Alex Byron BarkerUniversity of Derby · Department of Psychology
Alex Byron Barker
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September 2021 - June 2022
January 2016 - August 2021
October 2012 - December 2015
Education
October 2012 - October 2015
September 2010 - June 2011
September 2007 - June 2010
Publications
Publications (40)
Objective:
To examine the psychosocial experiences of hearing loss from the perspectives of both the person with hearing loss and their communication partner.
Design:
A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature.
Study sample:
From 880 records, 12 qualitative papers met the inclusion criteria, (i) adults with hearing loss, communication part...
Background:
Exposure to alcohol, tobacco and foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) content in media is a risk factor for smoking, alcohol use and HFSS consumption in young people. We report an analysis of tobacco, alcohol and HFSS content in a sample of reality TV programmes broadcast on TV and video-on-demand services throughout a 1-year period...
Background - A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) can lead to changes to a person's sense of self. The aim of this study was to investigate the subjective experience of identity change and subsequent adjustment to MS.
Methods - Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 people who reported having MS. Interviews were analysed using themati...
Background
Reality television shows are popular with children and young adults; inclusion of tobacco imagery in these programmes is likely to cause smoking in these groups. Series 3 of the UK reality show Love Island, broadcast in 2017, attracted widespread media criticism for high levels of smoking depicted. We have quantified this tobacco content...
Aims: The aim of the current study was to quantify the amount of alcohol content and branding in season 2 of the reality TV show ‘The Kardashians’.
Subject and Methods: Content analysis of alcohol content in all 10 episodes of season 2 of ‘The Kardashians’ were viewed, and alcohol content measured using 1-min interval coding. The presence of alcoho...
Aim: ‘Sex and the City’ regularly featured smoking as a plot device, often linked with sexuality and female empowerment. Eighteen years later, the follow up ‘And Just Like That’ was released. The aim of this paper was to explore the amount of tobacco content in the first series of ‘And Just Like That’
Subject and Methods: A 1-minute content analysi...
Aims: The aim of the current study was to quantify the amount of alcohol content and branding in season 2 of the reality TV show 'The Kardashians'. Methods: Content analysis of alcohol content in all 10 episodes of season 2 of 'The Kardashians' were viewed, and alcohol content measured using 1-min interval coding. The presence of alcohol in the fol...
Exposure to alcohol adverts or other audio-visual content (AVC) in the media is associated with alcohol initiation and subsequent use by adolescents and adults, especially those with or at risk of an alcohol use disorder. The Christmas period is characterised by increased alcohol consumption and there may be an increase in alcohol advertisements du...
Draft 4 05/05/2023 - this has not been accepted for publication and does not reflect the final version
Students with hearing loss may face barriers to accessing and excelling in higher education. However, there is a paucity of research exploring the subjective experience of facing and overcoming these barriers. The present study used a reflexive m...
Article detailing possible smoking and tobacco promotion through live music shows, specifically the 1975, and the current laws and regulations around this.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058068
Dear Professor Premila Webster MBE, Professor Keith Neal
Editors, Journal of Public Health
15th July 2022
We write in response to Ofcom’s letter regarding our article ‘Exposure to tobacco, alcohol and “Junk food” content in reality TV programmes broadcast in the UK between August 2019–2020’. Ofcom have expressed a wish to correct inaccuracies in th...
Background
Little is known about the impact of alcohol marketing on people with, or at risk of, an alcohol problem. A rapid review of primary studies was conducted with the aim of exploring the effect of alcohol marketing in this population.
Methods
People with, or at risk of an alcohol problem were defined as people with an alcohol use disorder,...
Objectives
Exposure to high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) food imagery is associated with unhealthy consumption, and subsequently obesity, among young people. We report and compare the results of two content analyses, one of popular children’s television channels in the UK and the other of a selection of children’s programmes available on video-on-d...
Background
Advertising alcoholic drinks and food high in fat, sugar, and salt (HFSS) is a driver of alcohol use and HFSS consumption, among children and young people. Whilst advertising legislation and broadcasting regulation protect children from alcohol and HFSS imagery, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which attracted a global audience, was sponsored an...
Prevention of smoking uptake in young people is an essential public health target. We have previously reported a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of exposure to smoking imagery in films on the risk of smoking uptake in young people. This study updates that review, and includes studies of the effects of exposure to media vaping imag...
Background
Excessive alcohol consumption is an important risk factor for increased morbidity, mortality and other social harms globally. Televised sport allows the promotion of alcoholic drinks to a large and often young audience, and thus can be used to develop new markets for alcohol in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to analys...
This comprehensive report details the full extent of the way that alcohol is being marketed across national borders – often by digital means – and often regardless of the social, economic or cultural environment in receiving countries. It highlights how increasingly sophisticated advertising and promotion techniques, including linking alcohol brand...
Letter response to critique of the paper 'Barker AB, Bal J, Murray RL. (2021) Content analysis and population exposure estimate of Guinness branded alcohol marketing during the 2019 Guin- ness six nations. Alcohol Alcohol. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab039'
Aims:
To quantify Guinness-related branding in the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship.
Methods:
Content analysis of Guinness-related branding ('Guinness' and the alibi brand 'Greatness') was shown during active play throughout all 15 games of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship. The duration of each appearance was timed to the nearest...
Background:
Exposure to alcohol, tobacco and high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) food imagery is a significant risk factor for the uptake and regular use of these products in young people, and imagery are more frequently portrayed in video-on-demand (VOD) than in terrestrial television programmes. This study compared alcohol, tobacco and HFSS imagery...
Background Exposure to tobacco content in films is a cause of smoking uptake in young people. In an earlier study, we reported that tobacco content occurred in 70% of UK box office films popular between 1989 and 2008. We now report an analysis of tobacco content in a sample of the top grossing UK box office films between 2009 and 2017, and of popul...
Objectives: Exposure to alcohol imagery is associated with subsequent alcohol use among young people, and UK broadcasting regulations protect young people from advertising and alcohol content in UK television. However, alcohol promotion during sporting events, a significant potential medium of advertising to children, is exempt. We report an analys...
Background
Exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in media is a risk factor for smoking and alcohol use in young people. Our previous research suggested that tobacco and alcohol imagery is common in soap operas. We now report an analysis of tobacco and alcohol content in a sample of soap operas broadcast in the UK.
Methods
We used 1-minute interva...
Background
Exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in audio-visual media is a risk factor for smoking and alcohol use in young people. We report an analysis of tobacco and alcohol content, and estimates of population exposure to this content, in a sample of reality television programmes broadcast in the UK.
Methods
We used 1-minute interval coding...
Objectives: Exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in audio-visual media is a risk factor for smoking and alcohol us in young people. Previous UK research has quantified tobacco and alcohol content in films and broadcast television but not that of video-on-demand (VOD) services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. Furthermore, it’s not clear whether...
Background:
Exposure to audio-visual alcohol content in media is associated with subsequent alcohol use in young people, but the extent of exposure contained in UK free-to-air prime-time television has not been explored since 2010. We report an analysis of alcohol content in a sample of UK free-to-air prime-time television broadcasts in 2015 and c...
Background
Exposure to audio-visual alcohol content in media is associated with subsequent alcohol use among young people. In 2016 Heineken launched its global Formula One (F1) partnership and had a significant brand presence at a number of 2017 F1 race events. We have measured the extent to which Heineken and other alcohol content appears in a sa...
Recent technological advances have led to a rapid increase in alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids. The aim was to systematically review the existing evidence to assess the effectiveness of alternative listening devices in adults with mild and moderate hearing loss. A systematic search strategy of the scientific literature was...
Aims
Exposure to audiovisual tobacco content in media is a risk factor for smoking in young people. While tobacco content in films has been extensively documented, content in mainstream television has received relatively little attention. We report an analysis of tobacco content in a sample of UK free-to-air prime-time television broadcasts in 2015...
Background:
Mood disorders are highly prevalent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). MS causes changes to a person's sense of self. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change posits that group membership can have a positive effect on mood during identity change. The family is a social group implicated in adjustment to MS. The objectives of th...
Introduction
Hearing loss is a major public health concern, affecting over 11 million people in the UK. While hearing aids are the most common clinical intervention for hearing loss, the majority of people that would benefit from using hearing aids do not take them up. Recent technological advances have led to a rapid increase of alternative listen...
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) undergo changes to their identity and this might have an effect on mood. The subjective experience of this identity change is currently not well understood. Past research highlights that social groups, established prior to diagnosis, might protect against the harmful effects of identity change. No studies have sp...
Purpose
To describe a pilot study to assess the methods used to evaluate an innovative program of comedy workshops for a small cohort of people recovering from substance misuse problems. The comedy workshops involved participants working with a professional comedian to explore, develop, write and finally perform a stand-up comedy routine drawing fr...
Objective:
To modify a published group intervention for adjustment to multiple sclerosis (MS) to suit an individual format, and to assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to compare individual and group intervention for people with multiple sclerosis and low mood.
Design:
Feasibility randomised controlled trial.
Setting:...
Purpose
– Many aspects of the self are lost as a consequence of having multiple sclerosis (MS). A person's identity can be altered by negative self-concepts, which are associated with poor psychological wellbeing and can lead individuals to reconstruct their sense of self. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change argues that previously establis...
Questions
Questions (3)
Im trying to export a forest plot from Revman (5.2, Mac) and it appears very small and unreadable in word. Does anyone know how to export this so that it looks readable? Also how can I edit the forest plot so that the scale shows greater details so that variation between studies is more obvious? Ive attached a picture below on how it currently looks
I'm wanting to investigate a person's adjustment to a diagnosis of MS by measuring their willingness to adapt to/accept their new identity. Does anyone have any experience or ideas about this?
I've conducted some research using ecomapping to look at the the changes to social identity both before and after diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and I want to do something with the extra quantitative data I have left from this qualitative research gathering exercise. The problem is that there are two categorical variables, Participant and Time; and to measure the relationship strength I've used a one to three line system so each participant may have 2 x "1 strength" relationships and 3 x "3 strength" relationships. The problem I'm having is how to enter this into SPSS and what analysis can I do to see if there were any changes in the strength of relationships each participant has between both and after diagnosis?
Can anyone help with this? I'm currently struggling with the field to try and figure it out.
(I can try to explain this better, if I haven't worded this very well).
