Book

Perreault, M. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (Eds.). (2024). Crisis communication case studies on COVID-19: Multidimensional perspectives and applications. Winner of the 2021 Peter Lang & AEJMC Scholar-sourcing competition.

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Journal Articles

Foltz, K. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (2025). Teaching the ethical use of generative AI within a business or industry context. College Teaching, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2025.2516520

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Collins, C.C., Shin, H., First, J.M., Smith-Frigerio, S. & Houston, J.B. (2025). The dichotomy of disaster media effects: Influence of media use on mental health and resilience following Hurricane Harvey. Traumatology.

 

Reif-Stice, C., Smith-Frigerio, S., Lawson, C.A., Venette, S. (2023). Discerning the relationship between disclosure and responsiveness on depression, anxiety, and compassion fatigue among veterinarians. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.22.08.0359

 

First, J.M., Ravi, K., Smith-Frigerio, S. & Houston, J.B. (2022). The mental health impacts of Hurricane Harvey: Examining the roles of intimate partner violence and resilience. Social Work Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svac021

 

Valiavska, A. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (2022). Politics over public health: Analysis of Twitter and Reddit posts concerning the role of politics in the public health response to COVID-19. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2063497

 

Reif-Stice, C. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (2021). Communication, flexibility and resiliency: Navigating the shift to virtual service-learning during COVID-19. Special Issue: Disrupted delivery: Remote and online instruction in times of crisis and emergency, in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 76(4), 477–488. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776958211022564

 

Smith-Frigerio, S. (2021). “You are not alone”: The importance of online peer support in grassroots advocacy groups’ social media messaging. Health Communication, 36(14), 1980-1989. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1808415

 

Smith-Frigerio, S. (2020). Grassroots mental health groups’ use of advocacy strategies in social media messaging. Qualitative Health Research, 30(14), 2205-2216.  https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1049732320951532

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Fitzsimmons, K. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (2020). “Still there for you?” Why Millennials still love Generation X’s Friends. Ohio Communication Journal, 58, 91-104.

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Click, M. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (2019). “One Tough Cookie: Exploring Black Women’s Responses to Empire’s Cookie Lyon.” Communication, Culture and Critique. doi:10.1093/ccc/tcz007 

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Smith-Frigerio, S. (2019). “Coping, community and fighting stereotypes: An exploration of multidimensional social capital in personal blogs discussing mental illness.” Health Communication. doi:10.1080/10410236.2018.1564959

 

Smith-Frigerio, S. (2017). “Intersectionality of race, class and gender: The complex representation of Bipolar Disorder on Empire.” The Howard Journal of Communication. doi:10.1080/10646175.2017.1407720

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Book Chapters

Reif-Stice, C.E. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (Accepted, expected 2025). “Hey! Dr. Kat, Epidemiologist”: Experts efforts to correct COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation campaigns on social media. In K. Chernin & B. Bruner (Eds.) Public interest communications: Foundation, influence, and importance. Lexington.

 

Smith-Frigerio, S. & Reif-Stice, C.E. (Accepted, expected 2025). Anti-stigma, peer support, and advocacy efforts regarding mental health concerns by laypersons on TikTok. In R. Ahmed, Y. Mao & P. Jain (Eds.) Handbook of Communication and Health Disparities. Palgrave.

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Smith-Frigerio, S. & Reif-Stice, C.E. (2025). Incorporating individual and grassroots approaches into strategic health communication. In E. Willis & C. Painter (Eds.) Communicating disability: Expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion in health communication and mass media. Taylor and Francis.

 

Perreault, M. & Smith-Frigerio, S. (2024). In the end, COVID-19 goes on and on. In Crisis communication case studies on COVID-19: Multidimensional perspectives and applications, Eds. Mildred Perreault & Sarah Smith-Frigerio. Peter Lang.

 

Smith-Frigerio, S. & Perreault, M. (2024). COVID-19 communication case studies, where it began and why these studies matter. In Crisis communication case studies on COVID-19: Multidimensional perspectives and applications, Eds. Mildred Perreault & Sarah Smith-Frigerio. Peter Lang.

 

Reif-Stice, C. E., Venette, S.J., Smith-Frigerio, S., Amerian, N.B. & Iverson, J. (2024). Is there a difference?: Generational response to COVID and media usage. In Crisis communication case studies on COVID-19: Multidimensional perspectives and applications, Eds. Mildred Perreault & Sarah Smith-Frigerio. Peter Lang.

 

Smith-Frigerio, S. & Houston, J.B. (2024). Coping with a pandemic using social media: Nurses’ expressions of individual and community resilience on TikTok. In Crisis communication case studies on COVID-19: Multidimensional perspectives and applications, Eds. Mildred Perreault & Sarah Smith-Frigerio. Peter Lang.

 

Worley, M., Smith-Frigerio, S. & Houston, J.B. (2023). Disaster fatigue, communication, and resilience: Insights from natural hazards, human-caused disasters, and public health

crises. In D. Sellnow & T. Sellnow (Eds), Handbook for Communicating Risk and Safety. De Gruyter Mouton.

 

Smith-Frigerio, S. (2023). #ImMentallyIllAndIDontKill: A case study of grassroots health advocacy messages on Twitter following the Dayton and El Paso shootings. In Palgrave Handbook of Communication and Disability, Eds. Michael Jeffress, Jim Ferris, Joy Cypher & Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock. Palgrave-MacMillan.

 

Smith-Frigerio, S., Reif-Stice, C. & Butauski, M. (2022). Building community resilience at institutions of higher education: Ideas from instructor online peer support during COVID- 19 and beyond. In The COVID-19 Impact on Higher Education Stakeholders and Institutional Services, Ed. Michael Strawser. Lexington.

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Smith-Frigerio, S. (2019). “'Warrior Moms': Stigma management communication and advocacy on Postpartum Progress concerning maternal mental health concerns” In Communicating Mental Health: History, Concepts, & Perspectives. Eds. Lance Lippert, Robert Hall, Aimee Miller-Ott & Daniel Cochece Davis. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 

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Smith-Frigerio, S. & Houston, J.B. (2018). “Crazy, Insane, Nut Job, Wacko, Basket Case, and Psycho: Donald Trump’s Tweets surrounding Mental Health Issues and Attacks on Media Personalities.” In President Donald Trump and his Political Discourse: Ramifications of Rhetoric via Twitter.Ed. Michelle Lockhart. London: Routledge. 

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Book Review

Smith-Frigerio, S. (2016). Media marathoning as meaningful experience [Review of the book Media Marathoning: Immersions in Morality]. Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media,60:2, 364-366, DOI:10.1080/08838151.2016.1165223.