 (1), 33-44, (2015), 10.1027/1864-1105/a000129
Social media: Defining, developing, and divining
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
Atlantic Journal of Communication, 23 (1), 46-65, (2015), 10.1080/15456870.2015.972282
Spotlight on ethics: Institutional review boards as systemic bullies
Caleb Carr.
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 37 (1), 14-29, (2015), 10.1080/1360080X.2014.991530
Applying a model of communicative influence in education in closed online and offline courses
Caleb Carr.
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 18 (1), 115-129, (2014)
Increasing attributional certainty via social media: Learning about others one bit at a time
Caleb Carr, Joseph B. Walther.
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19 (4), 922-937, (2014), 10.1111/jcc4.12072
Presentations
#GoldenTweets: Impact of Social Media Training on Cognitive-Communication for Adults, In-person versus Telepractice.
Jennine Harvey, Caleb Carr.
American Speech Hearing Association Convention, Washington D.C., November 18, 2021
#GoldenTweets: Student Training in Integrating Technology for Social Media Communication in Adults.
Jennine Harvey, Caleb Carr.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled)., November, 2020
#GoldenTweets, a Social Media Training Program: Design & Implementation.
Jennine Harvey, Ann R Beck, Caleb Carr.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA, November, 2018
Effects of a Social Media Training Program on Cognition & Self-Efficacy in Normally Aging Individuals.
Jennine Harvey, Caleb Carr, Colin Guibault.
Convention of the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA., November, 2016
How affective is a “Like”? The effect of paralinguistic digital affordances on perceived social support.
Donghee Yvette Wohn, Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2016
It’s the audience, stupid: Differences in social support between social media sites
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr, Donghee Yvette Wohn.
International Communication Association, Fukuoka, Japan, June, 2016
Social media, relational closeness, and interpreting social support from paralinguistic digital affordances.
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr, Donghee Yvette Wohn.
International Communication Association, Fukuoka, Japan, June, 2016
A chilling effect: Analysis of the effects of Institutional Review Board (IRB) communication on faculty
Caleb T. Carr, John R. Baldwin, Lance R. Lippert, Stephen K. Hunt.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV, November, 2015
D) All of the above: Reinvigorating masspersonal communication within the discipline
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, PR, May 21, 2015
Effect of professionals ’ religious disclosures on social and task attraction
Caleb Carr.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, PR, May 21, 2015
Identity shift III: Effects of publicness of feedback and relational closeness in computer-mediated communication
Caleb Carr, Ashley C. Foreman.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, PR, May 21, 2015
Extending Social Media Theory: Our Past Provides a Pathway to the Future
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 21, 2014
Face[book] Management: Self-Presentation of Political Views on Social Media
Rebecca Hayes, Andrew Smock, Caleb Carr.
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 21, 2014
Social Media: Defining, Developing, and Divining
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 21, 2014
Applying a Model of Communicative Influence in Education In Closed Online and Offline Courses
Caleb Carr.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA, May 25, 2014
Negative Hyperpersonal Intensification Effects of Religiosity in Email Signature Blocks
Caleb Carr.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA, May 25, 2014
“Friendly” Alternatives: The Effect of Maintaining Facebook Connections with Exes on Romantic Relational Investment
K. Megan Hopper, Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA, May 25, 2014
Gladly we [travel abroad to] learn and teach
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
ISU Annual International Conference, Bone Center, ISU, December 6, 2013
It’s Getting More Complicated: Facebook Users’ Political Participation in the 2012 Election
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes, Andrew Smock, Paul Zube.
annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, D. C., November, 2013
Mastering master’s education: Connecting personal, professional, institution, and disciplinary goals amongst M.A./M.S. programs in communication
Caleb Carr, Jenn N Anderson, Heather J Carmack, Jocelyn M DeGroot, Joshua Westwick.
annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, D. C., November, 2013
The effect of disclosure of third-party influence on an opinion leader’s credibility and influence in two-step flow: Public relations via social media
Caleb Carr, Rebecca Hayes.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, London, England, June, 2013
The social support process and Facebook: Soliciting support from strong and weak ties
Amy J Johnson, Brianna Lane, Michael Tornes, Shawn King, Kevin B Wright, Caleb Carr, Cameron Piercy, Bobby Rozzell.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, London, England, June, 2013
The warranting value of online relationship status disclosure: And indicator of real world relational characteristics
Cameron Piercy, Brianna Lane, Caleb Carr.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, London, England, June, 2013
The weakness of strong ties: Online social support from networks via social network sites
Bobby Rozzell, Cameron Piercy, Caleb Carr, Shawn King, Brianna Lane, Michael Tornes, Amy J Johnson, Kevin B. Wright.
annual meeting of the International Communication Association, London, England, June, 2013
Does being social matter? The relationship between enabled comments and purchase intention in blogs.
Rebecca Hayes, Caleb Carr.
International Communication Association Annual Conference, London, UK, June 18, 2013