Social Networking Site Research
Nee, R., & Barker, V. (August 2017). Spoiler Alert: Can co-viewing with Smartphones save TV from YouTube? Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, Ill.
Hopp, T. M., Barker, V., & Santana, A. (May, 2017). Who finds value in news comment communities? An analysis of the influence of individual user, perceived news site quality, and site type factors. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association , San Diego, CA.
Barker, V. (2016,
August). The role of attitudes about site features and sense of community in
the experience of flow among virtual world visitors. Paper to be presented
at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication, Minneapolis, MN.
Barker, V. (2016). User perceptions about self-efficacy, features and credibility as antecedents to flow on social networking sites. Paper presented at the meeting of the Encuentro BINACOM 2016 conference, San Diego, CA
Diakov, D., & Barker, V. (August, 2015) Micro blogging the news. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, California.
Nee, R., Barker, V., & Dozier, D. M. (August, 2015). Social TV outcomes: Exploring flow and sense of community as predictors of knowledge gain through multiplatform media usages. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, California.
Schwegman, N., Barker, V., & Dozier, D. M. (August, 2015) Private searchers: Factors that affect search engine privacy concerns. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, California.
Barker, V. (May, 2015). Privacy, credibility and site features as antecedents to flow and knowledge-gain from social networking sites. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, PR.
Dozier, D.M., Shen, H., Sweetser, K. D., & Barker, V. (March, 2015). Demographics and Internet behaviors as predictors of activist publics. Paper presented at the meeting of the 18th Annual International Public relations Research Conference, Miami, Fl.
Barker, V. (2014, May). Investigating positive outcomes from younger and older ecommerce site users’ experience of social capital affinity and flow: An exploratory study. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Barker, V, Dozier, D. M. Schmitz Weiss, A., & Borden, D. L. (2013, August). Facebook “Friends”: Effects of Social Networking Site Intensity, Social Capital Affinity, and Flow on Perceived Knowledge-Gain. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC.
Barker, V, Dozier, D. M. Schmitz Weiss, A., & Borden, D. L. (2013, August). Harnessing Peer Potency: Predicting Positive Outcomes from Social Capital Affinity and Online Engagement With Participatory Websites. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC.
Barker, V. (2012, May). Is contact enough?: The role of vicarious contact with racial outgroups via Social Networking Sites, Paper to be presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Barker, V. (2011, May). A Generational Comparison of Social Networking Site Use: The Influence of Age and Social Identity. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Barker V., & Ota, H. (2011, February). Mixi diary vs. Facebook pictures: Collective self-esteem and social networking site use among Japanese and Caucasian American females. Paper presented at the meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA.
Barker, V. (2009, May). Older Adolescents' Motivations for Use of SNS: The Influence of Gender, Group Identity and Collective Self-esteem. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.
Barker, V. (2008, May). Older Adolescents' motivations for use of social networking sites: The influence of group Identification and collective self-esteem. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.
Intergroup Work
Dorjee, T. Giles, H. Barker, V. (2011, May). Diasporic Communication: Cultural Deviance and Accommodation among Tibetan Exiles in India. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Barker, V. (2005, November). The Influence of Young Adult Grandchildren's Perceptions of Grandparent Emotional Disclosure and Contextual Age on Perceived Grandparent Painful Self-Disclosure. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Barker, V. (2005, May). The Influence of Mother Identity and Lifestyle Attributes on Mothers' Active Use of Parenting Magazines. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.
Barker, V. (2004, November). The influence of mother identity and mother lifestyle attributes on modern mothers' active use of parenting magazines: A structural equation model. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.
Barker, V. (2004, May). Grandparents' painful self-disclosure: What do young adult grandchildren think? Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Barker, V. (2003, November). Painful self-disclosure and communication privacy management among older adults. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL.
Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2003, May). A structural equation model of support for English-only policies and social limitation of immigrants and minorities. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA
Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2002, November). ). The English-only Movement: An Analysis of Changing Latino Group Vitality. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2001, November). Integrating the communicative predicament and enhancement of aging models. The case of older Native Americans. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Barker, V. (2001, May). Painful self-disclosure as communication boundary management among older women.Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington DC.
Organizational and Group Communication
Barker, V. & Lammers, J. C. (2001, May). The influence of perceptions of organizational communication practices and organizational climate on perceptions of organizational outcome. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington DC.
Barker, V., & Lammers, J. C. (2000, November). Cultural values, management practices, and climate: Communication in cross-national organizations. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Barker, V., & Lammers, J. C. (2000, May). Cultural values, management practices, and climate: Communication in a cross-national organization in Africa. Paper presented at the meeting of the West Coast Group Processes Conference, May, 2000, Santa Barbara, CA.
Master's Research
Barker, V., & Dozier, D. M. (1996, August). The paradox of parenting magazines. Paper presented at the AEJMC annual conference, Anaheim, CA.
COPPAC Conference Papers
Pearce, K., Giles, H. Barker, V. & Choi, C. (2010, May). The Roles of Communication and Trust in Reported Compliance With Police in Armenia and the United States. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Singapore
Choi, C., Hajek, C., Barker, V., & Giles, H. (2009, November). Reported Compliance with Police in Mongolia and the United States. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.
Stoitstova, T., Choi, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., & Hajek, C. Reported compliance in police-civilian encounters: The roles of accommodation and trust in Bulgaria and the United States. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Ill.
Hajek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Makoni, A., Choi, C. (2008, November). Reported Compliance in Police-Civilian Encounters: The Roles of Accommodation and Trust in Zimbabwe and the United States. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Giles, H., Barker, V., Hajek, C., Noels, K., Lim, T-S., Ota, H., & Somera, L-B. (2007, May). Compliance, accommodation, and trust in an intergroup context: International Data. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.
Giles, H., Hajek, C., Barker, V., Lin, M-C, Zhang, Y. B., Hummert, & M. L., Chernikoff- Anderson, M. (2006, June). Police-Civilian Interaction: Accommodative language and police-civilian interactions across cultures. Paper presented at the annual Language and Social Psychology Conference (ICLASP 10), Bonn, Germany.
Hayek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Louw-Potgieter, J., Pecchioni, L., Sinfree, M., & Myers, P. Communicative Dynamics of Police-Civilian (2006, May). Encounters: African and American Interethnic Data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.
Hayek, C., Giles, H., Barker, V., Lin, M-C, Hummert, M. L., & Chernikoff-Anderson, M. (2006, April) Applied communicative dimensions of police-civilian interaction: Comparative data from Taiwan, the PRC, and the United States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Giles, H., Fortman, J., Dailey, R., Barker, V., Hajek, C., & Anderson, M.C (2005, May). Law enforcement and the public: The role of intergroup accommodation. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.
Conference Papers
