Publications

  • Xie, B., Wang, M., Feldman, R., & Zhou, L. (in press). Exploring older and younger adults’ preferences for health information and participation in decision-making using the Health Information Wants Questionnaire (HIWQ). Health Expectations.
  • Nan, X., Xie, B., &Madden, K. (2012). Acceptability of the H1N1 vaccine among older adults: the interplay of message framing and perceived vaccine safety and efficacy. Health Communication, 27(6), 559-568.
  •  Xie, B., Watkins, I., Golbeck, J., & Huang, M. (2012). Understanding and changing older adults’ perceptions and learning of social media. Educational Gerontology, 38(4), 282-296.
  • Chen, Y., Wen, J.,& Xie, B. (2012). “I communicate with my children in the game”:  mediated intergenerational family relationships through a social networking game. Journal of Community Informatics, 8(1),  http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/802
  • Xie, B., Druin, A., Fails, J., Massey, S., Golub, E., Franckel, S., & Schneider, K. (2012). Connecting generations: developing co-design methods for older adults and children. Behaviour & Information Technology, 31(4), 413-423.
  • Xie, B. (2012). Improving older adults' e-health literacy through computer training using NIH online resources. Library & Information Science Research, 34, 63-74.
  • Xie, B. (2011). Effects of an e-health literacy intervention for older adults. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 13(4):e90. Full text: http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e90/
  • Xie, B. (2011). Experimenting on the impact of learning methods and information presentation channels on older adults’ e-health literacy. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 62(9), 1797-1807.
  • Xie, B. (2011). Older adults, e-health literacy, and collaborative learning: An experimental study. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 62(5): 933-946.
  • Xie, B. (2009). Older adults' health information wants in the Internet age: Implications for patient-provider relationships. Journal of Health Communication, 14(6), 510-524.
  • Xie, B., & Bugg, J. M. (2009). Public library computer training for older adults to access high-quality Internet health information. Library & Information Science Research, 31, 155-162.
  • Alpay, L., Verhoef, J., Xie, B., Te’eni, D., & Zwetsloot-Schonk, J. H. M. (2009). Current challenge in consumer health informatics: Bridging the gap between access to information and information understanding. Biomedical Informatics Insights, 2, 1-10.
  • Piper, D., Palmer, S., & Xie, B. (2009). Services to older adults: Preliminary findings from  three Maryland public libraries. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 50(2), 107-118.
  • Druin, A., Jaeger, P. T., Fleischmann, K. R., Golbeck, J., Lin, J., Qu, Y., Wang, P., & Xie, B. (2009). The Maryland Modular Method: An approach to doctoral education in information studies. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 50(4), 293-301.
  • Jaeger, P. T., & Xie, B. (2009). Developing online community accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities and older adults. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 20, 55-63.
  •  Kazmer, M. M., & Xie, B. (2008). Qualitative interviewing in Internet studies: Playing with the media, playing with the method. Information, Communication and Society, 11(2), 115-136.
  • Xie, B., & Jaeger, P. T. (2008). Older adults and political participation on the Internet: A cross-cultural comparison of the United States and China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23, 1-17.
  • Xie, B., & Jaeger, P. T. (2008). Computer training programs for older adults at the public library. Public Libraries, 47(5), 42-49.
  • Xie, B. (2008). Multimodal computer-mediated communication and social support among older Chinese. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(3), 728-750.
  • Xie, B. (2008). The mutual shaping of online and offline social relationships. Information Research, 13(3), paper350. [This is an online-only journal. Full text of this paper is available at http://InformationR.net/ir/13-3/paper350.html]
  • Xie, B. (2008). Civic engagement among older Chinese Internet users. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 27(4), 424-445.
  • Xie, B. (2007). Using the Internet for offline relationship formation. Social Science Computer Review, 25(3), 396-404.
  • Xie, B. (2007). Information technology education for older adults as a continuing peer-learning process: A Chinese case study. Educational Gerontology, 33(5), 429-450.
  • Xie, B. (2007). Older Chinese, the Internet, and well-being. Care Management Journals: Journal of Long Term Home Health Care, 8(1), 33-38.
  • Xie, B. (2006). Perceptions of computer learning among older Americans and older Chinese. First Monday, 11(10). [This is an online-only journal. Full text: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1408/1326]
  • Xie, B. (2003). Older adults, computers, and the Internet: Future directions. Gerontechnology, 2(4), 289-305.
  • Xie, B., & Qian, M. (2000). Phenomenological differences between shame and guilt among Chinese college students. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 32(1), 105-109.